1000 Bucket List Ideas: Best Things to Do Before You Die

Welcome to my ultimate bucket list—an ever-expanding collection of big dreams, unique adventures, and even simple goals that began many years ago. It is a never-ending work in progress, continuously being altered, updated and evolving—much like life itself.

Before you ask: Yes. I know the bucket list is really, really big. Yes. I do think that I can check off everything on it. Anything is possible in my mind. I hope you feel the same.

It is my hope that you use these examples as inspiration to create your own fun and adventurous life list. And then you take at least one step everyday to complete the items on it. My bucket list has completely changed my life (for the better, of course!) and I wish the same for you.…

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Adventurous Bucket List Ideas

1. Abseil Down a Waterfall ✓
2. Air Boat Across an Alligator Infested Swamp ✓
3. Arrive By Seaplane
4. Catch a Wave Surfing ✓
5. Dog Sled ✓
6. Ride a Zip Line ✓
7. Eat Fire
8. Explore a Cave ✓
9. Flip on a Trampoline
10. Flyboarding ✓
11. Get a Tattoo
12. Go Bamboo Rafting ✓
13. Go Fat Biking ✓
14. Hang Glide ✓
15. Hold a Shark ✓
16. Indoor Skydive ✓
17. Jump Off a Cliff ✓
18. Kite Surf
19. Navigate an Underwater SUB ✓
20. Parasail ✓
21. Play a Game of Paintball
22. Police Ride Along
23. Rappel into a Cave ✓
24. Ride ATVs ✓
25. Ride in a Hot Air Balloon ✓
26. Ride in a Luge
27. Sail a Boat ✓
28. Scuba Dive ✓
29. Skijoring
30. Skydive ✓
31. Snowboard ✓
32. Swim with Dolphins ✓
33. Swim with Sharks ✓
34. Swim with Stingrays ✓
35. Walk a Suspension Bridge ✓
36. Walk on Hot Coals
37. Whitewater Rafting ✓
38. Wrap a Snake Around My Neck ✓
39. Zorbing ✓

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Nature & Wildlife

1. Attend a Rodeo
2. Bathe an Elephant ✓
3. Chase a Tornado
4. Clamming ✓
5. Climb a Volcano ✓
6. Climb to the Top of a Tree
7. Compete in a Frog Jumping Contest
8. Complete a Horse Jumping Obstacle
9. Drive Through a Dust Storm ✓
10. Feed a Crocodile
11. Feed a Koala Bear
12. Feed an Ostrich ✓
13. Herd Cattle
14. Hike Every Trail at a State Park ✓
15. Hold a Monkey ✓
16. Hold a Tarantula Size Spider ✓
17. Horseback Ride on the Beach ✓
18. Hug a Redwood ✓
19. Kiss a Sea Lion ✓
20. Kiss in the Rain
21. Make a Snowman ✓
22. Milk a Cow ✓
23. Name a Star
24. Relax in a Natural Hot Spring ✓
25. Release Baby Turtles into the Ocean ✓
26. Ride a Horse Bareback ✓
27. Ride in a Horse & Carriage
28. Roll in a Huge Pile of Leaves
29. See a Coral Reef ✓
30. See the Salmon Run ✓
31. Shear a Sheep
32. Shrimping ✓
33. Sleep in a Stable on a Haystack
34. Sleep in a Yurt
35. Sleep in an Igloo
36. Stand Under a Waterfall ✓
37. Swim in the Ocean ✓
38. Swim in an Aquarium
39. Swim with a School of Fish ✓
40. Swim with Manatees ✓
41. Swim with Sea Turtles ✓
42. Take a Falconry Class ✓
43. Walk on a Black Sand Beach ✓
44. Watch a Caterpillar Turn into a Butterfly
45. Watch the Sunrise & Sunset in one Day ✓
46. Witness a Solar Eclipse ✓
47. Whale Watching ✓

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Relationship Bucket List Goals

1. Answer a Personal Ad ✓
2. Attend a High School Reunion ✓
3. Be a Bridesmaid ✓
4. Be a Maid of Honor ✓
5. Be Considered a Cougar
6. Celebrate a Same Sex Wedding
7. Cover the Bed in Rose Petals
8. Find my Best Friend from High School ✓
9. Find Your First Love ✓
10. Forgive Someone ✓
11. Get Engaged ✓
12. Get Married ✓
13. Go on a Blind Date ✓
14. Go on a Double Date ✓
15. Have a Meaningful Conversation With a Stranger ✓
16. Host a Family Reunion
17. Kiss a Stranger
18. Kiss on Top of a Ferris Wheel
19. Make a New Friend ✓
20. Meet a Blog Reader in Person ✓
21. Meet a World Leader
22. Meet Someone Famous ✓
23. Meet the President
24. Organize a Family Portrait
25. Plan a Date Night with my Spouse ✓
26. Play Matchmaker ✓
27. Receive a Fan Letter ✓
28. Reconnect with an Old Friend ✓
29. Share a Cab with a Stranger
30. Sing a Karaoke Duet ✓
31. Spend Time with a Person From Another Generation ✓
32. Stay up all Night Talking ✓
33. Surprise Someone ✓
34. Tell Dad I Love Him ✓
35. Visit your Childhood Home
36. Write a Love Note with Lipstick on the Bathroom Mirror
37. Write a Thank you Letter to a Company ✓

