Thursday, January 1, 2015

The Original Bucket List

The List

This list came about because of the Travel Channel.  One night after baking Christmas cookies, Stacy and I sat down and watched TV before she took me back to school.  The Travel Channel had a program about the 101 things you should do in your lifetime.  The 101st thing on that list was to make your own list.

I started out making a 101 Thing to Do List.  However, I was a deprived child and had too many things I wanted to do so I decided to make it a 501 Thing to Do List.  I finished that and typed it up.  However, I must have misnumbered my list because there were 504 things to do.  Since I had 3 extra things, I decided to make it 1001 Things to Do in My Lifetime List.

Some of them are simple things I never did.  Some of them are things I did before I put them on the list but I think everyone should do.  Some of them are things I want to try, see, or do.

However, I kept adding to the list. Now I have ongoing list of over 3600 things to do in my lifetime. As I add more things to the list, I will print out updated lists in section so it is a never ending, ever changing list. The goal is to accomplish as many things as possible and if I don’t? Oh well.


Original Bucket List

European Highlights

1.     Backpack through Europe

2.     Travel abroad

3.     Spend the Christmas Season in Nürnberg, Germany

4.     Ride the Chunnel

5.     See the Irish Castles

6.     Watch the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace

7.     Take a gondola ride in Italy

8.     See the Sistine Chapel

9.     See the Eiffel Tower

10. Go to Oktoberfest in München

11. See the Passion Play in Oberambergau

12. See the slaying of the dragon in Fürth im Wgald

13. See the Acropolis

14. See the Roman Coliseum

15. Go to Auschwitz

16. See the Berlin Wall

17. Visit Stonehenge

18. Explore München via U-Bahn

19. Go to the very top of Zugspitze

20. Spend Christmas Eve in the village where Silent Night was composed (Oberndorf, Austria)

21. Take a German river cruise from Passau to Amsterdam

22. See the running of the bulls

23. Go to Pompeii

24. See Hamlet performed in the Globe Theater

25. Roller blade down the hill by Joseph von Frauenhof Gymnasium

26. Kiss the Blarney Stone

27. Go to the Blue Lagoon in Iceland

28. See St. Petersburg Cathedral in Russia

29. See the windmills and tulips in Holland

30. See the Linderhof

31. See the artwork in Italy

32. See the Fjords of Norway

33. Go to the Love Parade in Berlin

34. Spend New Year’s Eve in London’s Talfagar Square

35. Walk the hill towns of Tuscany and Cinque Terre

36. Walk Across Ireland’s Dingle Peninsula

37. Go to Butrint, Albania

38. Visit the Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo

39. Visit Prague

40. Visit the Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones, and Church of Denmark

41.  Go to Anne Frank’s House

42. Bike the Romantic Road

43. Go skiing in the Alps

44. Go to a Finnish Sauna

45. Go to Bathe, England

46. See Dracula’s Castle in Romania

47. Go to a concentration camp

48. See the Trolls of Norway

49. Ride a Double Decker bus

50.  Drive in London

51. Go to the British Museum in London

52. Go to a British Pub

53. Go to Monte Carlo

54. Swim the English Channel

55. See the Parthenon

56. See the Leaning Tower of Pisa

57. See a chariot race

58. See the Tower of London

59. Drive on the Autobahn

60. Visit Westminster Abbey

61. Visit the birthplace of my ancestors

62. Visit Sherlock Holmes’ House

63. Go to the Russian ballet

64. Go to Transylvania

65. Sing “The Hills Are Alive With the Sound of Music” in the Alps

66. Visit the Dalmatian coast

67. See the Matterhorn

68. Visit the Kremlin

69. Visit Mozart’s birthplace

70. Visit Stratford-on-Avon

71. See the Chateaux on the Loire River Valley

72. See Big Ben

73. Go back to Germany

74. Go to the White Cliffs of Dover in England

 

