You know I love Bucket Lists. I started a business so I could travel around the world and help people check buckets off of their lists. I gave a TedX Talk about bucket lists. I have my bucket list tattooed on my back (not true but sounds awesome).
It only makes sense that I tried to create the world’s greatest bucket list (in collaboration with Kyle the Intern, The Rachel Mayo, and friends*). There may be longer bucket lists but I can guarantee** you that you will find no greater list than the one below.
So, feel free and look over this list. Share it with friends. Steal items for your list. Tell me I am awesome. Leave recommendations for items we left off of the list. Read the list and make sure we don’t have any duplicates. Enjoy.
- Air Boat across an Alligator Infested Swamp
- Arrive By Seaplane to a remote location
- Attempt to ice climb over a glacier
- Bamboo raft down a mystical river
- BASE jump off of a tall building
- Bathe an Elephant
- Bathe in a hot spring with strangers
- Bathe in milk
- Be a passenger on a train
- Be a seat filler at the Oscars
- Be a tourist in your own town and go somewhere you’ve never been but always wanted to go
- Be in the delivery room during childbirth
- Be one of the few to go to the top of the Seven Summits
- Be one of the first humans to travel to space
- Bet on a horse at the horse races
- Bid on an auction item at Christie’s or Sotheby’s
- Boogie board in the ocean over some mighty waves
- Bungee jump off of a bridge
- Bury a time capsule and open it years later
- Buy a really stupid novelty item from eBay and give it to a friend
- Buy a ticket for a random flight at the airport
- Canoe down a river
- Catch a lightning bug and place it in a jar
- Catch a ride in a rickshaw
- Catch a snipe while snipe hunting
- Celebrate a White Christmas
- Celebrate your birthday in a different country
- Cheer the host at a live taping of a late night show
- Climb to the top of a tree and swing from the highest branches
- Complete any 90-day challenge
- Connect with nature while primitive camping
- Conquer a fear
- Convince some friends to go cow tipping
- Cross the country in a private jet
- Deactivate all social media for a week
- Design a homemade river raft – then go rafting
- Dirty yourself up with a mud bath
- Discover a pearl in an oyster
- Dive into a polar plunge in a cold-water environment
- Dive to the depths of the ocean to see the Titanic
- Do a backflip on a pogo stick
- Do donuts while off-roading
- Drive a Zamboni
- Drive a tank
- Drive across Route 66
- Drive an 18-wheeler
- Drive as fast as your can go in a Ferrari
- Drive through every county in your state
- Dry off by campfire
- Eat Fire
- Experience zero gravity
- Explore a cave while spelunking
- Extract honey from a beehive
- Feed a koala bear
- Find treasure with a metal detector
- Find your way through a labyrinth
- Fly a kite on a windy day
- Fly a plane across the sky
- Fly at the speed of sound
- Fly internationally on a double decker plane
- Fly over a city on a helicopter
- Freeze yourself during cryotherapy
- Gaze at the stars in a glass igloo
- Get a book signed by your favorite author
- Get a fish pedicure
- Get a professional massage
- Get a tattoo with a friend
- Get into a situation to need a translator
- Get spoiled in first class
- Glide over the hills in a gyrocopter
- Go hang gliding in a remote location
- Go streaking
- Go to a ceremony of a religion that is not your own
- Haggle at an open market
- Hang onto a rope while rock climbing
- Have your fortune read by a fortune teller
- Hold a shark
- Hold a tarantula sized spider
- Hold onto a dolphin fin as it carries you through the ocean
- Hug a redwood
- Hunt for wild mushrooms
- Hunt small prey at a falconry class
- Indoor Skydive
- Jump into a pile of leaves
- Jump into a pool full of jello
- Jump into a pool fully clothed
- Jump off a cliff
- Jump out of a helicopter onto a mountain while heli-skiing
- Karate chop and break a board
- Kiss someone in the rain
- Land a flip on a wakeboard
- Last eight seconds while you ride a bull
- Leave your stress in a sensory deprivation tank
- Let someone read your palm
- Live in a different country
- Live in a houseboat
- Live one month without spending money on anything other than necessities
- Look out for criminals on a police ride-along
- Luge down a huge hill
- Meander through a bamboo forest
- Meditate on the side of a mountain
- Meet a world leader
- Meet an animal who is internet famous
- Meet someone famous randomly
- Milk a cow
- Name a star
- Navigate a boat down a river
- Navigate a personal underwater sub
- Navigate a segway
- Observe a bear in the wild
- Obtain backstage passes to a concert
- Officiate a wedding
- Organize a picnic outing
- Own a Chanel suit
- Own a Louis Vuitton purse
- Own a Rolex
- Own a Rolls Royce, an Aston Martin, or a Bentley
- Own a beach house
- Own a house with a fireplace
- Own a pet monkey
- Own a private jet
- Own a professional football team
- Own a successful business
- Own an Armani suit
- Own an island
- Pan for gold
- Parachute out of a cargo plane
- Partake in a food fight
- Participate in a protest
- Participate in a sweat lodge ceremony