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Creative ideas

1. Act in a Play ✓
2. Be Published ✓
3. Blow Glass ✓
4. Complete a Cross Stitch Piece
5. Complete a “Paint by Numbers” piece of art ✓
6. Create a Bumper Sticker
7. Create a Family Logo
8. Create a Family Tree
9. Create a Flower Arrangement ✓
10. Create a Piece of Art & Sell it ✓
11. Create your own Personal Stationary
12. Decorate a Blank T-Shirt
13. Decoupage Something
14. Design a Website ✓
15. Enter Art in an Exhibit
16. Get Your Handwriting Analyzed
17. Have your Nude Body Artistically Painted
18. Knit a Scarf
19. Make a Calendar with my Own Photos
20. Make a Candle
21. Make a Coloring Book
22. Make a Font Out of My Handwriting ✓
23. Make a Handmade Gift ✓
24. Make a Handmade Greeting Card ✓
25. Make a Scrapbook ✓
26. Make a Tie Dye Shirt
27. Make an Origami Animal ✓
28. Make Mosaic Art ✓
29. Make Paper
30. Make Soap
31. Make Stained Glass
32. Paint Something at a Ceramic Store
33. Refinish a Piece of Furniture ✓
34. Sew Something you can Wear ✓
35. Start a Blog ✓
36. Take a Painting Class
37. Take an Art Class ✓
38. Take Pictures in a Photo Booth ✓
39. Work on a Pottery Wheel ✓
40. Wrap a Present Perfectly ✓
41. Write a Letter in Calligraphy
42. Write a Song

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Entertainment Ideas

1. Act in a Play ✓
2. Apply to be on a Reality Show ✓
3. Attend a Black Tie Gala
4. Attend a Boxing Match
5. Attend a Film Premiere
6. Attend a Foam Party
7. Attend a Gallery Opening
8. Attend a Gay Pride Event ✓
9. Attend a Jazz Festival
10. Attend a Masquerade
11. Attend a Murder Mystery Dinner
12. Attend a Music Festival
13. Attend a Native American Pow Wow ✓
14. Attend a Poetry Reading
15. Attend a Wedding in a Different Country
16. Attend a White Party ✓
17. Attend a WWE Match
18. Be a Game Show Contestant
19. Be a Member of a TV Studio Audience ✓
20. Be an Extra in a Movie ✓
21. Be in a Commercial ✓
22. Be on a Radio Show ✓
23. Be on a TV Show ✓
24. Be on the Cover of a Magazine
25. Be a Street Performer
26. Bet at the Dog Races ✓
27. Bicycle Across the Golden Gate ✓
28. Buy the Best Seat in the House
29. Close the Club ✓
30. Contact Someone with My Own Name ✓
31. Create a Video & Upload it to the Internet ✓
32. Crowd Surf
33. Dance at a Rave
34. Dance on a Bar ✓
35. Dance With Ellen Degeneres
36. Design a Room I Love ✓
37. Do a Body Shot ✓
38. Do the Hula
39. Fly on a Trapeze ✓
40. Get a Caricature Drawing by a Street Artist
41. Get Comped/Upgraded Something ✓
42. Get Hypnotized
43. Get Swag ✓
44. Get VIP Passes to a Show
45. Go on a Cruise ✓
46. Go to a Blues Bar ✓
47. Go to a Book Signing ✓
48. Go to a Miniature Museum ✓
49. Go to a Roller Derby
50. Go to a Toga Party
51. Go to Dinner Theater ✓
52. Go to a Drive-In Movie ✓
53. Go to a Rave
54. Go to an Indycar Race ✓
55. Go to Nascar ✓
56. Go to a Paint Party ✓
57. Go to a Renaissance Festival ✓
58. Go to a Tattoo Festival
59. Go to Comicon ✓
60. Go to the Movies by Myself ✓
61. Have 15 Minutes of Fame ✓
62. Be in the Newspaper ✓
63. Host a Game Night
64. Host a Radio Show
65. Join a Flash Mob
66. Learn a Line Dance ✓
67. Learn How to Sing Within my Octave
68. Make a Great Toast ✓
69. Make a House of Cards ✓
70. Master a Video Game
71. Meet Oprah
72. Party in a Private Booth at a Nightclub ✓
73. Perform a Magic Trick
74. Play a Pinball Machine ✓
75. Play a Song on a Harmonica ✓
76. Play Bingo at a Bingo Hall ✓
77. Pose with a Figure at a Wax Museum ✓
78. Read the Book Before the Movie ✓
79. Receive a Fan Letter ✓
80. Record a Song
81. Ride a Mechanical Bull ✓
82. Ride on a Ferris Wheel ✓
83. See a 3-D movie ✓
84. See a Ballet ✓
85. See a Broadway Play
86. See a Cirque du Soleil Show ✓
87. See a Foreign Film ✓
88. See a Las Vegas Show ✓
89. See a TED Talk Live
90. See the Tour de France
91. See a Wimbledon Match Live
92. See an Opera
93. See My Favorite Band Play Live
94. Set a Guinness Book of World Record
95. Sing Karaoke in Public ✓
96. Sit Front Row at a Basketball Game
97. Take a Burlesque Class
98. Take a New Route to Work ✓
99. Take an Improv Class
100. Throw a Themed Party ✓
101. Throw Beads at Mardi Gras
102. Walk the Red Carpet
103. Watch a Documentary ✓
104. Watch all the Oscar Winning Best Pictures
105. Watch all the Golden Globe Winning Best Pictures
106. Watch the Space Shuttle Launch
107. Wear a Sumo Wrestling Suit
108. Yodel

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Style: Fashion & Beauty Bucket List Ideas

1. Be Blonde for a Day ✓
2. Buy a Cute Outfit at a Second Hand Store ✓
3. Create the Perfect Up-Do
4. Do a Cleanse
5. Dress in Super Sexy Lingerie ✓
6. Duplicate an Outfit from a Magazine
7. Dye My Hair a Crazy Color
8. Find My Signature Scent ✓
9. Find the Perfect Black Dress ✓
10. Find the Perfect Pair of Jeans ✓
11. Fit Into My Skinny Jeans ✓
12. Get a Bikini Wax ✓
13. Get a Blow Out ✓
14. Get a Complete Makeover
15. Get a Fish Pedicure ✓
16. Get a Foot Massage ✓
17. Get a Henna Tattoo
18. Get a Makeup Lesson
19. Get a Spa Pedicure ✓
20. Get a Spray Tan
21. Get Acupuncture ✓
22. Get Fitted for a Bra ✓
23. Get a Professional Body Massage ✓
24. Get My Nails Schlacked ✓
25. Go on a Clothes Shopping Spree ✓
26. Go a Week Without Makeup ✓
27. Have a Facial ✓
28. Have a Professional Photo Shoot ✓
29. Have my Palm Read
30. Hit the Town With Bright Red Lips
31. Learn How to Create the Perfect “Smokey Eye”
32. Learn to do My Own Party Makeup
33. Learn your Best Pose for Photographs ✓
34. Make a Homemade Beauty Product ✓
35. Make My Own Perfume
36. Own a Fabulous Pair of Designer Shoes
37. Own a Pair of Red Bottom Shoes
38. Relax in a Sensory Deprivation Tank
39. Sit Front Row at a Fashion Show
40. Spend the Day at a Resort Spa ✓
41. Take a Mud Bath ✓
42. Try Brow Threading ✓
43. Try Cupping Therapy
44. Buy a Matching Bra & Panty set
45. Wear a Wig for the Day ✓
46. Wear Colored Contacts

