Grandview Drive in Peoria and Peoria Heights, Illinois, is a scenic 2.5-mile roadway constructed primarily between 1903 and 1906 that offers stunning panoramic views of the Illinois River Valley and many historic homes along its route.
The West Virginia Capitol Building, located in Charleston, is a striking example of Renaissance and classical architecture designed by renowned architect Cass Gilbert.
Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, spans more than 50 acres and preserves key sites associated with the American Revolution and the founding of the United States.
Pomme de Terre State Park in Missouri spans 734 acres across two areas on the shores of the 7,800-acre Pomme de Terre Lake in Hickory County, created by a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam completed in 1961, featuring forested hills, rugged Springfield Plateau terrain, glades, savannas, and clear waters ideal for bass, walleye, catfish, crappie, and muskie fishing.
Weir Farm National Historical Park in Ridgefield, Connecticut, preserves the home, studio, and grounds of J. Alden Weir, a key American Impressionist painter who acquired the farm in 1882.
Lake Walcott State Park in Minidoka County, Idaho, USA, occupies 65 acres on the western shore of the 11,000-acre Lake Walcott reservoir, formed by the Minidoka Dam on the Snake River since 1909.
Mason Neck State Park in Fairfax County, Virginia, occupies a 1,814-acre peninsula on the Potomac River between Pohick Bay and Belmont Bay, serving as a key habitat for bald eagles, great blue herons, ospreys, and over 200 bird species amid hardwood forests, wetlands, and ponds.
Jack Bay State Marine Park is a 1,544-acre remote coastal preserve nestled in Jack Bay of Prince William Sound, about an hour's boat ride southeast of Valdez, Alaska, surrounded by steep mountains, old-growth spruce-hemlock forests, alder thickets, muskeg, and salt marshes.
Rock Island State Park spans 883 acres in Warren and White Counties, Tennessee, near Rock Island at the confluence of the Caney Fork, Collins, and Rocky Rivers on the headwaters of Center Hill Lake.
Emerald Bay State Park in California, established in 1953 and spanning 1,533 acres, is centered around the stunning Emerald Bay on Lake Tahoe, which was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1969.
Buchanan's Birthplace State Park is an 18.5-acre Pennsylvania state park near Cove Gap in Peters Township, Franklin County, nestled in a gap of Tuscarora Mountain along Pennsylvania Route 16.
Beaver Dam State Park is a remote, primitive Nevada park of about 2,400–5,500 acres along Beaver Dam Wash near the Utah border, roughly 34 miles east of Caliente in Lincoln County.
The Salmon River in Idaho flows for about 425 miles through some of the most rugged and remote terrain in the United States, draining a large watershed of around 14,000 square miles.
Sands Hotel and Casino was a legendary landmark on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada, USA, operating from 1952 to 1996 as one of the first glamorous resorts designed by architect Wayne McAllister.
Dunbar Cave State Park spans 144 acres in Clarksville, Tennessee, featuring one of the world's 280 largest cave systems at over eight miles long, surrounded by karst topography with sinkholes, springs, limestone bedrock, and an upland hardwood forest.
Tombstone, Arizona, founded in 1879 by prospector Ed Schieffelin following silver discoveries, is a historic town in Cochise County known as The Town Too Tough to Die.