Very nice topic dude, that was a lot of effort for you to write all this but very cool. My goals in the future are to travel like that too. Hit USA/Canada, visit Australia/NZ, Europe, India are part of my personal bucket list.
But if you're gonna visit the USA, you should try to figure out to do a roadtrip. Don't be a typical tourist, visit some real cities where people live and work. If you take a roadtrip, you could hit some cities like Colorado Springs/Denver (for the beautiful views of the mountains, Chicago (Yea obviously gotta my kind of town Chicago), Nashville (for the love of music), Atlanta, and ofc whatever else there is that you may like. But being around the midwest center of the USA is perfect.
Do something like this, and hey visit Wyoming (they don't have any income taxes and they'll fill your gas up)
