The Most Beautiful Places in America

Acadia National Park, Maine

Acadia National Park is an essential stop on any Maine road trip, but you can—and should—visit the park even if you’re not already in the area. Those photogenic lighthouses and sunrises atop Cadillac Mountain are certainly worth traveling for.

Angel Oak, South Carolina

A 13-mile drive from downtown Charleston, South Carolina’s Angel Oak is easily one of the most beautiful places in America. Entrance to the surrounding forest is totally free—just park in an adjacent lot and open your car door; you'll hear nothing but crickets, birdsong, and treetops rustling in the breeze.

Antelope Canyon, Arizona

Antelope Canyon is a slot canyon—and serious Instagram darling—in the American Southwest, just east of Page, Arizona. The narrow, undulating spaces between rock formations allow for vivid patterns when sunlight filters through the striated stone.

Antelope Valley, California

California is famous for its wildflowers, especially Antelope Valley’s rolling hills of poppies (the official state flower). Visit on a sunny April day, sometime around mid-morning, to catch the eye-popping shades of orange and yellow in all their glory.

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Wisconsin
This 21-mile edge of Lake Superior is a year-round destination for outdoor adventurers: Not only can travelers go kayaking through the wave-carved sandstone cliffs in the warmer months, but people can even walk across the frozen lake and explore the ice caves in the winter.
Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana
You can find America’s largest swamp, the Atchafalaya Basin, just west of the Mississippi River in Louisiana. It’s home to pretty much every type of flora and fauna the word “swamp” conjures—alligators, Spanish moss, egrets, and bald cypress—and some of the region’s best Cajun restaurants can be found in nearby Lafayette and New Iberia.
- Badlands National Park, South Dakota
  Found in the southwest corner of South Dakota, Badlands National Park greets visitors with an otherworldly landscape of rust-colored buttes, spires, and pinnacles rising across thousands of acres. Blink and you might think you’ve been transported to another planet.
- Big Bend National Park, Texas
  Known for its hiking, camping, and epic sunsets and sunrises, Big Bend National Park consists of more than 800,000 acres of river canyons, desert, and mountains, plus thousands of species of plants and animals.
- Big Sur, California
  If you want to plan an iconic American road trip, drive from San Francisco to Los Angeles along Highway 1. Along the Pacific Coast Highway, you’ll stop on the Monterey Peninsula before snaking along through the wilderness of Big Sur, complete with stunning cliff views over the bright blue ocean.
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