that gives you a map of the U.S. where you can paint the states you’ve visited in red. (Of course, you can use red to highlight states that fulfill any criterion you like, not just whether you’ve visited them.)
create your own visited states map
or write about it on the open travel guide
UPDATE: Reader Matt Johnson points out that the World66 folks think that D.C. is between New Jersey and Delaware.
UPDATE 2: An anonymous reader points out that this map is also good for graphically keeping track of where your concealed carry permits are valid.
UPDATE 3: This isn’t that big a problem with the map of the U.S., but these guys also have a map of the world where you can mark countries you’ve visited, and of course if you even go to a tiny bit of Canada or Russia, you get to color in a huge swath of the world. I get to color in Canada because I’ve been to Montreal twice and New Brunswick once. But I’ve never been to Russia, whereas others who have visited it once get this huge leg up! Now does that seem right? Maybe there should be something that gives you a dot around each exact place you’ve been, so if you go to St. Petersburg, it colors in just as much as if you visit the Vatican.
UPDATE 4: Clearly, just being in an airport shouldn’t count, right? (If it did, I don’t think it would affect the states I could count. But it would allow me to add some countries to the countries map, like Portugal, Peru, and the Netherlands.) But of course, this opens up all sorts of arbitrarinesses. First, what about train stations? On the one hand, they’re like an airport. On the other hand, you do pass through the countryside and actually see stuff. But really, should that be enough to count a state? And if not, then what about just driving through? The driving-through test is why I get to count Idaho and Wisconsin, for instance, but why is driving through any better than taking a train through? And if just driving through doesn’t count, what if I stopped at a gas station/mini-mart? Or what if I was only in the state long enough to stay in a hotel overnight (Ohio)? Or what if in addition to staying in a hotel overnight, I used a laundry service (Minnesota)? All these are questions for you to resolve between yourself and your God.
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