- Participate in an Indian Wedding
- Participate in a cattle drive
- Pay off a stranger’s Christmas layaway
- Pet a bear cub
- Pet a dolphin
- Pet a lion cub
- Pet a penguin
- Pierce your ears with a friend
- Pitch a tent in your backyard
- Plant a flag on top of a mountain
- Plant your own garden
- Pose with a figure at a wax museum
- Proudly walk around at a nudist colony
- Race a car on a NASCAR track
- Race some friends while four-wheeling on sand dunes
- Raise your hands in the air on the ten largest roller coasters in the world
- Reach for the earth while tandem skydiving
- Receive acupuncture
- Record a meteor shower
- Record a music video
- Relax in a natural hot spring
- Relax in a sensory deprivation tank
- Renovate a mansion
- Research the history of your favorite sports team
- Restore an old classic car
- Ride a jet ski
- Ride a motorcycle
- Ride a unicycle
- Ride an ostrich
- Rise above the water while Flyboarding in a Water Jet Pack
- Roll a somersault down a hill
- Rollerblade with friends
- Rope a cow at a dude ranch
- Run for political office
- Sing at a concert to see an artist you’re not familiar with
- Sail a boat
- Scare someone at a haunted house
- Score an autograph from your favorite celebrity
- Scuba dive
- Send a fan letter to your favorite celebrity
- Send a message in a bottle and get a response
- Send a Slinky down an escalator
- Set a Guinness World Record
- Shake hands with a president, current or former
- Shake hands your favorite celebrity
- Share your most embarrassing moment
- Shear a sheep
- Shoot a machine gun
- Shop on Rodeo Drive
- Shuck oysters
- Sit front row at a fashion show
- Sit on a jury
- Sit on the front row of a concert
- Skateboard at a skating park
- Skeet shoot
- Ski a black diamond trail
- Ski down the side of a mountain
- Skinny dip with strangers
- Skydive
- Sleep in a hostel with strangers
- Sleep in a yurt
- Sleep in an overnight train
- Sleep on a trampoline
- Sleep on the beach
- Slide down a firehouse pole
- Smoke a fine cigar
- Smoke a hookah
- Snowshoe across an unknown mountain path
- Spend $10,000 during a care-free shopping spree
- Spend New Year’s Eve in an exotic location
- Spend a day without speaking
- Spend a night in a haunted house
- Spend a night in a tree house
- Spend a week at a 5-star spa
- Spend a weekend at the world’s most expensive hotel
- Spin a basketball on your finger
- Spoil yourself at a 5-star hotel
- Stand face to face with a monk at a monastery
- Stand next to someone who is over seven feet tall
- Stand on a glacier
- Stand on the floor of a drilling rig
- Stand under a waterfall
- Stand up paddle board
- Star in a commercial
- Start a band
- Start a business
- Start a hobby with a stranger
- Stay awake for 24 hours
- Step out and become a foreign exchange student
- Stick your head out of the sunroof in a limo
- Stomp on grapes to make wine
- Successfully complete a heist
- Survive a day without seeing
- Survive the rapids while white water rafting
- Swim with sea turtles
- Swing above the crowd in a trapeze class
- Swing around at a ballroom dance class
- Take English riding lessons
- Take a Sunday drive in a convertible with the top down
- Take a friend on a spontaneous road trip
- Take a natural mud bath
- Take a picture the colors of the Northern Lights
- Take a punch from Mike Tyson
- Take a ride on an elephant
- Take a road trip by yourself
- Take a seat on the world’s largest Ferris Wheel
- Take a vacation with no itinerary
- Take in the sunrise and sunset in the same day
- Take it easy on an aimless drive
- Teach English in a foreign country
- Teach a parrot to talk
- Team up with someone and ride a tandem bicycle
- Throw a boomerang and receive it in the same throw
- Throw a dart at a map and go to that spot
- Throw poo with a monkey
- Touch a giant cactus
- Touch a stingray
- Tour a city in a horse and carriage
- Train a dog to do tricks
- Travel across the sky in a blimp
- Travel back in time at an Amish community
- Travel for one month straight with only a backpack
- Travel to space in a spacecraft
- Trek across a frozen river without fear
- Try Chinese cupping
- Try to catch a fish while Snubadiving
- Try to catch the end of a rainbow
- Try to see a whale while paragliding
- Use a paddle to bid at an auction
- Use a tractor to till the Earth
- Use your binoculars to find whales while whale watching
- Vacation solo
- Visit a butterfly house
- Visit a temple
- Walk a cheetah
- Walk around for a day in middle eastern attire
- Walk everywhere for a week
- Walk on hot coals
- Walk on stilts
- Walk through a rainforest with a machete
- Walk with a lion
- Watch a movie at a drive-in movie theater
- Watch the launch of a space shuttle
- Watch the ocean go by on a cruise ship
- Watch the sun rise on the top of a water tower
- Wear an extravagant mask to a masquerade ball
- Wear colored contact lenses
- Wear your birthday suit to a nude beach
- Win a Gold Medal
- Win a game of Ping Pong
- Win a game show
- Win a giveaway prize off of the radio
- Win a lucky draw
- Win a stuffed animal at a fair
- Win big at an Indian Casino
- Win the lottery
- Witness a meteor shower
- Witness a total solar eclipse