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Finance + Luxury Bucket List Ideas

1. Be a Leader in my Field ✓
2. Be a Member of an Exclusive Club
3. Be a Self-Made Millionaire ✓
4. Blow a lot of Money Gambling ✓
5. Charter a Yacht
6. Create a Passive Income ✓
7. Earn 6 Figures Per Year ✓
8. Find a Career I Love ✓
9. Flip a House
10. Fly in a Private Jet ✓
11. Get Paid to Travel ✓
12. Have 3 Months of Bills in Savings ✓
13. Have a Housecleaner ✓
14. Have a Positive Net Worth ✓
15. Have an IRA ✓
16. Have My Own Business Cards ✓
17. Have No Credit Card Debt ✓
18. Hire a Personal Shopper
19. Make a Career Out of a Hobby ✓
20. Have a FICO Credit Score Over 800 ✓
21. Make a Piece of Jewelry
22. Make a Will
23. Order Room Service ✓
24. Own a Successful Business ✓
25. Own Tiffany Jewelry ✓
26. Own Investment Real Estate ✓
27. Play the Stock Market ✓
28. Sell Something on the Internet ✓
29. Set Up an Emergency Fund ✓
30. Sleep on Satin Sheets
31. Stay at an All-Inclusive Resort ✓
32. Start A Business ✓
33. Stay in a 5-Star Resort ✓

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Food & Drink Bucket List Ideas

1. Attend a Beer Festival ✓
2. Attend a Low Country Boil ✓
3. Attend a Pig Roast
4. Attend a Tea Tasting ✓
5. Attend a Winemakers Dinner ✓
6. Bake a Cake for Someone Special ✓
7. Bake a Loaf of Bread ✓
8. Boil a Lobster
9. Bottle a Recipe & Sell it
10. Catch, Cook & Eat a Fish
11. Cook a Traditional Dish from a Different Culture ✓
12. Cook Christmas Dinner ✓
13. Create an Ice Sculpture
14. Cook Every Dish in One Cookbook
15. Cook With a Celebrity Chef
16. Cook With my Partner ✓
17. Create a New Ice Cream Flavor
18. Create Food Art
19. Create Latte Art
20. Create my Own Cocktail ✓
21. Create my Own Recipe ✓
22. Create my Signature Dish
23. Dismember a Chicken
24. Drink a Bottle of Expensive Champagne
25. Drink Absinthe ✓
26. Drink at a Distillery ✓
27. Drink at a Dive Bar ✓
28. Drink at an Ice Bar ✓
29. Drink Juice from a Fresh Coconut ✓
30. Drink Fresh Milk from the Cow ✓
31. Drink Moonshine ✓
32. Drink Sake ✓
33. Drink Tea at a Tea House ✓
34. Eat Breakfast in Bed
35. Eat Ethiopian Food With My Hands ✓
36. Eat a Meal Cooked by a Celebrity Chef ✓
37. Eat a Molecular Gastronomy Dinner ✓
38. Eat a Raw Diet for a Day ✓
39. Eat Alone at a Restaurant ✓
40. Eat an Insect ✓
41. Eat at a Michelin 3-star Restaurant ✓
42. Eat at a Food Truck ✓
43. Eat at the French Laundry ✓
44. Eat Caviar ✓
45. Eat in a Pitch Black Restaurant
46. Eat Fondue ✓
47. Eat Southern BBQ in the South ✓
48. Enter Something in a Food Competition ✓
49. Extract Honey from a Bee Hive ✓
50. ✧ Fillet a Fish
51. Go Oyster Hunting ✓
52. Go to a Vodka Lounge
53. Go Wine Tasting ✓
54. Have a Dinner Party ✓
55. Have a Progressive Dining Experience
56. Have a Wine Collection ✓
57. Host a Cookie Exchange ✓
58. Hunt for Wild Mushrooms ✓
59. Learn a Flair Bartending Trick
60. Learn to Use Chopsticks ✓
61. Leave a 100% Tip for a Server
62. Make a Gingerbread House
63. Make Cheese
64. Make Fresh Pasta ✓
65. Make Ice Cream ✓
66. Make Jam ✓
67. Make Sushi ✓
68. Make Wine
69. Order from the Secret Menu at In-n-Out ✓
70. Order One of Everything on a Menu
71. Own a Food Cart
72. Own an Award Winning Restaurant ✓
73. Partake in a Food Fight
74. Partake in Afternoon Tea ✓
75. Participate in a Private Wine Tasting ✓
76. Pick Fruit From the Tree & Make a Pie
77. Recreate a Childhood Recipe ✓
78. Recreate a Classic Dish ✓
79. Shuck Oysters ✓
80. Start an Herb Garden
81. Stomp Grapes ✓
82. Take a Cooking Class ✓
83. Toss Pizza Dough in the Air
84. Try Deep-Fried Twinkies
85. Wade in a Cranberry Bog
86. Write a Cookbook

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Food & Drink (Weird Food to Eat)

