Top Experiences in the Southern States

Forget screen savers of wild horses galloping into the sunset, Arizona lets you live it. Spend your days saddle-deep in the Sonoran Desert and riding through saguaro silhouettes. At iconic dude ranches like the White Stallion, you'll swap screen time for saddle time, trading Wi-Fi for wagon wheels and emails for evening campfires.

There’s something grounding about the ranch life: the rhythm of rising early, the smell of leather and dust, the echo of hooves on hardpack. Whether you’re wrangling cattle, learning to lasso, or sipping strong coffee in a rocking chair as the sky blushes pink, Arizona delivers cinematic freedom in real time.

Memphis wears its musical history like a rhinestone cape. This is where blues bled into rock ’n’ roll, and where Elvis Presley went from a Mississippi boy with a dream to the King of a genre that changed the world. And the crown jewel? Graceland. Part museum, part mansion, part fever dream, it’s velvet walls, jungle rooms, and jet planes.

But Memphis offers more than Elvis nostalgia. Beale Street buzzes with smoky rhythm and soul; Sun Studio still hums with the ghosts of legends; and everywhere you turn, there’s music stitched into the very sidewalk. This city sings it from every rooftop, crackling through guitar strings and pouring from neon-lit bars late into the night.

Somewhere between Mark Twain and jazz noir lies the romance of a Mississippi steamboat cruise. Step aboard a paddlewheel riverboat like the Natchez or Creole Queen, and you're instantly transported back in time as the water churns behind you and a jazz band plays above deck.

As the city fades, the river widens, and the stories begin to roll. You’ll drift past sleepy bayous and moss-draped banks, listening to tales of pirates, ghosts, and river lore that make the water seem deeper with history than depth. Whether it's a sunset dinner cruise or a lazy afternoon float, there's a rhythm here that matches your heartbeat.

Once the New Orleans sun dips below those wrought-iron balconies, the streets of the French Quarter take on a different rhythm, where the living share space with the... less living. Sign up for a ghost tour and prepare to be drawn into a theatrical world of voodoo queens and restless spirits, all under the flicker of gas lamps.

It’s storytelling as performance art. Guides lead you with lanterns in hand and graveyard tales in their voices, painting vivid pictures of haunted hospitals, cursed courtyards, and lovers lost to history. And by the end, whether you believe in ghosts or not, you’ll believe in the magic of the city that conjures them so well.

There are shows. And then there’s WrestleMania, a high-octane, body-slamming, pyro-blasting, fever dream of athletic chaos. In April 2026, this whirlwind of drama and dropkicks descends on Allegiant Stadium in Nevada, promising two nights of championship belts, surprise entrances, and soap-opera storylines cranked to eleven.

Even if you’re not a wrestling die-hard, WrestleMania is pure theatre. Expect flashing lights, crowd roars that rattle ribs, and a sense of shared adrenaline that makes the casual observer leap to their feet. And Vegas? It’s the perfect backdrop. What better city to host an over-the-top spectacle?

Standing at the edge of the Grand Canyon is one thing. Jumping off it? That’s an entirely different brand of bonkers. Welcome to the most extreme exhale you’ll ever take – bungee jumping into Marble Canyon, just outside the Grand Canyon. And trust us: the view on the way down is unforgettable... if your eyes are open.

One moment you're teetering on steel scaffolding with canyon winds tugging at your shirt; the next, gravity grabs you and you're a human pendulum swinging through millennia of rock and silence. It’s fear. It’s freedom. It’s one hell of a travel story.