- Wrap a snake around your neck
- Yell Bingo! At a Bingo Hall
- Act in a film (homemade or big-budget)
- Act in a play at a local theater
- Apply for a reality TV Show
- Attend a Jewish Wedding and dance the horah
- Attend a music festival and dance with the people
- Attend a native American Pow-Wow
- Be a dancer in a flash mob
- Be a groupie for your favorite band
- Be a mascot for something
- Be an extra on a TV show
- Be in a band
- Build a village around a model train while wearing an engineering outfit
- Build a sandcastle on the beach
- Build an igloo in a cold-weather country
- Bust a fire from wood
- Complete a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle
- Compose a song for a professional singer
- Crochet a gift for someone
- Dance everywhere you go for a day
- Dance on top of a bar
- Dance or sing with Miss America
- Deliver a speech to over 10,000 people
- Draw a Zentangle
- Enter a pageant you are not qualified to win
- Fall in the snow and make a snow angel
- Feel yourself being hypnotized
- Figure out how many licks it actually takes to get to the tootsie roll center of a Tootsie Pop
- Fold an origami swan
- Give a commencement speech
- Give a wedding speech as a best man or maid of honor
- Grow a seed
- Grow Bonsai Trees
- Grow prize-winning roses
- Have a James Bond movie marathon
- Have an article of clothing made for you
- Have your picture taken for the newspaper
- Have your portrait painted
- Hire a celebrity to sing at your birthday party
- Hire a personal shopper
- Hone your negotiation skills
- Host a cocktail party
- Keep a greenhouse
- Keep bees alive as a beekeeper
- Knead a clay pot
- Knit a scarf
- List your top 100 favorite songs
- Live 24 hours screen free
- Make a Tye-Dye Shirt
- Make a balloon animal
- Master a freestanding handstand
- Create a secret handshake with someone and never tell a soul
- Figure out how you would survive without electricity
- Own a collection
- Paint something to hang in your home
- Partake in a renaissance fair
- Participate in a poetry reading
- Participate in dinner theater
- Perform a card trick for a large audience
- Perform a public presentation
- Perform stand up comedy at a comedy club
- Photograph an endangered species
- Pose for a professional photo shoot
- Publish your own book
- Sell a piece of your artwork
- Sell clothes from your personal clothing line
- Send a handwritten note every day for a year
- Sing to an audience
- Sing with a music legend in concert
- Sing your favorite song at a karaoke bar
- Solve a Rubik’s cube
- Start an art collection
- Submit a joke for Laffy Taffy
- Surprise someone with a complete makeover
- Watch all Golden Globe Best Pictures with a friend who loves movies
- Watch and rank all the best Oscar films
- Write a poem
- Write to a pen pal
- Apply for a Commercial Driver’s License
- Ask for a raise or a promotion
- Attend your 10-year high school reunion
- Author a children’s book
- Be chosen to give a TED talk
- Be completely debt free
- Be interviewed for the TV news
- Be the boss
- Become a billionaire (and then give away your fortunes)
- Become a member of an exclusive club
- Become a self-made millionaire
- Camp with your family in a remote location
- Celebrate your 50th Wedding Anniversary with the love of your life
- Create a YouTube channel (even if you have no subscribers)
- Develop a source of passive income
- Donate $1 million to charity
- Donate money to a relief organization
- Donate to the Red Cross
- Dress to the 9’s every day for a week
- Earn your GED
- Earn your a PhD
- Establish a foundation to give away your money
- Flip a house and sell it for profit
- Get accepted into Harvard (or some other Ivy League School)
- Get featured in the media for something you are proud of
- Graduate college with your dream degree
- Graduate high school
- Graduate with a 4.0
- Graduate with a Master’s degree
- Graduate with honors
- Have a social media post go viral
- Have one of your photographs published in a magazine
- Invent something
- Mentor another person
- Never miss a day of class
- Open a franchise
- Organize a fundraiser
- Receive an honorary degree from a credible university
- Set up a non-profit and raise money for a cause I believe in
- Start a podcast
- Work a profession in a different field
- Write a blog
- Adopt a child
- Adopt a pet from a rescue mission
- Be a foster parent for kids with no home
- Build doll houses for your child
- Build your dream house for your family
- Build a treehouse for my kids
- Buy your mom her dream car
- Coach your son’s little league team
- Create a coat of arms for your family
- Create a home with an inviting, joyous, comfortable, loving atmosphere
- Create family rituals and traditions to celebrate holidays and important life events
- Decorate a Christmas tree in every room of your house with your family
- Draw out your Family Tree
- Figure out your family’s history
- Get a tattoo ring with the love of your life
- Get married to the love of your life
- Give birth to a child
- Give your daughter away at her wedding
- Handmake all family Christmas gifts one year
- Hold at least one of your great-grandchildren