US Landmarks and Cities

75. See Mt. Rushmore

76. See Washington DC

77. Go to Gettysburg

78. See the Hoover Dam

79. See the St. Louis Arch

80. See the San Diego Zoo

81. See the Golden Gate Bridge

82. See the Statue of Liberty

83. Go to Ellis Island

84. See the changing of the guards at Arlington Cemetery

85. See the Alamo

86. Go to Mansfield, MO to see Laura Ingalls Wilder’s House

87. See the Space Needle in Seattle

88. Go to Plymouth Plantation in Plymouth

89. Visit Valley Forge in King of Prussia

90. Visit Pearl Harbor in Honolulu

91. See the Boston Harbor

92. Visit Salem

93. Visit the La Barra Tar Pits in Los Angeles

94. Go to Waco, Texas

95. Go to Reno

96. See the Empire State Building

97. Visit Amish country

98. Go to Pullman, IL

99. Visit Ground Zero

100.       Go to Alcatraz

101.       See the Sears Tower

102.       Visit the Corn Palace

103.       Go to the Valley of Fire in Nevada

104.       Go to Hollywood’s Walk of Fame and put my feet in the stars feet

105.       Go to Mt. Vernon

106.       Go to the Kennedy Space Center

107.       Go to the Space Center in Houston

108.       Visit all the Olympic Stadiums in the US and Canada

109.       See West Point

110.       Visit Chinatown

111.       Visit Fort Sumter

112.       Visit Metropolis

113.       Visit the MASH set in Malibu Creek State Park in Malibu

114.       Visit the US Mint

115.       Visit the US Treasury

116.       Go to Long Grove

117.       Go to the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia

118.       Go to Hannibal, MO

119.       Go to Hermann, MO

120.       See the Iolani Palace

121.       Go to St. Augustine, Florida

122.       Visit Kitty Hawk

123.       Visit all 50 states (43/50)

124.       Visit all 50 state capitals (8/50)

125.       Go to Las Vegas

126.       Go to Hershey, Pennsylvania

127.       Go to Hell

128.       Take a spring break

129.       Go to Andersonville

130.       Be in DC when the cherry blossoms are blooming

131.       Spend a weekend in Chicago

132.       Go to Mackinac Island

133.       Go to Atlantic City

134.       Go to Navy Pier

135.       Go to the Hancock Building

136.       See the Vietnam Memorial

 

Natural Places to Visit and Things to Do

137.       See the rain forest

138.       Go on a Safari

139.       Swim with the dolphins

140.       Go whale watching

141.       See the Grand Canyon

142.       See Yellowstone in National Park

143.       See Mount St. Helen’s

144.       See Yosemite

145.       Go to Jersey Shore

146.       See the Northern Lights

147.       Go to Chincoteague Island

148.       Go to the moon

149.       See the Everglades

150.       See Niagara Falls

151.       See a volcanic eruption

152.       Go to Cave of the Mounds

153.       See Haley’s comet

154.       See the Glaciers in Alaska

155.       Go to the ostrich races in Arizona

156.       Go to Sea Gaia Sea Dome

157.       See the Salt Rock

158.       Stay on a ranch

159.       Round up stray cattle

160.       Sheer a sheep

161.       Walk across the Bearing Strait

162.       Go to Lake Okeechobee

163.       See the Cahokia Mounds

164.       See the Petrified Forest

165.       Go to Pike’s Peak

166.       See the ocean

167.       See the Mississippi

168.       See the mountains

169.       Go to Cocoa Beach

170.       See a comet

171.       See a shooting star

172.       See a meteorite shower

173.       Go to Monkey Mountain

174.       Feed a shark

175.       Go to the snake park in Canada (mentioned in the Snake Scientist)

176.       Visit Hot Springs National Park

177.       Visit Glacier National Park

178.       Go to Redwood Forest

179.       See the Great Smoky Mountains

180.       Go to the Carlsbad Caverns

181.       Go to the Great Basin

182.       Go to Big Bend National Park

183.       See Grand Teton

184.       See the Sequoia Trees

185.       Explore Lava Caves

186.       Study Dragon Lizards on Komodo Island

187.       Visit Virgin Island National Park

188.       See an eclipse

189.       Go to the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago

190.       Go to the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago

191.       Visit Starved Rock State Park

192.       Go to the Meramec Caverns

193.       Visit Mt. Whitney

194.       See Mt. Fuji

195.       Go to the Shedd Aquarium

 

Other Worldly Places

196.       Go to Australia

197.       See the Great Wall of China

198.       See the Taj Mahal

199.       See Manchu Pichu

200.       See the Pyramids

201.       Go through the Panama Canal

202.       Go to Jamaica

203.       Go to Canada

204.       Go around the world in 80 days

205.       Take a train trip across Canada

206.       Go to Mexico

207.       See an opera at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney

208.       See the ancient Mayan ruins

209.       Sail the Nile

210.       Go to the North Pole

211.       Walk the hill towns of Tuscany and Cinque Terre

212.       Go to Nepal

213.       Go to Algeria’s historical sites

214.       Visit Quebec

215.       Visit Tiananmen Square

216.       Go to Timbuktu, Mali

217.       Go to the Calgary Stampede

218.       Go to the Galapagos Islands

219.       Go to Tijuana

220.       Go to the Caracas Shopping Mall

221.       Go to Japan

222.       Go to Easter Island

223.       Take a cruise

224.       Shop in St. Thomas

225.       Go to Aruba

226.       Visit Tokyo’s fish markets

227.       Play video games in the Sony Showroom in Tokyo

228.       Climb Cheop’s pyramid in Giza, Egypt

229.       Watch a cremation ceremony in Bali

230.       Visit the Sacred Well of Chicken-Itza in Mexico

231.       Retrace the travels of Marco Polo

232.       Climb Ayers Rock

233.       Travel down the St. Lawrence Seaway

234.       See the world’s largest totem pole in Victoria, British Columbia

235.       See the world’s tallest lighthouse in Yokohama, Japan

236.       Go to the Bermuda Triangle

237.       Climb Aconcagua

238.       Visit Ho Chi Minh City

239.       Visit Hamtranatra

240.       Visit all the continents

 

