The summer tour crew will be back out on the road beginning in July. Take a look back at last year's tour to see the kind of things you can expect this tour.

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The summer tour came to an end today in New York City. The crew visited all 48 continental United States to find the fun and unique events, people and places that make summer in the US such an incredible time.

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The summer tour crew is wrapping up its trip around the United States with a visit to New York. One of the places they stopped is Washington Square Park.

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The summer tour crew stopped off at the Ben & Jerry's Factory in Waterbury, Vermont to find out where deliciousness is born. And they put their tastebuds to the test with a really, really big dessert.

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The Palestra summer tour crew paid a visit to a legendary landmark of New England summertime: Clark's Trading Post in Lincoln, NH.

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The summer tour crew is visiting the Wild Blueberry Festival in Machias, Maine where Tiffany ended up with a face full of pie.

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The summer tour crew spent the day at a cranberry bog on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.

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The Palestra summer tour crew stopped off in Providence, Rhode Island. It's the state where the diner was invented, where a truck helps keep the tradition alive every night and where Tiffany took a chance on a unique drink.

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The summer tour crew visits Connecticut and hits the water to learn how to sail at the Longshore Sailing School.

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The summer tour crew got a bird's eye view of the Garden State, thanks to a hot air balloon ride with Tom from NJHotAir.com.

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The summer tour crew said goodbye to land and headed out into the open seas on a dolphin-watching trip off the coast of Delaware.

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The summer tour crew has found its way all across the country, but finding their way out of a garden maze in Virginia could prove tougher.

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The summer tour crew took a quick trip through our nation's capital to check out some famous sights.

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The summer tour crew is in a surprisingly good mood considering how crabby their story is today. They're making Maryland Crabcakes.

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The summer tour crew already has one eye on the fall, and made a quick stop inside Penn State's Beaver Stadium.

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The Palestra.com Summer Tour crew got more than a little creeped out on a ghost hunting trip inside an abandoned prison.

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Raj Nair and Tiffany Wilson have been doing a lot of work on the summer tour and they've worked up quite an appetite. Fortunately, it's nothing that a couple of two-pound burgers from Denny's Beer Barrel Pub in Pennsylvania can't handle.

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The Palestra Summer Tour crew made a stop at an old prison in West Virginia-- and may be staying there longer than they planned.

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The Crew gives the Queen City all it can handle.

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The Palestra summer tour crew had to stop when they saw a sign advertising the birthplace of Wilbur Wright, one of two brothers who built and flew the first airplane.

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The Palestra.com summer tour crew is now part of a world record. They added a layer of paint to the largest ball of paint in the world.

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Sing along with the summer tour as they learn about the birth of Happy Birthday.

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The summer tour crew stopped by the Louisville Slugger baseball bat factory in Louisville, Kentucky to find out where the bats that power America's pastime are born.

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There's a new reporter on the summer tour as Tiffany Wilson joins the crew. Her first stop, the Knob Creek Shooting Range in West Point, Kentucky.

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Who doesn't love a yard sale? You can pick up anything from an old weight set to a stuffed moose head for just a few bucks. The summer tour crew hit the World's Longest Yard Sale in Tennessee to do a little shopping.

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The summer tour crew stopped by the Little Mountain Reunion Festival in South Carolina to play around a little... and do some work at the barbecue.

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The summer tour crew had to pay their respects to the legendary 40 Watt Club when they drove through Athens, GA.

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The summer tour crew discovered a very unique way to enjoy some beautiful countryside in western North Carolina: riding a Segway scootern at Mountain Glides.

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The summer tour crew found out that Georgia's Stone Mountain is much more than just a big rock.

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The summer tour crew found the legendary Fountain Of Youth in Florida.

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Palestra reporter Raj Nair has hopped on board the summer tour, just in time to check out a very traditional summer-time spot, the drive-in movie theater.

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The summer tour crew made a stop at Florida's St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park to check out an amazing display of alligators, crocodiles and more.

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The summer tour crew learned the secret of great southern barbecue from the legendary cooks at Dreamland BBQ in Alabama.

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The summer tour crew stopped by a catfish farm in Mississippi to see where some delicious southern dinners come from.

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The summer tour crew got up close and personal with wildlife on a unique tour of a Louisiana swamp.

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The Palestra summer tour crew made a stop in New Orleans to see the progress of the rebuilding efforts almost two years after Hurricane Katrina hit.

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The summer tour stopped at a statue honoring an important figure in Texas history.

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The summer tour crew has seen festivals for all sorts of fruits and vegetables, but they spent time this week at one that honors mosquitos.

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The summer tour crew pulled off the highway to check out Bill Clinton's boyhood home.

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The summer tour crew took a wild ride on a mechanical bull.

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The summer tour crew got down in the dirt searching for diamonds in an Arkansas state park.

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The summer tour crew stopped off for dinner at a place famous for its airborne bread.

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A summer cooped up in a van is enough to make anyone lose their marbles. Fortunately, the summer tour crew now knows where to find some new ones.

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The summer tour crew has been all over the US this summer. Now they've been to the middle, too.

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The town of Beaver, Oklahoma proclaims itself the Cow Chip Throwing Capital Of The US. The summer tour crew stopped in Beaver to try their hands at that unusual sport.

