--- title: Map: Most Popular Attraction In Every State description: A lot of people really like the L.L. Bean flagship store canonical: https://time.com/42038/map-popular-attractions-united-states/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-28T19:24:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:08:19.217Z og:title: This map shows the most popular attractions in every state og:description: A lot of people really like the L.L. Bean flagship store og:url: https://time.com/42038/map-popular-attractions-united-states/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This map shows the most popular attractions in every state twitter:description: A lot of people really like the L.L. Bean flagship store twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Map Shows the Most Popular Attractions in Every State by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Mar 28, 2014 7:24 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Mar 28, 2014 7:24 PM UTC Approximately 17 million people go to Walt Disney World every year. And 3.5 million people who go to Maine check out the L. L. Bean flagship store annually. This map [pulled 2009 numbers from National Park Services, state tourism offices, and other statistical resources](http://coolrain44.wordpress.com/2009/07/19/top-us-attractions-state-by-state/) to show what the most popular attractions are in every state across the United States. Unfortunately no balls of twine made the cut. Everything is a popularity contest: (Click to enlarge) (h/t: [Reddit](http://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/21iaa6/most%5Fpopular%5Fus%5Fattractions%5Fstate%5Fby%5Fstate/)) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/42038/map-popular-attractions-united-states/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/42038/map-popular-attractions-united-states/"},"headline":"This Map Shows the Most Popular Attractions in Every State","datePublished":"2014-03-28T19:24:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:19.217Z","description":"A lot of people really like the L.L. Bean flagship store","url":"https://time.com/42038/map-popular-attractions-united-states/","keywords":["Newsfeed","U.S.","States","Map"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/42038/map-popular-attractions-united-states/","name":"This Map Shows the Most Popular Attractions in Every State"}}]}] ```