Traveling to Get there in the States

241.       Take a road trip

242.       Play “What’s Down This Road” for a week

243.       Take a Riverboat down the Mississippi

244.       Go to the Virginia Resort Off Road (Primland Resort in Meadows of Dan)

245.       Walk from St. Louis to East St. Louis

246.       Take a carriage ride through Central Park

247.       See a shuttle launch

248.       Drive along Rt. 66

249.       Go horseback riding

250.       Take the ferry across Lake Michigan

251.       Take a trip in a submarine

252.       Take a canoe trip

253.       Take a helicopter ride

254.       Ride in an ambulance

255.       Ride in a police car

256.       Take a hot air balloon ride

257.       Ride on a fire truck

258.       Go on a motorcycle ride

259.       Bobsled

260.       Take an old-fashioned sleigh ride

261.       Roller blade down the beach in Venice

262.       Go west on the Oregon trail in a covered wagon

263.       Ride a unicycle

264.       Ride a camel

265.       Ride a wild pony

266.       Go sailing

267.       Go yachting

268.       See a Dogsled Race

269.       Follow the Underground Railroad

270.       Bike in California’s Wine Country

271.       Ride a horse bareback

272.       Walk from Sheboygan to Milwaukee by the beach

273.       Fly on Air Force One

274.       Roller blade down the crookedest street in the world in San Francisco

275.       Ride in a limo

276.       Fly in 1st class

277.       Ride with a trucker for a day

278.       Ride in a convertible

279.       Walk the Trail of Tears

280.       Drive a Zamboni

281.       Do the canoe race from Grafton to Fredonia

282.       Go on a navy ship

283.       Drive a stick shift car

284.       Sail from Milwaukee to Port Washington

285.       Take a plane ride

286.       Bike the Old Plank Road Trial near Plymouth

287.       Take a train ride

288.       Ride a school bus

289.       Canoe

290.       Go on the Milwaukee Trolley

291.       Walk along Milwaukee’s Lakefront

292.       Take a mule to the bottom of the Grand Canyon

293.       Bike all the hills in Port Washington

294.       Help a little old lady cross the street

295.       Fly in a blimp

296.       Ride an ostrich

297.       Roller blade in Central Park

298.       Fly on the Concorde

299.       Raft down the Mississippi like Huck Finn

300.       Follow Lewis and Clarke Expedition

301.       Drive down the longest street in the US (Colfax Ave, Denver, CO)

302.       Take a glass bottom boat ride

 

Festivals, fests, and Celebrations in the US

303.       Go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans

304.       Go to the Balloon Fest in New Mexico

305.       Go to the EAA Fly In in Oshkosh

306.       Go to Graceland for Elvis’s Birthday in Memphis

307.       Go to a Harley Celebration in Milwaukee

308.       Go to all the festivals in Milwaukee in one summer

309.       Go to the World’s Fair

310.       Go to Fish Day

311.       See the scrubbing of the streets at Hollandfest

312.       Go to the Academy Awards

313.       Go to a carnival

314.       Go to Roswell Alien Days in Roswell

315.       Go to Bastille Days

316.       Go to Riversplash

317.       Go to Renaissance Fair

318.       Go to the Frontier Days Rodeo

319.       Go to Tulipfest in Holland, MI

320.       Go to Laura Ingall Wilder Pageant in De Smet, South Dakota

321.       Go to Chocolate Fest in Burlington

322.       Go to Jamestown, NY for Lucy and Desi Days

323.       Go to Cowtown Rodeo

324.       Go to the Heifer March in Vermont

325.       Go to Strawberry Fest

326.       Go to West Allis Western Days

327.       Go to the Miss USA pageant

328.       Go to the Lakefront Festival for the Arts

329.       Go to Juneteenth Day

 

