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Which River Forms The Border Between Texas And Mexico?
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Where Is The Famous Gateway Arch Located?
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Which US State Has The Most Miles Of Coastline?
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What Is The Nickname For Historic Route 66?
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Which Great Lake Is The Only One Entirely Within The US?
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Where Is The Famously Crooked Lombard Street Located?
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Which US City Is Known As The Crossroads Of America?
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What Does The Name 'Nevada' Mean In Spanish?
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Which Famous Road Runs From Chicago To Los Angeles?
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Where Is The World-Famous Beale Street Music District?
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Which Mountain Range Runs Along The US East Coast?
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Where Is The Famous Monument Valley Located?
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Which US Interstate Highway Stretches From Santa Monica, California To Jacksonville, Florida?
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What Is The Largest Desert In The United States?
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Which State Is Home To The Famous Blue Ridge Parkway?
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Where Does The Mississippi River Empty Into The Sea?
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Which Famous Highway Is Called The Alaska Highway?
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What Is The Nickname For The Florida Keys Highway?
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Which US State Borders The Most Other States?
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Where Is The Famous Four Corners Monument Found?
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Which US State Is Nicknamed The Sunshine State?
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Where Is The Famous Hoover Dam Located?
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Which City Is Known As The Windy City?
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What Is The Longest River Entirely In The US?
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Which US State Capital Sits At The Highest Elevation?
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Which Famous Bridge Connects San Francisco To Marin County?
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Which US State Is Home To Crater Lake National Park?
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What Is The Nickname For Interstate 75 As It Cuts Through The Florida Everglades?
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Which US City Is Called The Mile High City?
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Which Famous Scenic Highway Runs Along The Oregon Coast?
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Which City Is Known As The Birthplace Of Route 66?
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What Is The Name Of The Famous Bridge In San Diego?
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Which US State Is Home To Cadillac Ranch?
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Which Mountain Is The Highest Peak In The Continental US?
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Where Is The Famous Natchez Trace Parkway Located?
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Which US State Is Home To The Bonneville Salt Flats?
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Which Famous Tunnel Runs Through The Blue Ridge Mountains?
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Which US State Is Home To The Famous Badlands?
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Where Is The Famous Beartooth Highway Located?
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Which US State Is Home To Mammoth Cave?
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What Is The Name Of The Famous Road Through Death Valley?
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Which Famous Scenic Highway Runs The Full Length Of Shenandoah National Park In Virginia?
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Which US City Is Known As The Emerald City?
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Where Is The Historic Lincoln Highway's Eastern Starting Point?
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Which US State Is Home To The Famous Painted Desert?
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Where Does California's Famous Highway 1 Reach Its Southern Terminus?
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Which Famous US Bridge Is Nicknamed The Mighty Mac?
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Where Is The Famous Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Located?
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Where Is The Historic Cumberland Gap Located?
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Which US Highway Runs From Fort Kent, Maine All The Way To Miami, Florida?
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Which US State Is Home To The Famous Going-To-The-Sun Road?
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Where Is The Famous Natchez Trace's Southern Terminus Located?
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Which US City Is The Northern End Of The Famous Pacific Coast Highway?
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Which US State Is Home To The Famous Talimena Scenic Drive?
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Which Famous US Bridge Has The Longest Main Span In North America?
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Where Is The Famous Devil's Tower National Monument Located?
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Which US City Is Known As The Big Easy?
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Which US State Is Home To The Legendary Pikes Peak Highway?
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Where Is The Famous Bourbon Street Located?
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What Is The Name Of The Famous Scenic Road In Hawaii?
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Which Famous US Highway Is Known As The Loneliest Road In America?
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Where Is The Famous Biltmore Estate Located?
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Where Is The Famous Craters Of The Moon National Monument?
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Which US City Is Known As The Rose City?
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Where Is The Famous Hiawatha Scenic Byway Located?
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Which US State Is Home To The Famous Meramec Caverns?
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Where Is The Famous Niagara Falls Located On The US Side?
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Which US State Is Home To The Famous Magnolia Plantation?