- Host a foreign exchange student
- Host a holiday event
- Host a non-American for Thanksgiving
- Learn your family ancestry
- Meet the love of your life
- Pass on a family heirloom to your child
- Plan an elaborate surprise for someone you love
- Play with your grandchildren
- Prepare a will
- Raise a happy and healthy child
- Reconnect with a lost loved one
- Reconnect with your most influential teachers and thank them
- Renew your wedding vows after being married for ten years
- Ride a horse on the beach with someone you love
- Send a love letter
- Sled down a snow-covered hill with your kids
- Spoil your grandchildren
- Start a tradition of getting together with your extended family for a barbecue once a year
- Stay married to the same person for as long as you both live
- Surprise your parents with a dream vacation
- Take your significant other to visit your childhood home
- Witness and be present at significant moments of your child’s life
- Write a letter to each of your children telling them what you want them to know about your life and the lessons you’ve learned
- Write a letter to your future self
- Attend a pig roast (bonus points if the pig is roasted with an apple in its mouth)
- Attend a proper British afternoon tea in London
- Be a vegetarian for a month
- Buy food from a food truck
- Buy 99 cent pizza in NYC
- Compete in a food challenge
- Cook every dish in a cookbook
- Create a meal completely from scratch
- Dip fancy foods in fondue
- Drink a beer at Oktoberfest
- Drink a beer in the Netherlands
- Drink a bottle of champagne that costs over $1,000.00
- Drink a glass of wine in Lyon, France
- Drink juice from a fresh coconut on a tropical island
- Drink a martini at an ice bar
- Drink Sake in Japan
- Drink vodka in Russia
- Eat a bowl of chowder in New England
- Eat a deep fried Twinkie at the fair
- Eat a Maine lobster
- Eat a Philly Cheesesteak in Philadelphia
- Eat a shark in Iceland
- Eat an insect in a foreign country
- Eat at a Brazilian steakhouse in Brazil
- Eat Belgium waffles in Belgium
- Eat buffalo wings in Buffalo
- Eat fancy food in Paris
- Eat fish and chips in England
- Eat guinea pig in Peru
- Eat frog legs in the Deep South
- Eat octopus next to the ocean
- Eat ox balls in Kenya
- Fillet a fish that you caught
- Go a week without eating
- Go wine tasting in Napa Valley
- Have someone serve your breakfast in bed
- Order fried caterpillar in Africa
- Order one of everything on a menu
- Order room service
- Savor your pasta in Italy
- Try all of the food and drink at an all-inclusive resort
- Try different types of pizza in Chicago
- Try every flavor of ice cream at an ice cream shoppe
- Try food from a world-class chef
- Try Whale in Alaska
- Use chopsticks to eat sushi in Tokyo
- Bake a loaf of bread from scratch
- Be able to recite all 50 state capitals from memory
- Be an apprentice to a skilled worker
- Become a Cheese Connoisseur
- Become a Wine Connoisseur
- Become the premiere expert on one major artist
- Bench press your weight
- Brew my own beer
- Build a Little Free Library
- Build something with your own hands
- Build your own website
- Construct furniture from scratch
- Cook a fancy dish at a gourmet cooking class
- Create Mandalas
- Create a cookbook
- Culture yourself during a social etiquette class
- DIY something for your home and proudly display it
- Discover a favorite author and know why he/she is your favorite
- Draw yourself at a drawing class
- Fill a small library with high quality books
- Give mouth to mouth to a mannequin during a first aid course
- Join a book club
- Keep a daily journal for a year
- Learn to braid hair
- Learn a form of martial arts
- Learn a full yoga routine
- Learn a latin dance
- Learn a line dance
- Learn a musical instrument
- Learn a new word every day for a year
- Learn a traditional dance
- Learn about investing
- Learn all of the countries in the world
- Learn all of the presidents in order
- Learn different handshakes from around the world
- Learn glassblowing
- Learn how to change a tire
- Learn how to change your oil
- Learn how to code
- Learn how to cook your favorite meal
- Learn how to cut hair
- Learn how to do a backflip
- Learn how to do fancy makeup
- Learn how to do your taxes
- Learn how to drive a motorcycle
- Learn how to drive a stick shift
- Learn how to hem a pair of pants
- Learn to make make sushi
- Learn how to pick a lock
- Learn how to pitch a tent
- Learn how to play a new sport
- Learn how to play a song on the piano
- Learn how to play backgammon
- Learn how to play poker
- Learn how to properly set a table
- Learn how to read a map
- Learn how to read braille
- Learn how to say the alphabet backwards
- Learn how to say hello in ten different languages
- Learn how to shoot a bow and arrow
- Learn how to shoot a gun
- Learn how to swim
- Learn how to use a power tool
- Learn how to use chopsticks
- Learn morse code
- Learn sign language
- Learn stress management
- Learn the names of all of your close neighbors
- Learn to bartend
- Learn to brew beer
- Learn to budget
- Learn to compost your food waste
- Learn to cook a fancy meal
- Learn to do a cartwheel
- Learn to do a wheelie on a bike