Holidays and Their Traditions

330.       Spend New Year’s Eve in Times Square

331.       Spend Christmas in New York City

332.       See the Chinese New Year come in, in China

333.       Cut down my own Christmas tree

334.       Go to Philadelphia for the 4th of July

335.       Go on an Easter Egg hunt

336.       Spend St. Patrick’s Day in a bar

337.       Celebrate Cinqo De Mayo

338.       Dance around a May Pole

339.       Go to a haunted house

340.       Go on a hay ride

341.       Ring bells for the salvation army

342.       Go to a New Year’s Eve party

343.       See the New Year come in

344.       Trick or treat for UNICEF

345.       Wave an American flag

346.       Decorate a Christmas tree

347.       Make Christmas cookies

348.       Make a gingerbread house

349.       Dye Easter eggs

350.       Blow out birthday candles

351.       Have a secret Santa

352.       Participate in a Hanukah celebration

353.       Watch fireworks

354.       Sit on Santa’s lap

355.       Go caroling

356.       Go to the 1st Star Fireworks

357.       Attend a Halloween party

358.       Do Operation Dear Abby

 

Pampering and Fashions

359.       Get pampered on Rodeo Drive

360.       Dye my hair

361.       Pluck my eyebrows

362.       Wax my legs

363.       Take a bubble bath

364.       Tie-dye a shirt

365.       Join a health club

366.       Wear lederhosen

367.       Wear a pair of wooden shoes

368.       Get a French manicure

 

Movies and Entertainment

369.       See the Jay Leno Show live

370.       See a play on Broadway

371.       See The Nutcracker

372.       See a country concert not at country Fest

373.       Be in a movie

374.       See the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville

375.       See A Christmas Carol in Ford Theater

376.       See a circus

377.       See the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Oriental Theater

378.       See a movie in the Chinese Theater

379.       See a Disney animated movie in the theaters

380.       See “Who’s Line is It Anyways?” live

381.       See Riverdance

382.       See a show at the Northern Lights Theater

383.       See Pat McCurdy at Shank Hall

384.       Go to Jazz in the Park

385.       Go to a taping of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire”

386.       See Bon Jovi in concert

387.       Go to Rainbow Summer at the PAC

388.       See Bill Cosby do stand-up

389.       See Annie

390.       See a match of Comedy Sportz in Milwaukee

391.       See an IMAX

392.       Go to a drive-in movie

393.       Be on the Price Is Right

394.       See Pat McCurdy at Summerfest

 

395.       See a magic show

396.       Watch all the Karate kids

397.       Watch Goonies

398.       Watch all the Back to the Futures

399.       Watch The Godfather

400.       Watch Dances with Wolves

401.       Watch Braveheart

402.       Watch Philadelphia

403.       See the West Side Story

404.       See Rent

405.       Go to the Madrigal Dinner

406.       Meet a TV or movie star

407.       Go to a movie premiere

408.       Go to Country USA

409.       Go to Country Thunder

410.       Go to Fanfare in Nashville

411.       Play a musical instrument

412.       See Stomp

413.       Go to Summerfest

414.       Attend a symphony concert

415.       See Star Wars

416.       See Casablanca

417.       Go to Shakespeare in the Park in New York City

418.       Go to a Film Festival

419.       Watch a foreign film

420.       Play the piano

421.       See a play at the Fireside

422.       Go to an Art Show

423.       Go to a recital

424.       Visit a movie studio

425.       Be a DJ

426.       Be on Jeopardy

427.       See Wizard of Oz

428.       See a dog show

429.       Visit NBC

430.       Be on the Today Show

431.       Go to a rock concert

432.       See the Beach Boys

433.       Go to Woodstock

434.       Put on a puppet show

435.       See a puppet show

 