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Which US State Is Home To The Famous Carlsbad Caverns?
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Where Is The Famous Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Located?
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What Is The Name Of The Famous Bridge Crossing San Francisco Bay To Oakland?
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Which US State Is Home To The Famous Savannah Historic District?
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Where Is The Famous Highway US Route 1 Southern Terminus Located?
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The Pecos River
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The Red River
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The Rio Grande
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The Colorado River
The Rio Grande stretches 1,896 miles, making it one of the longest rivers in North America.
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Kansas City, Missouri
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St. Louis, Missouri
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Memphis, Tennessee
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Chicago, Illinois
Completed in 1965, the 630-foot Gateway Arch commemorates westward expansion and is America's tallest monument.
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Florida
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Alaska
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California
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Hawaii
Alaska's jagged coastline stretches over 33,000 miles — more than all other US states combined.
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The Lincoln Trail
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The Mother Road
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The Sunset Strip
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The Freedom Highway
John Steinbeck coined 'The Mother Road' in his 1939 novel The Grapes of Wrath, and the name stuck forever.
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Lake Michigan
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Lake Erie
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Lake Ontario
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Lake Superior
Lake Michigan is the only Great Lake fully inside US borders — the other four are shared with Canada.
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Seattle, Washington
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San Francisco, California
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Portland, Oregon
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Los Angeles, California
Lombard Street's eight sharp hairpin turns were added in the 1920s to help cars navigate its steep hill safely.
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Indianapolis, Indiana
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Nashville, Tennessee
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Louisville, Kentucky
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Columbus, Ohio
Indiana's state motto is literally 'Crossroads of America,' reflecting how several major interstates converge in Indianapolis.
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Silver Land
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Snow-Covered
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Bright Valley
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Desert Wind
Spanish explorers named the region after the Sierra Nevada mountains, meaning 'snow-covered range' in Spanish.
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Route 66
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The Pacific Coast Highway
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The Lincoln Highway
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Interstate 40
Route 66 opened in 1926 and quickly became the iconic 2,400-mile road trip dream for generations of Americans.
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Atlanta, Georgia
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New Orleans, Louisiana
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Nashville, Tennessee
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Memphis, Tennessee
Beale Street earned its fame in the early 1900s when blues legend W.C. Handy composed music there, shaping American music forever.
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The Rockies
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The Appalachians
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The Sierra Nevada
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The Cascades
The Appalachians stretch over 1,500 miles and are among the oldest mountain ranges on Earth, far older than the Rockies.
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New Mexico And Colorado
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Wyoming And Montana
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Arizona And Utah
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Nevada And Idaho
Monument Valley's iconic red sandstone buttes sit on Navajo Nation land and have starred in dozens of classic Western films.
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Interstate 80
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Interstate 40
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Interstate 10
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Interstate 70
Interstate 10 spans nearly 2,460 miles and is the southernmost coast-to-coast interstate in the US.
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The Mojave Desert
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The Sonoran Desert
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The Great Basin Desert
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The Chihuahuan Desert
The Great Basin Desert covers about 190,000 square miles across Nevada, Utah, and parts of five neighboring states.
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Tennessee And Georgia
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Virginia And North Carolina
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West Virginia And Kentucky
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Maryland And Pennsylvania
The Blue Ridge Parkway, completed in 1987 after 52 years of construction, is America's most visited national park unit.
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The Gulf Of California
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The Caribbean Sea
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The Atlantic Ocean
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The Gulf Of Mexico
The Mississippi drains into the Gulf near New Orleans, Louisiana, depositing so much sediment it actually builds new land each year.
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The Parks Highway
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The Dalton Highway
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The Alcan Highway
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The Glenn Highway
Built by the US Army in just eight months during 1942, the Alcan Highway was originally constructed as a World War II supply route.
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The Overseas Highway
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The Island Parkway
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The Coastal Causeway
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The Gulf Corridor
The Overseas Highway stretches 113 miles over 42 bridges, built atop the old railroad that Henry Flagler constructed in 1912.
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Kentucky
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Tennessee
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Colorado
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Oklahoma
Tennessee touches eight states — Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri, and Kentucky.