- Learn to hula hoop
- Learn to juggle
- Learn to make candles
- Learn to paint
- Learn to play chess
- Learn to read music
- Learn to sculpt
- Learn to sing
- Learn to speak a foreign language
- Learn to tie a bow tie
- Learn to walk on your hands
- Learn to write with both hands
- Learn to yodel
- Make a list of 100 books you want to read
- Make homemade ice cream
- Make models of cars, ships or airplanes
- Make stained glass windows
- Memorize the constellations
- Memorize your favorite poem
- Pass your driver’s license test
- Read a book a week for a year
- Read a book about a subject you know nothing about
- Read a book before the movie
- Read all of Agatha Christie’s mystery novels
- Read all of Honoré de Balzac‟s short stories and novels
- Read all of the Harry Potter books
- Read all of the Russian classics
- Read all of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries
- Read every book your favorite author has written
- Read every novel that has won a Pulitzer Prize in the Fiction Category
- Read everyday for a year
- Read ten books written by winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature
- Read the Bible from cover to cover
- Read the complete works of Shakespeare
- Read the top 100 books of all time
- Straighten out your life with a life coach
- Study a different religion
- Study cartography
- Be able to bench-press 150 lbs
- Be able to do 10 pull-ups
- Be able to do 50 push-ups
- Catch a fish while deep sea fishing
- Catch a fish while ice fishing
- Catch a foul ball at a MLB game
- Charter a yacht
- Climb a rope in a gym class
- Compete in a bodybuilding competition
- Compete in a fitness competition
- Compete in an Ironman competition
- Cycle across your state
- Finish a triathlon
- Perform the splits
- Protect yourself during a self-defense class
- Run a marathon
- Run barefoot
- Run the Boston Marathon
- Shake it during a Zumba class
- Show off your six-pack abs
- Start a local running group
- Work out until you have buns of steel
- Attend a Final Four basketball game
- Attend a Premiere League football match
- Attend a rodeo and try your hand at roping
- Attend the NBA All-Star Game
- Be featured on the jumbotron at a professional sporting event
- Bowl a perfect game
- Carve a new path while snowboarding
- Cheer for the opposing team in the home stands
- Dunk a basketball
- Golf at a private golf course
- Hit a hole in one
- Hit an archery bullseye
- Hit the bullseye on a dart board
- Hold on for dear life while windsurfing
- Join a bowling league
- Play a game of paintball
- Play frisbee golf
- Root for your team at a World Series game
- Sit on the sidelines of a professional sporting event
- Throw out the 1st pitch at an MLB game
- Watch the NFL Pro Bowl
- Watch the Yankees play the Red Sox at Fenway Park and Yankee Stadium
- Watch the opening ceremonies for the Summer Olympics
- Watch your favorite sport at the Winter Olympics
- Wear a fun hat at the Kentucky Derby
- Wear a soccer uniform at a World Cup Match in Brazil
- Witness at a sumo wrestling match in Japan
There were so many great travel bucket list items that we separated them by continent. We also tried to be as specific as possible with each bucket list item. Instead of just saying, “Visit Europe” (which is a fine bucket list item), we decided to change it to something unique to that particular area.
A good example would be “Catch a flamenco show in Andalusia, Spain.” If these items aren’t exactly what you want to do in each country/continent then please change them to fit your desired travel bucket list items!
- Carefully dive with crocodiles in Africa
- Carve your name in a tree at the Cape of Good Hope
- Climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
- Cross the water to Zanzibar
- Cruise the Nile River
- Explore the Atlas Mountains of Morocco
- Gaze upon a giraffe in Nairobi, Kenya
- Guess the age of a large tree in Madagascar
- Raft down the Zambezi
- See African animals on a wildlife safari
- Sleep under the stars in the Sahara
- Stand next to the pyramids in Giza
- Stare into the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania
- Stroll along the beaches in Cape Town, South Africa
- Stroll through the Sagano Bamboo Forest in Japan
- Stroll with the Kalahari Bushmen
- Swim in Devil’s Pool at Victoria Falls in Zambia
- Swim with sharks in Cape Town
- Visit the Sossusvlei Dunes in Namibia
- Walk with a black rhino in Namibia
- Watch the Indian and Atlantic ocean meet
- Watch the Serengeti in Tanzania
- Act like a spy at the Kremlin in Russia
- Admire the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon, Burma
- Attempt to ride a train in India
- Be awestruck by the terra-cotta warriors of Xi’an
- Behold Bagan in Myanmar
- Brave the climb to the Tiger’s Nest, Taktsang Palphug
- Capture the beauty of the temples and gardens of Kyoto
- Cruise in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
- Dune Buggy on the way to an Arabian Camp
- Experience Istanbul’s Call to Prayer
- Explore the ancient ruins of Petra in Jordan
- Face the Lion’s Rock at the ancient royal compound of Sigiriya in Sri Lanka
- Feel the awe of history in the Buddhist cave temples of Dambulla