Eats and Drinks

436.       Eat at a Five Star Restaurant

437.       Stay in a bed and breakfast

438.       Have a food fight

439.       Go to a Hawaiian Luau

440.       Take a gourmet cooking class

441.       Make Fudge

442.       Make Homemade pizza

443.       Go on a picnic

444.       Bob for apples

445.       Bake homemade bread

446.       Have a margarita at Chi-Chis

447.       Have a mudslide at Applebees

448.       Make fresh squeezed lemonade

449.       Visit a chocolate factory

450.       Enter an ice cream eating contest

451.       Have Margaritas at Tumbleweed

452.       Eat at Polaris in Milwaukee

453.       Eat at Lake Park Bistro in Milwaukee

454.       Go to Chuck E. Cheese

455.       Go to Zoo Ala Cart

456.       Eat a banana split

457.       Have a tea party

458.       Make jam

459.       Go to Breakfast on the Farm

460.       Roast hot dogs

461.       Roast marshmallows

462.       Make s’mores

463.       Order a pizza

464.       Have a BBQ

465.       Tailgate

466.       Make homemade pretzels

467.       Buy something from the ice cream truck

468.       Eat Sushi

469.       Make homemade pudding

470.       Make kabobs

471.       Make maple syrup

472.       Go to a fish market

473.       Eat in Chinatown

474.       Order Chinese

475.       Eat Mexican

476.       Cook a turkey with all the fixings

477.       Bake cookies

478.       Have breakfast in bed

479.       Eat raw cookie dough

480.       Bake a pie

481.       Make tamales

482.       Make homemade donuts

483.       Go to an old fashion soda fountain

484.       Sit at a lunch counter

Let’s Be Adventurous

485.       Snorkel in the Great Barrier Reef

486.       Go White Water rafting

487.       Go skinny dipping

488.       Ski at Lake Tahoe

489.       Swim in the Dead Sea

490.       Go Hang Gliding

491.       Go Surfing

492.       Go Water-skiing

493.       Go spelunking at Mammoth Cave in Mammoth Cave

494.       Swim in the Gulf of Mexico

495.       Swim in the Pacific Ocean

496.       Hike the Appalachian Mountains

497.       Go wind surfing

498.       Camp at the zoo

499.       Hike at Devils Lake in Baraboo

500.       Experience an earthquake

501.       Climb Dunn Falls in Jamaica

502.       Boogie Board

503.       Hike the Smoky Mountains

504.       Swing on a vine

505.       Chase a tornado

506.       Discover a secret garden

507.       Discover a buried treasure

508.       Go on a dinosaur dig

509.       Climb a mountain

510.       Go Kayaking

511.       Go snowboarding

512.       Go snowmobiling

513.       Swim in the Great Salt Lake

514.       Go snowshoeing

515.       Drive a race car

516.       Drive a go-cart

517.       Drive a push cart

518.       Hike the Ice Age Trial

519.       Ride a banana boat

520.       Go polar bearing

521.       Experience a hurricane

522.       Ride in a dune buggy

523.       Go skiing at the La Porte Ski Dome

524.       Ski Vale

525.       Go over Niagara Falls in a barrel

526.       Be a human hockey puck

527.       Be a gladiator

528.       Skeleton

529.       Ride an ATV

530.       Parasail

531.       Mountain bike

532.       Snorkel in the Caribbean

533.       Go Innertubing

534.       Complete Survival Training

535.       White water raft the Grand Canyon

536.       Hike Rainbow Trail

537.       Hike Buckskin Gorge

538.       Hike the Adirondack Mountains

539.       Scuba dive in the Red Sea

540.       Explore a sunken ship

541.       Paddle an outrigger canoe

542.       Ski in Hawaii

543.       Milk a poisonous snake

544.       Watch a fire walking ceremony

545.       Follow the John Muir Trail

546.       Climb the bluff

547.       Go on an archeological dig

548.       Have a sword fight

549.       Jump out of a plane

 

The Wide World of Sports

550.       Go to the Olympics

551.       Go to the Indy 500

552.       Go to the Rose Bowl

553.       Go to the Super Bowl

554.       See a Packer Game

555.       See a Badger Football Game

556.       See a NHL Game

557.       Mud wrestle

558.       Play hockey

559.       Throw the first pitch out at a baseball game

560.       Go to opening day of baseball game

561.       See a Cubs game at Wrigley Field

562.       Fence

563.       See the World Cup

564.       See the World Series

565.       See the Stanley Cup

566.       Toss a Frisbee with Aurelia 200 times

567.       Play volleyball on the beach

568.       Do the AIDS ride for Camp Heartland

569.       Go to an All Star game

570.       Visit all the major league baseball stadiums  (14/30)

571.       Sing the National Anthem at a Admirals Game

572.       Go to the Daytona 500

573.       Go to the Kentucky Derby

574.       Go to a Brewer’s Spring Training Game

575.       See the Harlem Globetrotters

576.       Go to Wimbledon

577.       Go to Cooperstown

578.       Bowl at least an 100

579.       Go to the Milwaukee Mile

580.       Go to Road America

581.       See a high school state football game

582.       Play shuffleboard

583.       Play horseshoes

584.       Do the Miller Ride for the Arts

585.       See an NBA championship game

586.       Carry the Olympic torch

587.       Watch the running of the Olympic torch

588.       See a pro wrestling match

589.       See a baseball game

590.       Ice Skate

591.       Roller skate

592.       Run a relay race

593.       Go to the Sport’s Show

594.       Practice Yoga

595.       Sit in the bleachers at a ball game

596.       Catch a ball at a baseball game

597.       Drink beer at a baseball game

598.       Play mini golf

599.       Joust

600.       Go to the Birkebeiner

601.       Go to the Badger State Games

602.       Slide down Bernie Brewers Slide

603.       See the Ironman Triathlon on the Big Island

604.       Run a five minute mile

605.       Play handball

606.       See a celebrity softball tournament

607.       See a polo match

608.       Go to a YMCA

609.       Be in a roller derby

610.       See a no-hitter

611.       Pump iron

612.       Go to the Basketball Hall of Fame

613.       Play boccee ball

 