1. Ahi Poke ✓
2. Alligator ✓
3. Alpaca ✓
4. Ants
5. Baby Eel ✓
6. Balut (Fertilized Egg) ✓
7. Conch ✓
8. Crickets ✓
9. Dim Sum ✓
10. Durian
11. Eel ✓
12. Elk ✓
13. Escargot ✓
14. Flowers ✓
15. Foie Gras ✓
16. Frickles ✓
17. Frog Legs ✓
18. Fugu
19. Gizzards ✓
20. Green Tuna Fruit ✓
21. Guinea Pig ✓
22. Haggis
23. Head Cheese ✓
24. Heart ✓
25. Herring ✓
26. Jelly Fish ✓
27. Kimchi ✓
28. Lamb Tongue ✓
29. Lambs Brain ✓
30. Lambs Rump ✓
31. Liver ✓
32. Mealworm ✓
33. Mochi ✓
34. Mushy Peas ✓
35. Octopus ✓
36. Ostrich ✓
37. Pigeon ✓
38. Pigs Ear ✓
39. Pigs Feet ✓
40. Pigs Head ✓
41. Pigs Tail ✓
42. Pig Trotters (Feet) ✓
43. Rabbit ✓
44. Raw Oysters ✓
45. Reindeer ✓
46. Rocky Mountain Oysters ✓
47. Scrapple ✓
48. Sea Urchin ✓
49. Sashimi ✓
50. Scorpion
51. Sea Slug
52. Snake ✓
53. Sushi ✓
54. Tarantula
55. Tequila Worm
56. Tripe ✓
57. Truffle ✓
58. Ugli Fruit ✓
59. Wild Boar ✓
60. Worm Cakes ✓
61. Yak ✓

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Random & Fun Goals

1. Be Asked for My Autograph ✓
2. Destroy Stuff in a Rage Room
3. Be on a Jumbotron at a Stadium
4. Be on the New York Times Bestsellers List
5. Bet on a Horse Race ✓
6. Build a House of Cards
7. Build a Sand Castle
8. Chop Firewood
9. Coin a Word ✓
10. Complete a 1000-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle ✓
11. Do a Boudoir Photo Shoot
12. Do a Wheelie on a Bike
13. Do the Polar Bear Plunge ✓
14. Drive on the Other Side of the Road ✓
15. Eliminate Junk Mail
16. Experience Weightlessness ✓
17. Experience Amish Country
18. Find a Four Leaf Clover ✓
19. Find a Treasure With a Metal Detector
20. Finish a Crossword Puzzle ✓
21. Find a Pearl in an Oyster
22. Get a DNA Test
23. Get a Standing Ovation ✓
24. Get a Tattoo
25. Get Ordained ✓
26. Go Canoeing ✓
27. Google Search My Name & Have at Least 1 Page of Stuff ✓
28. Haggle at an Open Market ✓
29. Have a Collection ✓
30. Have a Stranger Buy a Drink for You ✓
31. Have a White Christmas ✓
32. Invent Something
33. Investigate an Urban Legend
34. Join a Book Club ✓
35. Jump Into a Pool Fully Clothed ✓
36. Learn how to Pick a Lock
37. Learn to Juggle
38. Learn to Play Chess ✓
39. Learn to Write With Your Other Hand
40. Learn Military Time ✓
41. Leave My Mark in Graffiti
42. Make a Balloon Animal
43. Make a Model Car
44. New Years Eve Kiss ✓
45. Own an Original Piece of Artwork
46. Photobomb Someone ✓
47. Play a Game of Dominos ✓
48. Play a Game of Twister ✓
49. Play on a Slip-n-Slide ✓
50. Race an RC Car
51. Read a Book on the NY Best Sellers List ✓
52. Recreate a Childhood Picture
53. Research the Origins of your Surname
54. Ride on one of the Largest Roller Coasters
55. Rope Swing Into Water
56. Run Through Sprinklers ✓
57. Saber a Champagne Bottle
58. Send a Message in a Bottle
59. Share Your Most Embarrassing Moment ✓
60. Slide Down a Firehouse Pole
61. Skinny Dip ✓
62. Smoke a Fine Cigar ✓
63. Smoke a Hookah ✓
64. Solve a Rubiks Cube ✓
65. Start a Blog ✓
66. Start Fire Without Matches
67. Stay Awake for 24 Hours ✓
68. Surprise Someone ✓
69. Take an Old Time Photo
70. Take an Underwater Selfie
71. Use a Chainsaw
72. Use a Paddle to Bid at an Auction
73. Walk on a Nude Beach Naked
74. Walk on Stilts
75. Whistle with a Blade of Grass ✓
76. Whistle with Two Fingers
77. Win a Game of Monopoly ✓
78. Win a Stuffed Animal at a Carnival
79. Win an Award ✓
80. Win Something ✓
81. Write Your Name in Wet Cement

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Personal Growth

1. Ask My Spouse 20 Questions ✓
2. Attend a Random Free Seminar
3. Be a Guest Speaker ✓
4. Be a Mentor ✓
5. Be an Organ Donor on my License ✓
6. Be Present at a Birth
7. Build a House With Habitat for Humanity
8. Do 100 Hours of Volunteer Work
9. Do 24-Hours of Silence
10. Do a Charity Walk ✓
11. Do a Random Act of Kindness ✓
12. Donate 100,000 Grains of Rice to Help End World Hunger
13. Donate Books ✓
14. Donate Clothing ✓
15. Donate Toys at the Holidays ✓
16. Entertain the Elderly at a Nursing Home ✓
17. Experience a New Religion ✓
18. Feed a Homeless Person
19. Find the Meaning of Your Name ✓
20. Foster a Puppy
21. Get a College Degree ✓
22. Give a Keynote Speech ✓
23. Give a Ted Talk
24. Give Blood ✓
25. Give Someone a Hug ✓
26. Give Up Your Seat to Someone ✓
27. Help an Endangered/Injured Animal ✓
28. Help Someone Who is Lost ✓
29. Help Someone With a Check on Their Bucket List ✓
30. Learn a New Software Program ✓
31. Learn Conversational Spanish
32. Learn CPR
33. Learn the Alphabet in Sign Language ✓
34. Learn the Heimlich Maneuver
35. Learn to Play a Song on an Instrument ✓
36. Learn to Say “Hello” in 10 Languages
37. List 10 Things I am Grateful For Each Day ✓
38. Make a Kiva.com Loan ✓
39. Make a Significant Change in Someones Life ✓
40. Master a New Language
41. Meditate ✓
42. Meet the Dalai Lama
43. Participate in a Sweat Lodge Purification Ceremony
44. Pay the Bridge Toll for the Person Behind Me ✓
45. Plant a Tree
46. Put Change into Someones Expired Meter ✓
47. Read a Banned Book
48. Read a Classic Novel ✓
49. Read a Story to a Child ✓
50. Read a Trilogy ✓
51. Rescue an Animal ✓
52. Say “Thank You” in 10 Languages ✓
53. Send a Care Package to a Soldier ✓
54. Serve Food at a Soup Kitchen
55. Send Flowers to Myself ✓
56. Spend a Day Helping at a Children’s Hospital
57. Spend the Entire Day By Myself
58. Spend a Week at a Silent Retreat
59. Sponsor a Child’s Wish through the Make-a-Wish Foundation
60. Start a Charity
61. Teach a Class ✓
62. Unplug for a Week ✓
63. Vote in an Election ✓
64. Volunteer at a Dog Shelter
65. Volunteer at an Orphanage ✓
66. Write a Book ✓
67. Write a Children’s Book
68. Write a Letter to My Future Self ✓
69. Write a Love Letter ✓
70. Write a Poem ✓
71. Write a Haiku ✓