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ThePalestra.com's summer tour faced one of their biggest challenges of the trip: eat more than four pounds of steak in an hour.

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The summer tour crew paid a visit to the UFO capital of the USA: Roswell, New Mexico.

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The summer tour crew pulled off the road to check out a bizarre sight in Amarillo, Texas.

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The summer tour crew absolutely had to stop the van when they saw the Rattlesnake Museum in Albuquerque, NM.

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The summer tour team ditched their van for a day to hitch a ride on a historic train in Colorado's Rocky Mountains.

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The summer tour crew couldn't help but stop off at Arches National Park to check out some spectacular natural rock formations.

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The summer tour crew stopped off in the ski heaven of Park City, Utah and found a lot of exciting stuff to do even though the snow melted months ago.

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The summer tour crew stopped by the site of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympic games on their way through Salt Lake City.

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The movie Napoleon Dynamite made the small town of Preston, Idaho a major tourist draw. The summer tour paid their respects on the way through town.

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If the phrase "I caught you a delicious bass" has special meaning in your life, you'll love the summer tour's latest stop.

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The summer tour crew visited a sanctuary for birds of prey where Sean may have found his soulmate.

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The Palestra summer tour couldn't pass up the chance to make a quick stop at the site of one of America's most famous dare-devil moments, the Snake River Canyon.

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The summer tour stopped by a state park that also holds a significant spot in American history.

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The summer tour made a stop at barber shop in an unusual spot: a beached boat in Idaho.

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The summer tour crew made a quick stop at a Seattle landmark on their way through Washington.

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Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. And for the summer tour in Seattle, it's also the biggest meal of the day.

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It's definitely not Yellowstone, but one of Portland's parks is famous for its size. The summer tour visited the smallest park in the world.

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What's more romantic than a day at a vineyard? Not much- at least according to the summer tour crew.

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The summer tour crew stopped off at one of the most recognizable landmarks in America: the Golden Gate Bridge.

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The summer tour crew made a sweet stop in northern California to tour the Jelly Belly jelly bean factory.

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The summer tour crew put Sean's driving skills to the test by sending the van down the crookedest street in the country, Lombard Street in San Francisco.

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The summer tour crew stopped off in San Jose, California to play a quick game on the largest outdoor Monopoly game board in the world.

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The summer tour stopped off at an LA hotspot to eat like movie stars, but they weren't snacking on sushi or filet mignon. They hit Pink's Hot Dogs to find out why their 'dogs draw the stars in.

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The summer tour crew checked out the LaBrea Tar Pits during their stay in LA.

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The summer tour crew hit a California landmark for lunch: the In-N-Out Burger.

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It was no ordinary day at the beach for the summer tour crew when they crashed a class at Kahuna Bob's Surf School to learn how to catch some waves.

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Things were really heating up for the summer tour crew when they spotted the world's largest thermometer in Death Valley, CA.

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The summer tour crew spent hours pumping coins into flashing machines in Las Vegas, but they weren't playing the slots. They got the chance to relive their childhoods at the Pinball Hall Of Fame.

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The summer tour crew took a quick break to check out one of America's natural wonders: The Grand Canyon.

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The summer tour crew visited Moenkopi, Arizona to get a tour of fossilized footprints made by dinosaurs.

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The summer tour visited an old gold mine in Colorado and took a shot at striking it rich themselves.

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Think the summer tour is all about eating and having fun? There's a lot of driving, too, and on some pretty crazy roads.

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The Palestra summer tour crew is ditching their van for a Conestoga wagon as they spend a day recreating a trip along the Oregon Trail.

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The Summer Tour crew headed up to Big Sky country in Billings, Montana to get a little fresh air and exercise on the paintball range.

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As hard as our Summer Tour leaders have been working, it's only fair that they be allowed to get a little rest and relaxation in. This stop offers the relaxation, but hardly any rest for our crew.

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Panning for gold, live music, fireworks and an abundance of food. That's the way they celebrate the 4th of July in Cripple Creek, Colorado. Sean Merinar and Laura Neal show us around

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What's more American than a authentic rodeo complete with cowboys. Sean and Laura check out the Cody Stampede in this stop of the summer tour.

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Gary dressed as the team mascot. The girls raked the infield. And Sean "Big Daddy" Merinar got stuck fighting the foam on dollar beer night. Just another night on ThePalestra.com Summer Tour.

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Raking, mowing, picking up trash and learning to throw a baseball. Can Summer Tour leaders Alex Martin and Laura Neal squeeze that all into one day. Find out in this edition of ThePalestra.com's Summer Tour Across America.

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The Palestra.com's Gary Orr hates those big furry mascots you see at baseball games. So, what do his fellow Summer Tour leaders make Gary do? Yep, you guessed it. Gary faces his fear by becoming a mascot--a platypus no less.

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The Summer Tour team hits Roughrider Days in Dickinson, North Dakota. It's rather misleading given the fact there is nothing rough, nor is their anyone riding during this stop on the tour. But Sean and Laura give us an inside look into this annual summer event's heritage.

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ThePalestra.com Summer Tour cools down with some Kool-Aid and Kool-Aid Man.

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A software company turned Kangaroo preserve. How does that happen? ThePalestra.com 's summer tour leaders get a a real kick out of today's tour stop in the Black Hills of South Dakota