Originally Posted by Ragnarok

A walk along the River Thames, a boat ride in Cambridge, Sushi at Japanese Fish market, beautiful drive in the alps, are all great.

But say if I am confined to the USA, what are some of the destinations that can be similar?

I understand this is very a broad question, I just can't think of a good search term to use though.

"Weekend getaway" seems to limit the trip length to 2 days, "road trip" tend to focus on the driving.