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Health & Fitness Bucket List Ideas

1. Achieve my Ideal Weight
2. Attend a Professional Golf Tournament ✓
3. Attend the Olympics
4. Barefoot Waterski
5. Bet on the Winning Horse ✓
6. Bowl a Strike ✓
7. Bowl a Turkey (3 Strikes in a Row) ✓
8. Climb an Indoor Rock Wall
9. Complete a Ropes Course
10. Dive Off the High Diving Board
11. Do a Belly Dance
12. Do a Color Run
13. Do a Handstand
14. Do a Themed Run
15. Drink only Water for a Week
16. Finish a 10k
17. Finish a Half Marathon
18. Finish a Marathon
19. Fly a Kite ✓
20. Go Ice Fishing
21. Go Deep Sea Fishing ✓
22. Go Flyfishing ✓
23. Go Heli-Skiing
24. Go Snowshoeing ✓
25. Go to a World Series Game
26. Go to a Yoga Retreat ✓
27. Go to Nascar ✓
28. Go to the Super Bowl
29. Golf 18 Holes ✓
30. Hit the Archery Bulls-Eye
31. Join a Bowling League ✓
32. Jump at a Trampoline House ✓
33. Kayak ✓
34. Karate Chop & Break a Wood Board
35. Learn to Curl ✓
36. Learn to Ice Skate Backwards ✓
37. Learn to Fence
38. Learn to Surf ✓
39. Learn to Throw a Boomerang
40. Make a Free Throw Shot
41. Make a Hole in One
42. Mud Wrestle
43. Participate in a 5k Race ✓
44. Perfect a Karate Kick
45. Play a Game of Croquet
46. Play a Game of Pool Bowling
47. Play a Round of Golf ✓
48. Play a Tennis Match ✓
49. Play Badminton ✓
50. Play Racquetball ✓
51. Ride Bikes on the Beach ✓
52. Rollerblade ✓
53. Run a 5k ✓
54. ✧ Run an 9 Minute Mile
55. Scuba Dive ✓
56. Shoot a Machine Gun
57. Skateboard on a Ramp
58. Skeet Shoot ✓
59. Ski a Black Diamond Trail
60. Snorkel ✓
61. Spar With a Professional Boxer
62. Spin a Basketball on my Finger
63. Stand Up Paddle Board ✓
64. Survive at Paintball
65. Swim in the Ocean ✓
66. Take a Pole Dancing Class
67. Take a Self Defense Class
68. Take a SoulCycle Class ✓
69. Take a Yoga Class ✓
70. Take a Zumba Class ✓
71. Tap Dance
72. Throw an Axe ✓
73. Throw Out the First Pitch at a Major League Baseball Game
74. Try Bikram Yoga ✓
75. Win a Game of 8-Ball ✓
76. Win a Game of Ping Pong

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Transportation to Ride

• Cruise in a Classic Car ✓
• Cruise in a Low Rider
• Cruise on a Clipper Ship
• Drive a Race Car
• Drive a Snowmobile ✓
• Drive a Speed Boat ✓
• Drive a Tractor
• Drive a Zamboni
• Drive an ATV ✓
• Fly in a Blimp
• Fly Emirates
• Fly in a Helicopter ✓
• Fly in a Private Jet ✓
• Go in a Submarine
• Go Off-Roading
• Race a Go Kart ✓
• Ride a Camel ✓
• Ride a Longboard ✓
• Ride in a Cyclo ✓
• Ride in a Glass Elevator ✓
• Ride a Jetski ✓
• Ride a Segway ✓
• Ride a Unicycle
• Ride an Electric Bike ✓
• Ride in a Dune Buggy
• Ride in a Gondola
• Ride in a Limousine ✓
• Ride in a Songthaew ✓
• Ride in a Tuk Tuk ✓
• Ride on a Cable Car ✓
• Ride on a Scary Roller Coaster ✓
• Ride on a Subway ✓
• Ride on a Tandem Bike
• Ride on a Train ✓
• Test Drive a Sleek Sportscar
• Toboggan
• Tube Down a River ✓

