Amanda Wrzeszczynski

Founder

Lives In
Pittsburgh, PA

Education
Penn State University
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Expertise
Trip researching, itinerary planning, been to almost all 50 states

Experience
Amanda started Scenic States as a resource for anyone looking to travel around the US, especially those ambitious enough to join her in visiting all 50 states. She’s been to 41 states so far, has driven across the country in a minivan, and gets out to travel as much as she possibly can.

Amanda’s friends and family all ask here “where should we go?” or “what should we do?” and thus the idea of Scenic States was born. She wanted to share with the world her experiences and recommendations from places that she has been and seen. 

Amanda loves nothing more than to inspire others to get out and see the world and she hopes Scenic States will help people get out and explore more.

Articles By Amanda Wrzeszczynski

10 Best Children’s Museums in the US

Children spend hours and hours in school and doing homework, but that’s not the only learning they should be doing. One way of enriching your kids’ education is by taking them to museums. Traditional museums aimed toward adults may not engage them very much, thus came the need to establish children’s museums. The best children’s

The Top 12 Things To Do In Ketchikan

12 Essential Things to Do in Ketchikan, Alaska

Ketchikan, Alaska doesn’t have the highest mountains or the biggest glaciers. But it doesn’t need them. Ketchikan has its own unique charm. Whether you want to know more about Native Alaskan culture, explore the great outdoors, or simply soak in the art, culture, and the people, Ketchikan has plenty to offer. And what’s wonderful is

20 of the Most Remarkable American Mansions

Mansions are indeed fascinating, especially to most of us who are outsiders to the opulent lifestyle they represent. But more than wealth and luxury, each of these mansions have their own unique stories and secrets; sometimes mundane and sometimes scandalous. If the mansions’ stories don’t fascinate you, their size, grandeur, and design would. In today’s

Visiting the Notoriously Eccentric Gillette Castle

Connecticut is home to a number of great fairytale-like castles, but none are as peculiar or unique as Gillette Castle between East Haddam and Lyme. The stage actor and playwright, William Gillette (famous for his role as Sherlock Holmes) designed and oversaw the building of this castle himself in the early 1900s. Gillette originally named