Record Holders

All 50 states and all U.S. inhabited territories

Radwan Ziadeh completed his journey to all 50 states and all inhabited U.S. Territories in 2017. Favorite experiences: He found Puerto Rico different and interesting since the culture was different from much of mainland U.S.A. He was amazed by the beautiful scenery and purity of water while visiting the U.S. Virgin Islands. Visiting South Dakota, his final state, had a big impact on him, especially seeing the in-progress Crazy Horse Memorial.

Brady Augustine finished all 50 plus the territories in New Hampshire in 2014. He served as a federal contractor who was hired to visit all 50 states and the territories in order to train and advise state Medicaid agencies on how to manage care, analytics, and program integrity.

With a Purpose

Lovina Tata - visited at least one museum in every state (during 2 year period)

Matt Wurnig - 50 dates in 50 states TWICE 

Braxton Amundson, James Marchino - visited a College Campus in every state, College Campus Challenge

Tracy and Keith Zimmerman - renewed their vows in All 50

Jane and Andy McClure - visited all 50 states in alphabetical order

Bob Rainville - 83 state to state border crossings in the Border Crossing Challenge

George & Kay Locatelli - spent 3 weeks in every state

Todd Helpingstine - minimum 5 night stay in each state

Brian & Staci Kothman - camped one week in 48 contiguous

Danka and Norman Pieniazek - ALL 412 NPS sites
Craig Bailey, William Padgon, Charles Dean - over 250+ National Park Service sites
Heidger Family - 60 national parks in one year
Klas Vikman - over 313 entries into the United States (from the UK)
Bradley and Jennifer Bishop - Found a Geocache in all 50 in one year
Barry Steifel (honorary) - longest Solo Road Trip to all 50, 8,649 miles
Al Roker (honorary) - Reported the weather in all 50 states

Gary Flanagan - visited A Church in each State closest to each Capitol

Socko the Monkey - www.sockowashere.com

"Eowyn" - Ford Windstar drove Owner to 49 States

Stevenson Family (Henry III, Monica, Hannah, Henry IV) - visited All Presidential Libraries & Tombs
Melanie Tucker: (honorary) - visited Federal Land in each state (national park, etc.)
Rochelle Peachy (honorary) - dated a guy in every state
Ben LeRoy (honorary) - did volunteer work in every state
Jim Simpson (honorary) - spent the night at a Walmart parking lot in every state
Robert Strein - photographed 48 Capitols
James Marchino - visited Universities in each state and collected coffee mugs
Braxton Amundson - visited a University in each state by age 25
Jay Zantos (honorary) - 50 states, 50 national parks, 10 months
Malcolm Sadler - viewed rock formations in every state (geology professor)
Ken Nielsen - geocached in all 50
Jim Ford - had a conversation with a local and mailed a postcard from all 50
Nigel Yorweth - sold books in every state
Esther Jones - collected sand or soil from each state capital

Shelton Stile - made a friend in every state

August Farrow  - photographed wildlife in every state

Scott Simon - reported from all 50 states (Weekend Edition, NPR host, author)

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