A country · 3,253 places · 54 regions

United States of America, all of it.

3,253 curated places across 54 regions — photographed, mapped, and noted with the season each is best in.

La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site, United States of America

La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site · via Wikimedia Commons

The 4 biggest regions — California, New York, Florida and Pennsylvania — read below as chapters, with 50 more waiting past them.

Chapter I · California · 332 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.

Glacier Point

California, United States of America

✦ May to October · $

McWay Falls

California, United States of America

✦ Year-round; winter rains maximize flow · $

Golden Gate Bridge

California, United States of America

✦ May to October for clearer skies; winter for dramatic fog · $

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Chapter II · New York · 166 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 · $$$

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Chapter III · Florida · 133 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.

Key West

Florida, United States of America

✦ November to April · $$

Everglades National Park

Florida, United States of America

✦ December to April (dry season) · $

St. Augustine, Florida

Florida, United States of America

✦ November to April · $$

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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, United States of America

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Chapter IV · Pennsylvania · 122 places

Pennsylvania

The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area preserves 70,000 acres along 40 miles of the Middle Delaware River on the New Jersey-Pennsylvania border, where the river cuts through Kittatinny Ridge in a dramatic water gap. The Appalachian Trail crosses the ridge within the park, providing access to Sunfish Pond, a glacially formed lake near the summit with elevated views over the river corridor. Dingmans Falls within the park drops 130 feet, making it the second-highest waterfall in Pennsylvania.

✦ May to October · $

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