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Travel Experiences: General

1. Attend a Luau ✓
2. Attend a Unique Small-Town Festival ✓
3. Be a Tourist in You Own Town ✓
4. Celebrate a Holiday in a Different Country ✓
5. Climb to the Top of a Lighthouse ✓
6. Explore a Rain Forest ✓
7. Fly First Class
8. Go on a Cruise ✓
9. Go on an African Safari ✓
10. Go on a Spontaneous Road Trip
11. Go to an Aquarium ✓
12. Pan for Gold
13. Participate in a Japanese Tea Ceremony ✓
14. See a Blowhole ✓
15. See a Spectacular Fountain ✓
16. Sleep in a Capsule Hotel
17. Sleep in a Haunted House ✓
18. Sleep in a Hostel ✓
19. Sleep on a Houseboat
20. Sleep in a Teepee
21. Sleep in a Treehouse
22. Sleep in an Ice Hotel ✓
23. Sleep in an Overnight Train ✓
24. Stay at a Bed & Breakfast ✓
25. Stay at a Dude Ranch ✓
26. Stay in an Underwater Hotel
27. Step Foot in all 7 Continents
28. Take a Train Cross Country ✓
29. Take a trip with Mom ✓
30. Throw a Dart at a Map and Just Go
31. Touch a Pyramid
32. Tour a Factory ✓
33. Tour a Mayan Ruin ✓
34. Tour a Mission ✓
35. Tour a Vineyard ✓
36. Tour a Working Farm ✓
37. Travel Internationally ✓
38. Vacation Solo ✓
39. Vacation with a Stranger ✓
40. Visit 100 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
41. Visit a Butterfly Sanctuary ✓
42. Visit a Castle ✓
43. Visit a Ghost Town ✓
44. Visit a Temple ✓
45. Visit a Tourist Attraction in My Town ✓
46. Visit All 50 States
47. Visit my State Capitol ✓
48. Walk on a Glacier ✓
49. Wear a Fresh Lei ✓

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Travel Bucket List: North America

1. Drive Route 66
2. Go to all the US National Parks
3. Lay on the Four Corners (4 States at Once)
4. Trek the Mendenhall Glacier Caves | Alaska
5. See the Northern Lights | Alaska
6. Hike into Antelope Canyon | Arizona
7. Helicopter into the Grand Canyon | Arizona ✓
8. Walk the Wave | Arizona
9. Visit Anthony Chapel in Garvan Woodland Gardens | Arkansas
10. Walk Across the Golden Gate Bridge | California ✓
11. Do the Half-Dome Ascent in Yosemite | California
12. Drive the Pacific Coast Highway | California ✓
13. Eat at the French Laundry | California ✓
14. Stay at the Beverly Hills Hotel | California
15. Visit Yosemite National Park | California ✓
16. Do the Hollywood Walk of Fame | California
17. Rappel into Moaning Caverns | California ✓
18. Walk on a Glass Beach | California ✓
19. See the Biggest Trees on Earth | California
20. Stand Under the Hollywood Sign | California
21. Party at the Playboy Mansion | California
22. Ride on a Cable Car in San Francisco | California
23. Wine Taste in the Napa Valley | California ✓
24. Go Sandboarding at Great Sand Dunes National Park | Colorado
25. See the Ice Castles at Silverthorne | Colorado
26. Ski Aspen | Colorado
27. Take the Viaferada (Iron Route) | Colorado
28. Explore the Everglades | Florida
29. Have Fun at Walt Disney World | Florida
30. Swim with Manatees | Florida
31. Take a Selfie at the Southernmost Point in the Continental US | Florida ✓
32. Climb the Haiku Stairs of Oahu | Hawaii
33. Learn the Hula | Hawaii
34. Drive the Road to Hana | Hawaii ✓
35. Walk on Waianapanapa Black Sand Beach | Hawaii ✓
36. Catch a Baseball Game at Wrigley Field | Illinois
37. Eat Food-on-a-Stick at the State Fair | Iowa
38. Wear a Big Hat at the Kentucky Derby | Kentucky
39. Listen to Jazz in the French Quarter | Louisiana
40. Eat Maine Lobster | Maine ✓
41. Spend the Night in Martha’s Vineyard | Massachusetts
42. Explore the Ozark Caverns | Missouri
43. Hike Through Glacier National Park | Montana ✓
44. See the Bison at Yellowstone | Montana ✓
45. Walk the Las Vegas Strip | Nevada ✓
46. Experience the Fall Foliage | New England
47. Explore the Carlsbad Caverns | New Mexico
48. Eat Buffalo Wings in Buffalo | New York ✓
49. Play at Coney Island | New York
50. Walk Through Grand Central Station | New York
51. See a Broadway Musical | New York
52. Stand in Times Square | New York ✓
53. See Niagara Falls | New York/Canada ✓
54. Tour the Biltmore Estates | North Carolina
55. Get Lost in Powell’s Books | Oregon ✓
56. See Multnomah Falls | Oregon ✓
57. Eat a Philly Cheese Steak in Philadelphia | Pennsylvania
58. Go to a Mud Sale in Lancaster County | Pennsylvania
59. Explore Badlands National Park | South Dakota
60. Visit Mount Rushmore | South Dakota
61. Party at Honky Tonk | Tennessee ✓
62. See the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville | Tennessee ✓
63. Visit the Alamo | Texas ✓
64. Explore Bryce Canyon | Utah ✓
65. Visit Zion National Park | Utah ✓
66. Catch a Fish at Pike Place Market | Washington
67. Leave a Contribution on Seattle’s Gum Wall | Washington ✓
68. Visit Skagit Valley Tulip Fields | Washington
69. See the Thomas Jefferson Memorial | Washington DC
70. Visit the White House | Washington DC
71. Attend the Biggest Outdoor Rodeo | Wyoming
72. Go to Grand Prismatic Spring | Wyoming

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Travel Experiences: International