- Find yourself lost in a crowd in Tokyo
- Float in the Dead Sea
- Follow Jesus’ paths in Jerusalem
- Follow in the emperor’s footsteps in Beijing’s Forbidden City
- Get a henna tattoo in India
- Go vertical caving in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
- Hike Mount Fuji in Japan
- Hike the Caucasus in Georgia
- Hike to base camp at Mt. Everest
- Hold on for dear life at the Walk of Faith in Tianmen Mountain
- Hot air balloon ride in Cappadocia (Turkey)
- Hunt with eagles in Mongolia
- Light a yak-butter candle for fertility at Chimi Lakhang
- Live lavishly at Durrat Al Bahrain, the horseshoe and fish-shaped islands lie off the South coast of Bahrain
- Marvel at the temples at Wadi Rum in Southern Jordan
- Participate in the color festival (Holi) in India
- Pay the fee to visit Bhutan
- Pick a bloom off of a cherry blossom in Japan
- Purify yourself in the Ganges in India
- Receive a jukai blessing at the Garan complex in Kyosan
- Release a candle at Yi Peng Festival in Thailand
- Revisit history in Turkey
- Ride the elevator to top of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai
- Salute the sun at Bhangarh in India
- See the sights along the Transiberian Railway
- See the view of Hong Kong from Victoria Peak
- See yourself in the House of Mirrors in Kuwait City
- Shop for souvenirs in Istanbul
- Stand atop the Petronas Twin Towers in Malaysia
- Stand in front of the Taj Mahal
- Stand in the center of the Islamic world at Mecca
- Taste the olive oil in Jerusalem
- Trek across the Himalayas
- Visit a Mosque in Saudi Arabia
- Visit the Old Silk Road
- Walk along the Abraham Path following in the footsteps of the prophet Abraham 4,000 years ago
- Walk around Singapore’s sky gardens
- Walk the Great Wall of China
- Watch camel racing in Qatar
- Watch the sunset from Wat Phrathat, Chiang Mai’s holiest shrine
- Watch the whirling dervishes in Istanbul
- Attend Fashion Week at one of the fashion capitals of the world – London, LA, NYC, Rome, Milan, Barcelona, Berlin
- Attend mass at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
- Become a child again at Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen
- Breathe in the lavender fields in Provence, France
- Catch a flamenco show in Andalusia, Spain
- Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland
- Chase waterfalls in Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Cheer on the cyclists at the Tour de France
- Chime with the clock at Big Ben in London
- Climb Leukerbad Via Ferrata in Switzerland
- Climb Skellig Islands off of the coast of Ireland
- Cross Europe on the Orient Express
- Cross the Straits of Gibraltar on a ferry
- Dogsled in Finland
- Drive as fast as you can on the Autobahn in Germany
- Explore the Lascaux Caves in southwestern France
- Explore the charming streets of Edinburgh, Scotland
- Feel like a giant at Madurodam in the Netherlands
- Find viking ruins on the Faroe Islands
- Gamble at Monte Carlo in Monaco
- Geek out Trinity College
- Get a picture walking across Abbey Road in London
- Go island hopping in Greece
- Heat up in a sauna in Norway
- High five someone at the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
- Hike to the top of Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh
- Imagine life in ancient Pompeii
- Jog in the Luxembourg Gardens
- Kiss the Blarney stone in Ireland
- Look over London from the the London Eye
- Make a wish at the Trevi Fountain, Rome
- Make your way through the canals of Amsterdam
- Marvel at St. Peter’s Basilica
- Marvel at the history of Athens, Greece
- Marvel at the history of the Parthenon in Greece
- Observe the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace
- Paint the views at Cinque Terre, Italy
- Peer over the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland
- Play golf in Scotland
- Pray to the gods at Stonehenge
- Pretend to be knighted at a castle in Germany
- Recite the Apostle’s Creed at Vatican City
- Relax on the uncrowded beaches of Montenegro
- Remember what you learned in history class while walking around the coliseum in Rome
- Rent a villa in Tuscany for the summer
- Ride a ride at Disney World in a different country
- Ring a bell at the Notre Dame Cathedral
- Row around Lake Bled in Slovenia
- Run with the bulls in Pampalona, Spain
- Sail around the Greek Isles
- Say a prayer at the Alhambra in Spain
- Search for Nessie at Loch Ness in Scotland
- Shop at Harrods, London
- Sing a song in a gondola in Venice
- Sit on top of a double decker bus in London
- Ski the Swiss Alps
- Sleep at an ice hotel in Sweden
- Soak in a thermal bath in Budapest
- Somehow make a guard laugh at Buckingham Palace
- Spook someone at the Catacombs in Paris
- Stand beneath the Eiffel Tower at night
- Stand in Red Square, Moscow
- Stand in front of the Mona Lisa at the Louvre in Paris
- Stand next to Michelangelo’s David
- Stay at a Bed and Breakfast at Claude Monet’s garden at Giverny
- Stretch your neck at the Sistine Chapel
- Stroll the Charles Bridge at dawn in silence
- Study history at the Parthenon in Greece
- Swim in the Blue Lagoon in Iceland
- Take a canal tour in Amsterdam
- Touch the white walls of Santorini
