Here is a complete list of states in the order they appear on a trip taken by countless people every year. Can you identify the nature of this trip?

VERMONT
CONNECTICUT
VIRGINIA
TENNESSEE
NEW YORK
KENTUCKY
INDIANA
ILLINOIS
NORTH CAROLINA
PENNSYLVANIA

HINTS:
#1: In the original puzzle, the last line of the introduction is, "Can you, by any chance, identify the nature of this trip?"
#2: The title of this puzzle is TOKEN STATES.

Answer:

The list contains the states appearing in the names of the avenues on a Monopoly board in the order they're encountered traveling around the board.

Credit: GAMES Magazine
August, 1991
Peter Gordon
TOKEN STATES 

Note: Similar puzzle in November, 1982 GAMES by Bob Duchnicky (GO FOR IT)