1. Ride the Orient Express
2. Ride the Trans-Siberian Railway
3. See the Beach Art by Andres Amador
4. See the Northern Lights ✓
5. Shop at the European Christmas Markets ✓
6. Time Travel to Experience New Year’s Eve Twice
7. Visit the Amazon ✓
8. Swim with Pink Dolphins | Amazon
9. Step Foot on Antarctica
10. See an Opera at the Sydney Opera House | Australia
11. See the Red Crab Migration in Christmas Island | Austalia
12. Snorkel the Great Barrier Reef | Australia
13. Feed the Swimming Pigs in Exuma | Bahamas ✓
14. Swim in Dean’s Blue Hole | Bahamas
15. Walk on the Pink Sand Beach | Bahamas
16. Walk on the Salar de Uyuni Salt Flat | Bolivia
17. Sleep in an Overwater Bungalow | Bora Bora
18. Explore Angkor Wat | Cambodia
19. Swim in the World’s Largest Pool | Chile
20. Tour Patagonia | Chile/Argentina
21. Take the Walk of Faith, Tianmen Mountain | China
22. See the Hanging Temple in Mount Hengshan | China
23. Walk the Great Wall of China | China
24. Marvel at Plitvice Lakes | Croatia
25. Walk the Nyhavn Waterfront in Copenhagen | Denmark
26. Explore the Galapagos Islands | Ecuador ✓
27. Swing at the “End of the World” | Ecuador
28. See the Pyramids of Giza | Egypt
29. Walk Across Abbey Road in London | England ✓
30. Watch the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace | England ✓
31. Backpack through Europe | Europe
32. Stay in a Glass Igloo | Finland
33. Attend Mass at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris | France ✓
34. Put a Love Lock on Pont des Arts Bridge | France ✓
35. See the Eiffel Tower Glitter at Night | France ✓
36. See the Mona Lisa at the Louvre | France ✓
37. Sunbathe Topless on the French Riviera | France
38. Visit the Palace of Versailles in France
39. Walk Through the Lavender Fields in Provence | France
40. Attend the Windjammer Parade | Germany
41. Drink Beer at Oktoberfest | Germany
42. Drink Kölsch Beer in Cologne | Germany ✓
43. Explore the Acropolis | Greece ✓
44. Watch the Sunset in Santorini | Greece ✓
45. Marvel at Kaieteur Falls | Guyana ✓
46. Hike the Active Pacaya Volcano | Guatemala ✓
47. Stroll through Antigua | Guatemala ✓
48. Tour a Windmill | Holland ✓
49. Climb to Tin Tian, Big Buddha | Hong Kong ✓
50. Soak in the Blue Lagoon | Iceland
51. Get a Henna Tattoo | India
52. Participate in the Rickshaw Run | India
53. Stand in Front of the Taj Mahal | India ✓
54. Komodo National Park | Indonesia ✓
55. Walk through a Rice Terrace | Indonesia ✓
56. Drink at the Guinness Brewery | Ireland ✓
57. Kiss the Blarney Stone | Ireland ✓
58. Sleep in an Irish Castle | Ireland ✓
59. Visit the Holy Land in Jerusalem | Israel
60. Attend the Palio Horse Race in Siena | Italy
61. Explore the Coliseum in Rome | Italy ✓
62. Hear Andrea Bocelli sing opera in Milan | Italy
63. Hear the Pope Speak at the Vatican | Italy ✓
64. Hike the Cities of Cinque Terre | Italy
65. Learn to Make Pasta From Scratch | Italy ✓
66. Make a Wish in the Trevi Fountain | Italy ✓
67. Pose with the Leaning Tower of Pisa | Italy ✓
68. Ride a Vespa in Tuscany | Italy
69. Ride in a Gondola in Venice | Italy
70. Sleep in a Tuscan Villa | Italy ✓
71. Swim in the Blue Grotto | Italy
72. Walk Across the Tibetan Bridge in Claviere | Italy
73. Climb Mount Fuji | Japan
74. See the Robot Restaurant Show | Japan ✓
75. See a Sumo Wrestling Practice at a Sumo Stable | Japan ✓
76. Stroll Through Sagano Bamboo Forest | Japan
77. Tour the Japanese Gardens in Kyoto | Japan
78. Visit the Jigokudani Monkey Park | Japan
79. Walk Through the Wisteria Tunnel at Kawachi Fuji Gardens, in Kitakyushu | Japan
80. Explore the Ancient Ruins of Petra | Jordan ✓
81. Float in the Dead Sea | Jordan/Israel ✓
82. Ride a Camel in the Wadi Rum Desert | Jordan ✓
83. Float Down Mekong River | Laos
84. Explore Tam Ting Caves | Laos
85. Mulu National Park | Malaysia
86. Stay at the Boat Hotel in Cocoa Island | Maldives
87. Eat in the Underwater Hotel | Maldives
88. Swim in a Cenote | Mexico ✓
89. Swim with Whale Sharks | Mexico ✓
90. Snorkel the Underwater Museum | Mexico
91. Gamble at Casino Monte Carlo | Monaco ✓
92. Explore the Van Gogh Museum | Netherlands ✓
93. See the Kinderdijk Windmills | Netherlands ✓
94. Explore the Waitomo Glowworm Cave | New Zealand
95. Get Warm Near the Champagne Pool | New Zealand
96. Go Black Water Rafting | New Zealand
97. Hike the Franz Josef Glacier | New Zealand
98. Board Down a Volcano | Nicaragua
99. Sit on the Edge of Preikestolen | Norway
100. Explore the Rock Islands Southern Lagoon | Palau ✓
101. Swim in Jellyfish Lake | Palau ✓
102. Hike the Inca Trail | Peru ✓
103. Hike Through the Crooked Forest | Poland
104. Drink Port in Porto | Portugal ✓
105. See the Sky Gardens | Singapore ✓
106. See Gaudi’s La Sagrada Familia | Spain ✓
107. Watch the Monjuic Magic Fountain | Spain ✓
108. See the Rio Tinto River | Spain
109. Run With the Bulls in Pamplona | Spain
110. Climb to the Top of Sigiriya Rock | Sri Lanka ✓
111. Eat Fondue in Switzerland | Switzerland ✓
112. Hike the Matterhorn Trail | Matterhorn in Zermatt
113. Sit in the Outdoor Jacuzzi at Iglu-Dorf Hotel | Switzerland
114. Ski the Swiss Alps | Switzerland
115. Climb Mount Kilimanjaro | Tanzania
116. Safari Through Serengeti | Tanzania ✓
117. Witness the Wildebeest Migration in Serengeti | Tanzania
118. See the Tessellated Pavement | Tasmania
119. Let Go of a Floating Lantern at Yi Peng Festival | Thailand
120. Balloon Over Cappadocia’s Fairy Chimneys | Turkey
121. Hear the Call to Prayer at the Blue Mosque | Turkey ✓
122. See the Whirling Dervishes | Turkey ✓
123. Soak in Pamukkale Hot Springs | Turkey
124. Cross the Tunnel of Love | Ukraine
125. Visit Stonehenge | United Kingdom
126. Shop at the Floating Market | Vietnam
127. Cruise through Ha Long Bay | Vietnam ✓

