Fog in the Blackwater Canyon at sunset, seen from Lindy Point in Blackwater Falls State Park, West Virginia.

Visitors on a bridge admire the Multnomah Waterfalls in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area in Multnomah Falls, Oregon.

The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival is held in the Skagit Valley of Washington to celebrate spring blooms.

Maine’s oldest lighthouse, the Portland Head Light, seen from Cape Elizabeth.  

A Perseid meteor streaks across the sky above the hoodoos named Thor's Hammer and the Three Sisters in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.

Sunrise over the Perrine Bridge near Twin Falls, Idaho.

Located on South Carolina’s Atlantic Ocean coast, Myrtle Beach is one of the best old-school boardwalks in America.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial in Keystone, South Dakota, is the most-visited tourist attraction in the state.

A pedestrian walks past a mural of Mount Rushmore by Brazilian street artist Eduardo Kobra on La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles.

The Jefferson Memorial is seen through cherry blossoms as the sun rises at the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C.

A red sandstone formation named "Elephant Rock" is pictured at the Valley of Fire State Park in Carson City, Nevada.

Corn and soybeans grow on a farm near Tipton, Iowa.

Mount Rainier as seen from Air Force One with then-President Barack Obama aboard.

The Colorado River wraps around Horseshoe Bend in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Page, Arizona.

Poppies bloom in the fields of Antelope Valley in Lancaster, California.

The unique U-shaped troughs of “The Wave” rock formation, one of the world's strangest natural wonders, are seen at the Coyotes Buttes North wilderness area near Page, Arizona.

Ash Cave is the largest, most impressive recess cave in Ohio.

A woman stands amongst a grove of Giant Sequoia trees in the Sequoia National Park in Central California.

A view of the rock formations in Lower Antelope Canyon near Page, Arizona.

"Cloud Gate," the sculpture commonly known as "The Bean," is covered in snow in Chicago. 

Pine Creek flows through the gorge making up the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania.

White Sands National Monument located in New Mexico is situated at an elevation of over 4,000 feet.

A view of the Statue of Liberty in New York City.

A view of the Mammoth Hot Springs at Yellowstone National Park, the first National Park in the U.S.

Neon signs on Lower Broadway in Nashville, Tennessee.

People walk on the Skywalk, a cantilever-shaped glass walkway extending 70 feet from the western Grand Canyon's rim more than 4,000 feet above the Colorado River.

People walk around the Historic District in Savannah, Georgia, a town that looks like it's stuck in time.

A view through a canopy of trees in full fall color along Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia.

Balloons fly in the sky during the 38th annual Steamboat Springs Hot Air Balloon Festival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

A pool of hot water from a spring in the Madison Junction Area in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.

The north tower of the stunning Golden Gate Bridge, one of the world's most beautiful bridges, is surrounded by fog in San Francisco.

The Mount Washington Auto Road in New Hampshire is a 7.6-mile auto road with four different ecological zones.

Another stunning drive, the Talimena National Scenic Byway stretches 54 miles along the crest of Rich Mountain and Winding Stair Mountain.

Cars drive by the legendary Flatiron Building in New York. The three-sided building is one of the city's oldest surviving skyscrapers and was named because its shape resembled a late 19th-century household flatiron.

A view of the Cliff Palace, one of the cliff dwellings built by the Ancestral Puebloans at Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.

Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida is a must-see attraction at the park.

Ice builds up along the shore of Lake Michigan in Chicago.

A woman walks past a mural titled 'Made in America' in Modesto, California.

A rainbow appears over the rodeo grounds at the Snowmass Rodeo in Snowmass, Colorado.

Sunset over Bob Kerrey pedestrian bridge and the Missouri River at the Omaha, Nebraska riverfront. The bridge is one of many amazing man-made marvels across America.

The Chrysler Building stands in Midtown Manhattan in New York City.

The Mitchell Park Domes in Milwaukee with a slightly clouded sky in the background and framed with trees and color in the foreground.

A scenic view of the mountain formation known as the Two Sisters in Sedona, Arizona.

A view of Denali, one of the most beautiful places in America's state and national parks, in Denali National Park, Alaska.

The Mississippi River runs in front of The Gateway Arch in St. Louis.

The Washington Monument is reflected in the Constitution Gardens Pond in Washington, D.C.

The iconic Welcome to Las Vegas sign in Las Vegas, Nevada.

 A view Old Faithful erupting at Yellowstone National Park.

View of the distinctive geological structures called "hoodoos" in an amphitheater at the Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.

The rock formations of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park in Utah.

