A country · 3,462 places · 54 regions
United States of America, all of it.
3,462 curated places across 54 regions — photographed, mapped, and noted with the season each is best in.
The 4 biggest regions — California, New York, Florida and Texas — read below as chapters, with 50 more waiting past them.
Chapter I · California · 376 places
California
Glacier Point sits at 7,214 feet above sea level on the south rim of Yosemite Valley, offering an unobstructed panorama of Half Dome, Yosemite Falls, and the High Sierra. The overlook is one of the most photographed vantages in the Sierra Nevada, with the afternoon light casting long shadows across the granite domes. A road-accessible viewpoint, it also serves as the trailhead for routes descending into the valley.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter II · New York · 180 places
New York
Manhattan Island concentrates an extraordinary density of globally recognized landmarks within an area of roughly 23 square miles. The midtown skyline, dominated by the Empire State Building and One World Trade Center, is most dramatically photographed from the Brooklyn Bridge pedestrian walkway at dawn, when the rising sun backlights the towers from the east. Central Park provides an eight-hundred-acre counterpoint of meadow, woodland, and reservoir at the island's geographic center.
✦ April to June; September to November · $$$
Chapter III · Florida · 140 places
Florida
The southernmost city in the contiguous United States sits at the end of the Florida Keys chain, roughly ninety miles north of Cuba. Its wooden Victorian architecture, known locally as Conch houses, lines quiet streets shaded by banyan and kapok trees. Mallory Square draws crowds each evening for a sunset celebration tradition that has continued for decades, making it one of the most ritualized sunset viewpoints in the country.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter IV · Texas · 126 places
Texas
Big Bend National Park occupies the large southward bend of the Rio Grande in southwest Texas, encompassing the Chisos Mountains, the Chihuahuan Desert, and more than 300 kilometers of river frontage along the US-Mexico border. Santa Elena Canyon cuts through a limestone mesa with walls rising 450 meters above the river, producing one of the most dramatic river canyon vistas in the region. The park's extreme remoteness and elevation diversity support over 450 bird species, making it one of the top birding destinations in the continental United States.
✦ October to April · $$
Regions of United States of America
- California376
- New York180
- Florida140
- Texas126
- Pennsylvania125
- Oregon111
- Arizona110
- Washington110
- Colorado107
- District of Columbia107
- Utah106
- Georgia93
- North Carolina90
- Massachusetts89
- New Mexico84
- Ohio81
- Tennessee72
- Wyoming67
- Illinois65
- Virginia59
- Hawaii54
- Michigan53
- Louisiana52
- South Carolina48
- Montana46
- Missouri44
- Maryland42
- Alabama40
- Wisconsin40
- Kentucky39
- Minnesota38
- Alaska36
- Idaho36
- Indiana36
- Connecticut35
- Nevada35
- Maine33
- Mississippi32
- New Jersey30
- Rhode Island30
- Kansas29
- South Dakota29
- Nebraska26
- New Hampshire25
- Oklahoma24
- Vermont24
- Iowa23
- West Virginia23
- North Dakota16
- Arkansas15
- Delaware11
- Puerto Rico8
- Guam2
- American Samoa1
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