Top U.S. Destinations In the 2007 Jim Carrey film “Yes Man,” the star and his love interest decide on a spur-of-the-moment trip, arriving at the airport intent on purchasing tickets to wherever the next flight is departing. They get tickets to Lincoln, Nebraska. Mundane, right? Well, the couple makes the absolute best of it with a great day-trip that includes a University of Nebraska football game and a visit to the Telephone Pioneer Museum. That’s our way of saying that even under-the-radar cities have their own character. So when putting together our 50 U.S. cities to put on your travel bucket list, don’t be surprised to see a sleepy, smaller town mixed in with the obvious metropolis or the well-known, must-see tourist attraction.