A girl plays under columns of Urban Light in front of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles. Urban Light is a large-scale assemblage sculpture by Chris Burden.

Mount Hood is seen reflected in Mirror Lake.

An exterior view of the Guggenheim Museum along Fifth Avenue in New York. The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

A beautiful lake, Emerald Lake is in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado and can be reached by way of a scenic hiking trail.

Chinatown lit up at night in New York City.

Ranch hands drive cattle to a new pasture against the backdrop of hills covered in blue, yellow and orange wildflowers at Carrizo Plain National Monument near Taft, California.

Keyhole Rock is a natural rock formation with a passage eroded by the Pacific waves on the sandy beach at Pfeiffer Beach State Park in Big Sur, California.

Pittsburgh at twilight with the city's reflection on the Ohio River.

Whale watchers view a rainbow from the shore of Race Point Beach near Provincetown, Massachusetts.

The Roman Catholic Chapel of the Holy Cross was built into the buttes of Sedona, Arizona, in 1957.

The sun sets behind the Lincoln Memorial and Reflecting Pool on the National Mall in Washington, DC.

Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico features more than 100 caves, just one place to find the coolest caves in the world.

Home to numerous volcanoes, the Lassen Volcanic National Park in California is also known for its mountain lakes and wildflower meadows.

A car is seen next to a pile of snow in front of the Manhattan Bridge in New York City after a late-season snowstorm.

The United States Capitol Building is seen in Washington, D.C.

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge, which connects Maryland’s Western Shore to its Eastern Shore, is seen from a boat outside Annapolis.

The Brooklyn Bridge connects Manhattan and Brooklyn in New York City.

Seals hang out and bask in the sandbars off the shore of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Children play beside a lifeguard tower as sunset approaches at Sunset Beach in Huntington Beach, California.

A view of Canada is seen from the U.S. side at Niagara Falls State Park in Niagara Falls, New York.

Emily Baker, a geophysicist with the United States Geological Survey, walks past the mouth of an ice cave carved out underneath the Wolverine Glacier in the Kenai Mountains near Primrose, Alaska.

A replica log cabin is seen at the Humpback Rocks Visitor Center in the Blue Ridge Parkway near Waynesboro, Virginia.

Birds fly over an empty Santa Monica beach, with the Santa Monica Pier in the background.

The Walt Disney Concert Hall designed by architect Frank Gehry in Los Angeles.

A collection of 16th- through 18th-century citadels on the coast of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The Empire State Building is lit up.

Jackson Square in New Orleans.

A field of bright yellow sunflowers is seen in North Dakota. One stands taller than the rest. 

The famous Haystack Rock reflected in the water at Cannon Beach on the Oregon coast.

The ruins of a turn-of-the-century stone castle are seen in the Ha Ha Tonka State Park in Missouri. There are still plenty of enchanting castles still standing, too.

Cathedral Valley is seen in Utah’s Capitol Reef National Park.

A hiking trail along Joshua Tree National Park.

Deception Pass Bridge is seen connecting Whidbey Island and Fidalgo Island in Washington.

Tropical waterfall Lower Waikamoi Falls pours into a small crystal-clear pond amidst a dense tropical rainforest in Maui, Hawaii. Some could say it's one of the most beautiful waterfalls in the world.

Trunk Bay is a beach on the coast of St John in the United States Virgin Islands.

The Pike Place Market neon sign in Seattle at sunset with a Washington State Ferry crossing Elliott Bay.

Scenic vista Lake Guntersville State Park is seen amongst blue skies and fluffy clouds.

Whitaker Point offers utterly breathtaking views of the surrounding Ozarks at an elevation of 400 feet.

An archipelago within the Long Island Sound, the Thimble Islands is made up of pink granite bedrock and was formed after the last ice age.

Tourists take photos at sunset at the rolling hills of the farmlands in the Palouse, an important agricultural area in southeast Washington.

The southern Lake Michigan shoreline seen from the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Park in Indiana.

Monument Rocks National Natural Landmark is home to a collection of large chalk formations in Kansas.

Sometimes called the Little Niagara, Cumberland Falls in Kentucky fall from over 60 feet.

A canoe rests in Mora Lake in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters.

A twisty mountain road along the cliff at Glacier National Park in Montana.

A vintage look at the gazebo at Roger Williams Park in Providence, Rhode Island.

Colorful, Southern-style home seen in the historic area in Charleston, South Carolina.

The stunning views of Lake Willoughby and Mt. Pisgah in Westmore, Vermont.

A scenic overlook at State Line Lookout in Palisades Interstate Park, New Jersey.

Yosemite Valley Landscape and River seen in Yosemite National Park California.

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