Conventions, Conferences, and the Likes

614.       Go to a political national convention

615.       Go to AXD National Convention

616.       Go to a conference

617.       Go to a class reunion

618.       Go to a rally

619.       Go to the Pez Convention

620.       Sit in on a Congress Session

 

Parades

621.       See the Great Circus Parade

622.       See the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade

623.       See the Walt Disney World Christmas Parade

624.       Go to the Fish Day parade

625.       See the Tournament of Roses parade

626.       Be in a parade

627.       See the Chicago St. Patrick’s Day Parade

628.       See the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade

629.       Build a float

630.       Go to the Flag Day Parade

631.       Ride a horse in the Rose Parade

 

Theme Park Adventures

632.       Ride the Incredible Hulk Roller Coaster at Universal Studios

633.       Go to Disneyland

634.       Get married at Disney

635.       Eat at Victoria and Albert’s at the Grand Floridian Resort

636.       Go down Summit Plummit at Blizzard Beach

637.       Go on all the rides at Disney World in one vacation (water parks included)

638.       Eat at the Mexican pavilion at EPCOT

639.       Ride the roller coaster in California in which you ride head first

640.       Eat at all the pavilions at EPCOT

641.       Take a class at the Disney Institute

642.       Visit all the Six Flag Theme Parks

643.       Go to Walt Disney World

644.       Go to Busch Gardens

645.       Ride a roller coaster

646.       See the Magic Kingdom Fireworks on top of the train station

647.       Go to a water park

648.       Go to Knox Berry Farm

649.       Be Mickey Mouse for a day

 

Who I Would Invite for Tea

650.       Meet the President of the United States

651.       Meet Buddha

652.       Meet the Queen of England

653.       Hear the Delhi Llama speak

654.       Visit old friends

655.       Meet a dwarf

656.       Meet J.K. Rowling

 

For the Nature Girl in Me

657.       Sleep under the stars

658.       Climb a tree

659.       Go apple picking

660.       Go owling

661.       Watch the sunrise from the highest drive point in Hawaii

662.       Catch fireflies on a summer night

663.       Eat a fish that I catch

664.       Go camping with Melinda and Shannon

665.       Go deer hunting

666.       Go coon hunting with coon dogs

667.       Go to a Nude Beach

668.       Catch a frog

669.       Collect honey

670.       Hug a tree

671.       Plant a tree

672.       Plant a flower garden

673.       Go river stomping

674.       Catch butterflies

675.       Run through a field of wild flowers

676.       Plant a garden

677.       Go camping

678.       Look for 4 leaf clovers

679.       Sing around a campfire

680.       Watch a chick hatch from an egg

681.       Watch a butterfly emerge from a cocoon

682.       Watch a sea turtle lay her eggs

683.       Lay and daydream in meadow

684.       Watch a thunderstorm

685.       Watch a sunset

686.       Pick wild berries

687.       Make footprints in the sand

688.       Make daisy chains

689.       Go on a wild goose chase (literally)

690.       Go bird watching

 

Let’s Go Shopping

691.       Go shopping in downtown Chicago

692.       Go shopping in New York City

693.       Shop in Edmonton, Canada

694.       Go to the Mall of America

695.       Go shoe shopping

696.       Buy a garter

697.       Go bridesmaid’s dress shopping

698.       Go to a flea market

699.       Go to Johnson Creek Outlet

700.       Go antiquing

701.       Go to Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg

702.       Go to all the malls in Wisconsin

703.       Order something from QVC

704.       Go to an auction

705.       Go rummaging

706.       Order something online

707.       Build a bear


Let’s Go Out and Party

708.       Dance on a table

709.       Do shots in a bar

710.       Party on State Street

711.       Party on Water Street

712.       Shoot pool in a bar

713.       Go to Giggles in Germantown

714.       Do karaoke in a bar

715.       Go to a Presidential Inauguration Ball

716.       Have a Super Bowl party

717.       Go to a square dance

718.       Go line dancing

719.       Go bar hopping

720.       Chug a beer

721.       Go to a Frat Party

722.       Go to a Toga Party

723.       Throw a surprise party

724.       Throw a bridal shower

725.       Dance the Polka

726.       Dance the Funky Chicken

727.       Have a beach party

728.       Go to the Safehouse in Milwaukee

729.       Attend a masque ball

730.       Buy liquor at a liquor store

731.       Party on Bourbon Street in New Orleans

732.       Ride a mechanical bull

733.       Go to a pool party

734.       Crash a party

735.       Do a beer run

 