- Tour Acropolis in Greece
- Tour a windmill in Holland
- Tour the Northeastern Fjords in Iceland
- Travel on the tube from London to Paris
- View all of the sights on Iceland’s Ring Road
- Visit a Concentration Camp in Germany
- Visit every capital city in Europe
- Visit the Caves of Altamira near Santilliana del Mar in Cantabria, Northern Spain
- Visit the Chauvet Cave in the Ardèche département, southern France
- Visit the Tower of London and see the Queen’s Crown Jewels
- Walk on the white limestone streets of Dubrovnik, Croatia
- Walk the Berlin Wall
- Walk on the black rock beaches of Iceland
- Walk through the Plitvice Lakes in Croatia
- Watch a Tennis Match at Wimbledon
- Watch a road race in Monaco
- Act like an immigrant seeking the US on the ferry to the Statue of Liberty
- Attend Coachella at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California
- Attend Mardi Gras in New Orleans
- Attend a film premier in Hollywood
- Attend a luau in Hawaii and wear a Lei
- Be a part of a Las Vegas Show
- Be amazed by the Grand Canyon
- Bike down Haleakala in Hawaii
- Board down an active volcano in Nicaragua
- Buy a diamond at Tiffany’s in NYC
- Camp under the stars in Moab, Utah
- Celebrate the ball drop on NYE at Central Park Square
- Chase a tornado across the American Midwest
- Check out art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC
- Cheer on the racers at the Indy 500
- Climb the Haiku Stairs of Oahu in Hawaii
- Climb to the top of a Fourteener in Colorado
- Come up with the next big thing on a tour of Google headquarters
- Commit to doing the Half-Dome ascent in Yosemite National Park
- Cry at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC
- Dance at Burning Man Festival in Los Angeles
- Dive in the ruins at Tulum, Mexico
- Drive the road to Hana in Hawaii
- Find a name on the Vietnam Wall
- Find your train in Grand Central Station in NYC
- Float in hot air balloons at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
- Get a thrill on the Edgewalk CN Tower in Ontario
- Get lost in the Grand Tetons
- Get lost on the grounds of the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina
- Get your groove on at a blues bar in Chicago
- Go for a jog through Central Park
- Hang out with the animals in San Diego zoo
- Have “High Tea” at the Plaza Hotel in New York, or perhaps at Fortnum & Mason in London
- Hike the Appalachian trail
- Hike through Buckskin Gulch in Utah
- Hold a balloon at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
- Hold onto a cable car in San Francisco
- Hug the Redwoods in California
- Hum the Full House theme song while in San Francisco
- Ice skate at Rockefeller Center
- Meet a Mayan Shaman in Honduras
- Mimic the faces at Mount Rushmore
- Observe the pros at the Masters
- Participate in the Empire State Building Run Up (you have to run up 86 flights of stairs)
- Pay homage to the dead at the Dia De Los Muertos Festival in Mexico City
- Pay your respects at the 9/11 Memorial
- Pick a wand at Harry Potter World
- Plan a trip to DC during the National Cherry Blossom Festival
- Play the slots in Vegas
- Play volleyball at Coney Island Boardwalk
- Put your hand on the Washington Monument
- Rent an apartment in New York which overlooks Central Park for three months
- Ride a bike through Monument Mall in DC
- Ride in a classic car in Havana, Cuba
- Ride the largest observatory wheel in the world in Vegas
- Ride the only hybrid ferry in San Francisco over to visit Alcatraz
- Ride on the subway in NYC
- Rock out to a concert at Red Rock Ampitheater
- Scream on a ride at Universal Studios
- Search for Wile E Coyote at Monument Valley
- Search for your favorite celebrity’s star in Hollywood
- See a Broadway play in NYC
- Sit down next to the Lincoln Memorial
- Sit in the stands at the Super Bowl
- Snorkel off the coast of Belize
- Snowboard on Whistler Mountain in Canada
- Spend a week on Necker Island (Richard Branson’s island)
- Splash the spectators on Splash Mountain at Disneyland
- Spot a celebrity in Los Angeles, CA
- Spot an alligator on a tour of the Everglades National Park
- Stamp your passport at all National Parks in the US
- Stand in awe of the Garden of the Gods
- Stand in every Olympic park
- Stand in the geographical center of the US in Kansas
- Stand in thee beauty of the Royal Gorge in Colorado
- Stand next to Multnomah Falls in Oregon
- Stand under the Hollywood Sign
- Stargaze in Borrego Springs, California
- Step foot in every country in North America
- Swim in Mexico’s Yucatan cenotes
- Swim in the five Great Lakes in North America
- Swim with dolphins in the Caribbean
- Take a road trip to New England in the fall
- Take your picture taken in front of the Hollywood sign
- Taste a margarita during Cinco de Mayo in Mexico
- Throw Beads at Mardi Gras
- Time Old Faithful’s eruption in Yellowstone
- Tour every Smithsonian museum
- View NYC from the top of the Statue of Liberty
- Visit all of the state capitals wearing a t-shirt from that state
- Visit NASA headquarters
- Visit all 50 US States
- Walk behind the falls at Niagra Falls
- Walk on Beale Street in Memphis
- Walk the steps of Chichen Itza
