Honorary mentions:
District of Columbia goes between Hawaii and Maine.
Cuba goes between Texas and Kansas.
Puerto Rico goes between California and Alaska.
Canada as a whole goes between Arizona and Colorado, but Toronto specifically goes between Oregon and Florida.
Mexico goes between Illinois and Texas.
Honduras is about the same, if a little better than Mexico.
France ranks between The Dakotas and The Virginias.
The UK could literally rank anywhere because that trip was simultaneously amazing and horrible.
And Italy, Greece, and Spain all rank above New York, in that order.
I have a trip for Japan planned for summer 2026 and a trip to Australia planned that fall so I’ll add those to the list maybe eventually possibly.