Thread 2821378

And by "least visited" I mean not even considered for tourism (Alaska is technically the least visited due to its remoteness, but still sells itself for and gets wildlife tourism).

States like Iowa, Nebraska, West Virginia, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, etc.

Are they worth visiting, and for what?

West Virginia is great you dumb nigger.

>>2821378 (OP)
Depends what you're into.
West Virginia and Arkansas have some great nature
I intend to visit Iowa one day for the state fair
Kansas and Nebraska have a lot of history surprisingly, and a lot of cute roadside attractions.
Oklahoma is just discount Texas. I really don't know about this one, but I'm sure they have some good state parks too

>>2821378 (OP)
It's more enjoyable to stop and stay at various points along the way in these states, versus blowing straight through on the interstate. I spent three days crossing Kansas and found the state to be very pleasant, especially in the eastern portions. At a waterfall in the southeast corner of the state, far from any sizable town, I encountered a retired sailor with his dog who had all sorts of stories to tell, mainly of getting into big trouble. Once he had talked himself out, he said good night and walked back to his house in the village of Elk Falls. I spent a restful night in the falls parking lot. Kansas is pretty friendly to travelers stopping by for overnight stays. It's the only state in all of America that lets travelers camp for free at any state lake - and there are state lakes in almost every country. You get a picnic table, an outhouse, big shady cottonwoods, etc.

Picrel is a typical state lake campground.

>>2821404
>Arkansas have some great nature
where
(be specific)

Town recreational trail in LeMars, Iowa
Iowa towns are blandly neat and well-off. Many of them try to build public recreational spaces. Less income inequality than the rest of the nation. Farm smells are prevalent. Again, not really a destination, but if the weather's nice and you're not in a hurry, you might as well stop by a few towns and see what they have to offer. There were so many raccoons out at night along the Floyd River, which was a very ugly river with muddy water and heavily eroded banks.

>>2821378 (OP)
North Dakota is what fits your bill OP and if it was worth visiting more people would do so, there isn't much there.

As a coastal chang American who's never visited the Midwest, I'm curious what you anons think about the same question but for China.

So in China the term "city" (市, shi) is sort of misleading, as it usually refers to prefectural-level cities, which are directly below provinces (≈states) and would be ≈ counties. Below cities can be urban districts (区, qu), rural counties (县, xian), or even other smaller cities. This can inflate city population numbers.

With that said, here are some lower-"tier" (prefectural-level) cities for an example of what I mean:

INTERIOR NORTH CHINA:
Puyang, Henan
Baotou, Inner Mongolia
Siping, Jilin
Yan'an, Shaanxi

INTERIOR SOUTH CHINA:
Shangrao, Jiangxi
Yueyang, Hunan
Xuancheng, Anhui

Interior regions of coastal provinces (so these would be like Buffalo, NY, Pittsburgh, PA, and Springfield, MA)
Heze, Shandong
Quzhou, Zhejiang
Sanming, Fujian
Shaoguan, Guangdong

WEST CHINA:
Bijie, Guizhou
Zigong, Sichuan
Any city in Qinghai, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, or Lanzhou really

Xinjiang, Tibet, Inner Mongolia, western Yunnan, and Hainan island are known to be kinda exotic ish, but those are more analogous to Alaska and Hawaii I'd say.

These are lesser known capitals:
Taiyuan, Shanxi (shown)
Shijiazhuang, Hebei (less visited than the areas near Beijing)
Zhengzhou, Henan (less visited than Luoyang and Kaifeng which are already less developed and minor)
Nanning, Guangxi (less visited than Guilin)
Guiyang, Guizhou

>>2821411
Ozarks
Hot Springs national park

>>2821472
that's not specific at all

>>2821522
Go. Drive around. See what you can see. That's all there is to it.
>>2821467
If I do visit China I'd prefer going to the smaller, less flashy cities. However, I've chosen to visit India first and save China for sometime in the indefinite future. Not a big fan of Chinese people (and vice versa). Chinese food is often MSG and onions-laden slop with very low quality ingredients on the cheap end as well. Indian food flavormogs it.

>>2821378 (OP)
Nature. /endthread

>>2821378 (OP)
>States like
>Iowa,
Iowa State Fair is pretty nice, worth the visit. Also Iowa has quite a few little towns that are themed and worth the visit like Pella. NE Iowa also isn't bad and parts of central are okay. I would stay away from the interstate though.

Also Western Iowa has the Loess which is fun to walk along.

>Nebraska,
Rodeos
Sand Hills (NE-2 is a fantastic drive once you're beyond farm lands up to Alliance)
NW Nebraska is also really nice as you start to see forests and bigger hills as you reach the NF.
I hear to the northern road is good but I haven't gone along it yet
>West Virginia,
WV is fantastic, what do you mean?
>Arkansas, Oklahoma,
Haven't been yet
>Kansas
I enjoyed Central Kansas. The rolling hills are pretty chill. state parks are pretty small tho. Not bad overall.