The Ultimate U.S. Road Trip?

These people say they've mapped out the scientifically perfect American road trip - do you agree?

The route will allow you to stop at all 48 continental states. It was created by Discovery News and a doctoral candidate at Michigan State University. Plus, the way it's mapped out, you can virtually start anywhere and keep going until you're back to where you started. I'm a little disappointed by the Minnesota landmark - Fort Snelling. Not that I don't feel that Fort Snelling is historic and cool to check out, but Split Rock Lighthouse? Gooseberry falls? Maybe their goal was to avoid having to drive several hours through nothingness up north? Then why not the Mall of America too? What do you think?

• Fort Snelling, MN
• Ashfall Fossil Bed, NE
• Mount Rushmore, SD
• Fort Union Trading Post, ND
• Glacier National Park, MT
• Hanford Site, WA
• Columbia River Highway, OR
• San Francisco Cable Cars, CA
• San Andreas Fault, CA
• Hoover Dam, NVGrand Canyon, AZ
• Bryce Canyon National Park, UT
• Craters of the Moon National Monument, ID
• Yellowstone National Park, WY
• Pikes Peak, CO
• Carlsbad Caverns National Park, NM
• The Alamo, TX
• The Platt Historic District, OK
• Toltec Mounds, AR
• Elvis Presley’s Graceland, TN
• Vicksburg National Military Park, MS
• French Quarter, New Orleans, LA
• USS Alabama, AL
• Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL
• Okefenokee Swamp Park, GA
• Fort Sumter National Monument, SC
• Lost World Caverns, WV
• Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center, NC
• Mount Vernon, VA
• White House, Washington, DC
• Colonial Annapolis Historic District, MD
• New Castle Historic District, Delaware
• Cape May Historic District, NJ
• Liberty Bell, PA
• Statue of Liberty, NY
• The Mark Twain House & Museum, CT
• The Breakers, RI
• USS Constitution, MA
• Acadia National Park, ME
• Mount Washington Hotel, NH
• Shelburne Farms, VT
• Fox Theater, Detroit, MI
• Spring Grove Cemetery, OH
• Mammoth Cave National Park, KY
• West Baden Springs Hotel, IN
• Abraham Lincoln’s Home, IL
• Gateway Arch, MO
• C. W. Parker Carousel Museum, KS
• Terrace Hill Governor’s Mansion, IA
• Taliesin, WI