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America’s 50 Places
Here, we offer a list of places that we selected (organized by category) for our America’s 50 Places of a Lifetime issue. Learn more about this special issue.
Urban Spaces
Destinations that have a defining character, a uniqueness, and an influence beyond their immediate borders.
Austin
Boston
Charleston
Chicago
Los Angeles
Miami
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Seattle
Washington, D.C.
Wild Places
Destinations that are great wilderness areas—the deserts, forests, swamplands, and mountains—that stir us and surprise us.
Arctic Alaska
Baxter State Park, Maine
Bob Marshall Wilderness, Montana
Cape Lookout National Seashore, North Carolina
Death Valley National Park, California
Frank Church Wilderness, Idaho
Guadalupe Mountains Naional Park, Texas
Isle Royale National Park, Michigan
North Cascades National Park, Washington
Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia
Paradise Found
Destinations that are often remote, but that shimmer in the mind as retreats of the first order.
Adirondacks, New York
Chautauqua Institution, New York
Channel Islands, California
Inside Passage, Alaska
National Tropical Botantical Gardens, Hawaii
Midway Islands
Nantucket Island
Newport’s Cliff Walk, Rhode Island
St. John/U.S. Virgin Islands
San Juan Islands, Washington
Country Unbound
Destinations that are rural landscapes only gently touched by the hand of man.
Cajun Country
California Wine Country
Chesapeake Bay
Colorado Rockies
Kentucky Bluegrass Country
Maine Coast
Mississippi River
Coastal Oregon
Red Rock Desert, Arizona
The Palouse, Washington
National Wonders
Destinations that are small, contained spots—manmade or natural—that America cherishes.
Biltmore Estate, North Carolina
Canyon de Chelly, Arizona
Fallingwater, Pennsylvania
Gateway Arch, St. Louis
Highway 1, California
Las Vegas
Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania
Mt. Rushmore/Crazy Horse, South Dakota
Natchez, Mississippi
Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island
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