Religious Journeys

736.       Visit the Wailing Wall

737.       Go to Vatican City

738.       Hear mass by the Pope

739.       Go to Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve

740.       Go to Holy Hill in the fall

741.       Explore an old graveyard

742.       Have my feet washed on Holy Thursday

743.       Carry a casket

744.       Go to a funeral wake

745.       Visit a Buddhist temple

746.       Go on a church mission

747.       See the Blue Grotto

748.       Perform a rain dance

749.        Visit a pet cemetery

It Could be Educational

750.       See the Titanic

751.       Learn to Riverdance

752.       See an Indian Pow-Wow

753.       See Scott and Mary at a reenactment besides Waukesha

754.       Do a cave painting

755.       Learn the hula

756.       Visit a plantation (in the US)

757.       Visit an observatory

758.       Get my Ph.D.

759.       Visit a nuclear power plant

760.       Complete a New York Times Crossword Puzzle

761.       Stay in a college dorm

762.       Go to a Historical Marker

763.       Get my palm read

764.       Visit a jail

765.       Visit a logging camp


It’s My Duty

766.       See an execution

767.       See a court case

768.       Solve a mystery

769.       Go to a charity event

770.       Serve jury duty

771.       Have kids

772.       Complete 4000 hours of community service

773.       Write my congressman

774.       Vote

775.       Run for office

776.       Help out at a soup kitchen

777.       Plant a row for Harvest for the Hungry

778.       Stay in the Lincoln Bedroom


Romantic Endeavors

779.       Take a midnight stroll on the beach

780.       Go on a blind date

781.       Dance under the stars

782.       Spend an evening on Boardwalk

783.       Smooch on top of a Ferris wheel

784.       Get serenaded

785.       Make out in a theater

786.       Swing on swings with the love of my life

787.       Write a love letter

788.       Be in a wedding

789.       Fall in love

790.       Be carried over a threshold

791.       Get leid

792.       Dedicate a song to someone

793.       Go to a porn shop

794.       Buy sexy lingerie

795.       Kiss under a mistletoe

 

Need to Be Brave with a Sense of Humor

796.       Spend a night in a haunted house

797.       Have a Chinese fire drill

798.       Get hit in the face with a pie

799.       Bathe a dog

800.       Break a bone

801.       Get stitches

802.       Be in a mosh pit

803.       Change a diaper

804.       Go cow tipping

805.       Throw a boot

806.       Lay across people’s laps in the back seat

807.       Use an outhouse

 

Something I Always Wanted to Do

808.       Make a quilt

809.       Walk on stilts

810.       Make balloon animals

811.       Fly a kite

812.       Weave a basket

813.       Build a sand sculpture

814.       Fry an egg on the sidewalk

815.       Juggle

816.       Learn to Hula Hoop

817.       Play Frisbee with a dog

818.       Throw a boomerang

819.       See an UFO

820.       Stay up until the wee hours of the morning talking

821.       Carve an ice sculpture

822.       Collect nuts

823.       Buy a car

824.       Rent an apartment

825.       Dip candles

826.       Put in my initials in wet cement

827.       Carve my initials in a tree

828.       Stop and smell the roses

829.       Have a caricature done

830.       Make a time capsule

831.       Sing in the shower

832.       Surf the Internet

833.       Balance an egg on end

834.       Make a volcano

835.       Make a tornado in a bottle

836.       Suck an egg into a bottle

837.       Take a ballet class

838.       Request a song

839.       Listen to a baby’s heartbeat

840.       Pay off all my bills

841.       Laugh till it hurts

842.       Live to be 100

843.       Go to a wet down

844.       Play the water glasses

845.       Knit a scarf

846.       Coin a new word

 

All in Day’s Work

847.       Become an animator for a day

848.       Go shrimping

849.       Milk a cow

850.       Spend a day with a New England Fisherman

851.       Visit New York Stock Exchange on trading day

852.       Build a house for Habitat for Humanity

853.       Have a barn raising

 

854.       Teach school

855.       Paint a picture

856.       Flip burgers at McDonalds

857.       Paint a house

858.       Ring the opening/closing bell on Wall Street

859.       Market a product

860.       Assemble furniture

861.       Work a liquidation sale

862.       Invent something

863.       Start my own newspaper

864.       Pick cotton

865.       Deliver newspapers

 

Be A Kid

866.       Swing on a swing in a tree

867.       Make sock puppets

868.       Play Ms. Pac-man in an arcade

869.       Waste quarters in an arcade

870.       Take an afternoon nap

871.       Pop a wheelie

872.       Ride a bike no hands

873.       Play in hay loft

874.       Play hopscotch

875.       Finger paint

876.       Run barefoot

877.       Throw a Frisbee

878.       Make snow angels

879.       Build a snowman

880.       Jump on a trampoline

 