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UNESCO World Heritage Sites to See

1. Argentina | Iguazu National Park
2. Australia | Sydney Opera House
3. Australia | The Great Barrier Reef
4. Austria | Historic Center of Vienna ✓
5. Belgium | Le Grand-Place in Brussels ✓
6. Bosnia & Herzegovina | Mostar
7. Brazil | Carioca Landscape, Rio de Janeiro
8. Brazil & Argentina | Iguazu Falls
9. Bulgaria | Rila Monastery
10. Cambodia | Angkor
11. Canada | Do the Edge Walk at CN Tower
12. Canada | Landscapes of the Grand Pré ✓
13. Canada | Old Town of Lunenburg ✓
14. Chile | Easter Island
15. China | The Forbidden City
16. Columbia | The Old City Center ✓
17. Croaita | Plitvice Lakes
18. Cuba | La Habana Vieja or Old Havana ✓
19. Czech Republic | Cesky Krumlov
20. Czech Republic | Historic Centre of Prague
21. Denmark | Kronburg Castle
22. Ecuador | Galapagos Islands ✓
23. England | City of Bath
24. Estonia | Historic Centre of Old Tallinn
25. Egypt | Pyramids of Giza
26. France | Arles Roman and Romanesque Monuments ✓
27. France | Cathedral of Notre-Dame ✓
28. France | Historic Centre of Avignon ✓
29. France | Historic Centre of Lyon ✓
30. France | Palace and Gardens of Versailles
31. Germany | Cologne Cathedral ✓
32. Germany | Old Town of Regensburg ✓
33. Germany | Upper Middle Rhine Valley ✓
34. Greece | Acropolis ✓
35. Greece | Archaeological Site of Delphi ✓
36. Greece | Meteora Monasteries ✓
37. Greece | Mount Athos ✓
38. Guatemala | Antigua ✓
39. Hungary | Budapest ✓
40. India | Ellora Caves
41. India | Hill Forts of Rajasthan ✓
42. India | Jantar Mantar ✓
43. India | Keoladeo National Park ✓
44. India | Taj Mahal ✓
45. Indonesia | Cultural Landscape of Bali
46. Indonesia | Borobudur Temple ✓
47. Indonesia | Prambanan Temple ✓
48. Indonesia | Taman Ayun Temple ✓
49. Ireland | Brú na Bóinne ✓
50. Ireland | Skellig Michael
51. Israel | old City of Jerusalem
52. Italy | Cinque Terre ✓
53. Italy | Historic Center of Florence ✓
54. Italy | Historic Center of San Gimignono ✓
55. Italy | Historic Center of Siena ✓
56. Italy | Piazza del Duomo in Pisa ✓
57. Italy | Venice and Its Lagoon ✓
58. Japan | Ancient Kyoto
59. Japan | Mount Fuji
60. Jordan | Petra ✓
61. Jordan | Wadi Rum ✓
62. Malta | City of Valletta ✓
63. Mexico | Chichen-Itza ✓
64. Mexico | Historic centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco ✓
65. Mexico | Islands of Gulf of California ✓
66. Mexico | Protective Town of San Miguel ✓
67. Morocco | Medina of Marrakesh
68. Netherlands | Kinderdijk Windmills ✓
69. Norther Ireland | Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coast ✓
70. Palau | Rock Islands Southern Lagoon ✓
71. Peru | City of Cusco ✓
72. Peru | Machu Picchu ✓
73. Poland | Historic Centre of Warsaw ✓
74. Portugal | Cultural Landscape of Sintra ✓
75. Portugal | Historic Centre of Porto ✓
76. Russia | St. Petersburg
77. Scotland | Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
78. Singapore | Singapore Botanic Gardens ✓
79. Slovenia | Lake Bled
80. Spain | Historic Walled Town of Cuenca
81. Spain | Works of Antoni Gaudi ✓
82. Sri Lanka | Sacred City of Kandy ✓
83. Sri Lanka | Sigiriya ✓
84. Switzerland | Old City of Bern
85. Switzerland | Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch ✓
86. Tanzania | Ngorongoro Conservation Area ✓
87. Tanzania | Serengeti National Park ✓
88. Turkey | Goreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia
89. Turkey | Historic Areas of Istanbul ✓
90. United Kingdom | Tower of London ✓
91. United States | Carlsbad Caverns National Park
92. United States | Grand Canyon National Park ✓
93. United States | Mammoth Cave National Park
94. United States | San Antonio Missions ✓
95. United States | Statue of Liberty
96. United States | Yellowstone National Park ✓
97. United States | Yosemite National Park ✓
98. Vietnam | Ha Long Bay ✓
99. Vietnam | Hoi An ✓

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Festivals & Events Around the World

1. Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta | USA
2. Battle of the Oranges | Italy
3. Burning Man | USA
4. Cannes Film Festival | France
5. Carnival of Rio de Janeiro | Brazil
6. Carnival of Venice | Italy
7. Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) | Mexico
8. Edinburgh Fringe Festival | Scotland
9. Electric Run | Utah
10. Hogmanay | Scotland
11. Holi Festival | India
12. Human Tower Competition | Spain
13. Kentucky Derby | USA
14. La Tomatina | Spain
15. Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade | New York
16. Mardi Gras | New Orleans
17. National Cherry Blossom Festival | Washington DC
18. Obon Festival | Japan
19. Olympic Games | Random Locations
20. Oktoberfest | Germany
21. Pingxi Lantern Festival | Taiwan
22. Saint Patricks Day | Ireland
23. San Vino Wine Fight | Spain
24. Sandfest | USA
25. Snowbombing | Austria
26. Songkran Water Festival | Thailand
27. Sundance Film Festival | USA
28. Up Helly Aa Fire Festival | Scotland
29. Westminster Dog Show | USA

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