- Watch a movie the Sundance Film Festival in Utah
- Zipline in Costa Rica
- Act like a Hobbit in New Zealand and visit the places where they filmed “The Lord of the Rings”
- Catch a wave surfing in the Pacific Ocean
- Climb the Sydney Harbor Bridge
- Drive the Great Ocean Road in Australia
- Hug a Koala bear in Australia
- Practice your Australian accent on a tour of the Australian Outback
- Relax on a beach in Tahiti
- Sail New Zealand’s Islands
- Scrutinize an Opera at the Sydney Opera House
- See the beautiful fish at the Great Barrier Reef
- Sleep in an overwater bungalow in Bora Bora
- Spend two weeks in Fiji
- Zorbing in New Zealand
- Stand at the South Pole
- Step foot on all seven continents
- Step foot on the moon
- Swim in all five oceans
- Touch the North Pole
- Visit all of the natural wonders of the world and write down what makes them beautiful
- Visit the five longest rivers in the world
- Visit every UNESCO World Heritage site in your favorite country
- Attend Carnival in Rio de Janeiro
- Buy extravagant items in Buenos Aires
- Catch mist at Angel Falls in Venezuela
- Cross the Panama Canal
- Dance the tango in Argentina
- Discover Santuario de Las Lajas
- Find the statues of Easter Island
- Hike the Inca trail in Peru
- Hike the trails at Machu Picchu
- Hold your arms out at the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro
- Jump for joy at the base of Patagonia
- Kayak in the Amazon Rainforest
- Pet a penguin in Antarctica
- Reflect at Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia
- Scope out Lake Tititaca in Bolivia
- Ski the Andes
- Spy on a giant iguana in the Galapagos Islands
- Step foot in every country in South America
- Swim in the world’s largest swimming pool San Alfonso del Mar in Algarrobo, Chile
- Swing at the end of the world in Ecuador
- Thirst for water at the Atacama Desert – the driest place on Earth
- Touch the bottom of the earth at Tierra del Fuego
- Unexpectedly discover Kaieteur Falls, Guyana
- Visit Angel Falls, Venezuela
- Anonymously buy a stranger’s lunch
- Become a lifeguard and save a life
- Become an organ donor on your license
- Build a house with Habitat for Humanity
- Build a school for an impoverished community
- Buy 100 gift cards and hand them out to strangers
- Contact a company you like just to compliment them
- Donate blood
- Donate your hair for someone who has cancer
- Dress up as Santa Claus at Christmas and giveaway gifts
- Entertain the elderly at a nursing home
- Have a meal with homeless person
- Help an endangered/injured animal
- Help deliver a child
- Help dig a well in a foreign country
- Help save someone’s life on a medical missions trip
- Help someone check something off of their bucket list
- Hold someone’s hand when they die
- Hug a child in an orphanage
- Leave a 100% tip for a server
- Leave a note for a stranger
- Listen to stories from the elderly at a nursing home
- Live like a homeless person for a week
- Read books to a group of school children
- Save someone’s life
- Send a care package to a soldier
- Serve food in a soup kitchen
- Sing Christmas carols in your neighborhood in July
- Share a meal with a homeless person
- Teach someone (who is not your child) to read
- Teach someone something you know a lot about
- Volunteer abroad for a month
- Volunteer at a soup kitchen with your family
- Volunteer for a political campaign
- Volunteer once a week for an entire year
THE END!
Welp, there is the list. It is 1001 of the greatest bucket list items in the history of bucket list items. I hope you found many that you could add to your list! Most importantly, I hope this inspires you to go out and Live Your List!
*The following people helped us develop this list:
Kristin, Jane, Rachel Mayo, Neha Ghelani, Kyle the Intern, Philip the New Intern, Roy the Golden, Murr Daddy, Floyd Hinman, Zach Gamble, Elizabeth Leppek, Alison Grendahl, Alyssa Ross, Lisa Naomi Johnson, Beth Matson Glasoe, Amy M Loerke, Stephanie Stengler Jones, Linda Ritzer Wearne, Brandon Bell, Hailey Pace Thomas, Matt Ham, Cara Duncan, Ronne Rock, Charles Balan, Lily Kreitinger, Mitch Stephens, Jamie Foster Ballard, Joe Givens, Tracy Dusek, Shayla Golden, Beth Stauffer, Jenn Murr, Kay Helm, Melissa Reagan, Alyssa Horton, Christina Fast-Lebeiko, Kim Wright, Heather Turner, Diane Morrow Kondos, Christy Bouchard, Emily Mocha, Amanda Holland, Jennifer Chessmore, Kerri McDaris, Anita Hylton Thompson, Zakariya Rafiq Rajpari, Scott Cuzzo, Taryn Starkey, Shelia Unger Fritts, Mark Collard, Jean Swienton Brassfield, Andrea Williams, Eric Crittenden, Kyrsten Gamble, Anna Floit, Jane Tuttle, Jennifer Allison, Bethany Joy Johnson, Julie DeVisser, Jamie Cowan, Haley Stocks, Justin Lane Douillard, Brandon Nickell, Barry Steveson, Kevin Dotson, Arthur Smith, Jake Smith, Randy Langley, Trae Ratliff, Kris Simpson, David Dollar, Tamarah West, May Bohon, Jami Murphy, Janeen Kilgore, Paige Garvin, Sarah Kusler, Amanda Martin, Will Jenkins, Ronei Harden, Sarah Johnson, Diana Nathan, Lacey Steveson, Linda Spyres, Audra Brown, Amanda Russell, Peggy Glenn, Kyle Schaefer, and Brian Hope.
**Sorry, I can’t actually guarantee that, but I hope you enjoyed this list.