Take a Gamble

881.       Play a slot machine

882.       Buy a lottery ticket

883.       Win a radio contest

884.       Win a contest

885.       Win the lottery

886.       Go to the Greyhound Track

887.       Play Pinchinko

 

Only in Wisconsin

888.       Explore Germantown

889.       Go to House on the Rock in Spring Green

890.       See the Ice Sculptures at the PAC

891.       Go to Mitchell Park Domes

892.       Climb St. Mary’s Steps

893.       Find the German bakery in Madison

894.       Go Lake Geneva

895.       Go to the original PW lighthouse

896.       See the Great Circus Train

897.       Go to Door County

898.       Visit the State Capital

899.       Go to Wisconsin Dells for weekend

900.       Tour Miller Park

901.       Tour Miller Brewing

902.       Go to the Milwaukee Auto Show

903.       Visit the Horicon Marsh

904.       Take a Wisconsin Dells Duck Tour

905.       Go to Fort Howard Officer Quarters

906.       Visit the World’s Largest Barn in Marshfield

907.       See the Covered Bridge in Cedarburg

908.       Go to Little Norway

909.       Go to Al Capone’s: The Hideout

910.       Go to the Audubon nature center

911.       See the 3rd best toilet in the world

 

Books and Other Writings

912.       Write and publish a book

913.       Read James and the Giant Peach

914.       Go to a book signing

915.       Write a fan letter

916.       Write to Dear Abby

917.       Write to an author

918.       Read Romeo and Juliet

919.       Read War and Peace

920.       Read all the Newbery and Caldacott Winners and Honors

921.       Read Harry Potter

922.       Submit an editorial

923.       Get all the Newbery and Caldacott Winners and Honors

924.       Go to a presidential library

925.       Appear on the cover of a magazine

926.       Read Grapes of Wrath

927.       Write poetry

928.       Read a trashy romance novel

929.       Read Chicken Soup for the Soul

930.       Read the Bible from cover to cover

931.       Read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica

932.       Type 50 words a minute

933.       Get into the Guinness Book of Records

934.       Visit the Library of Alexander the Great in Alexandria, Egypt

935.       Read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

936.       Complete my missing book sets

 

Museums

937.       Go to the International Clown Hall of Fame

938.       Go to the Museum of Science and Industry

939.       Visit the Smithsonian

940.       Tour the Jelly Bean Factory in IL

941.       Go to the Coca-Cola Museum

942.       Go to Museum of Advertising and Design

943.       Go to the Rock n’ Roll Museum

944.       Go to the Country Music Hall of Fame

945.       Go to the SPAM museum

946.       Go to the Hamburger museum

947.       Go to The Crayola Museum/Factory

948.       Go to a wax museum

949.       Go the Museum of Natural History in New York

950.       Go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art

951.       Go to the International Spy Museum

952.       Go to the Mustard Museum

953.       See the Mayville Schoolhouse Museum

954.       Visit the National Toy Museum

955.       Visit the Wisconsin Historical Museum

956.       Go to the American UFO and Sci-Fi Museum

957.       See the Octagon House Museum

958.       Visit the museum of the Mummies in Mexico

959.       Go to Hollywood Entertainment Museum

960.       Go to the American Museum of Moving Images

961.       Go to the Walton Mountain Museum in Schulyer, VA

962.       Go to the Flag Day Museum

963.       Go to the Whaling Museum

 

Let the Games Begin

964.       Play checkers in Central Park

965.       Play candyland

966.       Win at Trivial Pursuit

967.       Play strip poker

968.       Play paintball

969.       Play laser tag

970.       Play spin the bottle

971.       Have a watermelon seed spitting contest

972.       Have a barrel race

973.       Play Twister

974.       Have a water balloon fight

975.       Play Twiddlywinks

976.       Play monopoly

977.       Play cribbage

978.       Play truth or dare

979.       Play Deprived

980.       Win a game of 4 suit spider solitaire

981.       Play Euchre

982.       Play Bridge

983.       Play kick the can

 

Say, What?

984.       Learn sign language

985.       Learn Hieroglyphics

986.       Learn Spanish

987.       Deliver a speech

988.       Give a toast

989.       Learn Braille

990.       Learn Swahili

 

Amy, the Builder

991.       Build a tree house

992.       Build an igloo

993.       Build a birdhouse

994.       Build a bird feeder

995.       Build a fort

 

Sounds a Bit Illegal

996.       Get pulled over

997.       Moon someone

998.       Toilet paper a house

999.       Pile more people in a car than can fit

1000.    Run a red light

 

Last But Not Least

Complete 500 of the items on this list

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