I have 26 states down, including the last one on your list... I think I'd rather go to Alaska before I go hit the NE states though ...
Foreign countries is something different, more than average for my age... Currently at 5, soon to be 10
I've only been to the "upstate" part of the NE. Buffalo, Portland, Manchester, etc. I liked it a lot.
I have yet to be smack in the middle of any place like Boston or NYC.
Drove as a long haul driver for 10 years ...want to see the middle east but I don't think that will happen.