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Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Missouri
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Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico
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Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming
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Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, South Dakota
Four Corners is the only spot in the US where four states meet at one point, and it sits entirely on Navajo and Ute tribal land.
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Florida
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Hawaii
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California
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Arizona
Florida officially adopted the Sunshine State nickname in 1970, though it appeared on license plates as early as 1949.
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Colorado And Utah
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Utah And Nevada
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Nevada And Arizona
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California And Nevada
Hoover Dam straddles the Nevada-Arizona border on the Colorado River and was completed in 1935, two years ahead of schedule.
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Kansas City
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Denver
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Chicago
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Oklahoma City
The nickname likely came from boastful Chicago politicians in the 1890s, not from the city's actual wind speeds.
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The Colorado River
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The Missouri River
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The Ohio River
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The Mississippi River
The Missouri River stretches about 2,341 miles entirely within the US, edging out the Mississippi by roughly 200 miles.
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Denver, Colorado
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Salt Lake City, Utah
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Cheyenne, Wyoming
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Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe sits at about 7,200 feet above sea level, making it the highest US state capital — founded by Spain in 1610.
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The Bay Bridge
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The Richmond Bridge
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The San Mateo Bridge
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The Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge opened in 1937 and its distinctive International Orange color was chosen to complement the surrounding hills and fog.
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Washington
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Idaho
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Oregon
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Montana
Crater Lake formed about 7,700 years ago when the volcano Mount Mazama collapsed, making it the deepest lake in the United States.
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Alligator Alley
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Palmetto Expressway
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Tamiami Trail
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Sawgrass Expressway
Alligator Alley earned its name from the thousands of alligators living just feet from the roadway.
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Boise, Idaho
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Flagstaff, Arizona
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Denver, Colorado
Denver sits at exactly 5,280 feet above sea level — one precise mile high — and a gold marker on the capitol steps commemorates the spot.
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US Route 1
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US Route 97
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US Route 101
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Interstate 5
US Route 101 hugs the Pacific coastline from California through Oregon and Washington, offering some of the most breathtaking ocean views in America.
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Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Chicago, Illinois
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St. Louis, Missouri
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Amarillo, Texas
Route 66 officially began in Chicago on Michigan Avenue when the highway was commissioned in 1926.
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Dumbarton Bridge
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Vincent Thomas Bridge
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Bay Bridge
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Coronado Bridge
The Coronado Bridge opened in 1969 and its graceful curve was intentionally designed to give pilots a visual landmark.
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Kansas
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New Mexico
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Texas
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Oklahoma
Cadillac Ranch near Amarillo, Texas, features ten Cadillacs buried nose-first in a field and has welcomed road-trippers since 1974.
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Mount Shasta
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Mount Whitney
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Mount Rainier
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Pikes Peak
Mount Whitney in California reaches 14,505 feet and sits just 85 miles from Death Valley, the lowest point in North America.
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Mississippi To Tennessee
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Louisiana To Arkansas
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Georgia To Virginia
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Alabama To Kentucky
The Natchez Trace Parkway follows a 444-mile ancient trail once used by Native Americans, traders, and frontiersmen like Andrew Jackson.
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Idaho
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Arizona
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Nevada
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Utah
The Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah have hosted land-speed record attempts since 1914, with cars reaching over 600 miles per hour.
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Sideling Hill Tunnel
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Chesapeake Tunnel
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Allegheny Tunnel
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Crozet Tunnel
Virginia's Crozet Tunnel, completed in 1858, was once the longest railroad tunnel in the US and still stands as a historic landmark.
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North Dakota
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Montana
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Wyoming
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South Dakota
Badlands National Park in South Dakota spans 244,000 acres of jagged rock formations carved by millions of years of erosion.
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Montana And Wyoming
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Colorado And Utah
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Nevada And California
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Idaho And Oregon
CBS News once called Beartooth Highway the most beautiful drive in America, climbing to nearly 11,000 feet through the Rockies.
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West Virginia
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Missouri
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Kentucky
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Tennessee
Mammoth Cave is the world's longest known cave system, with over 400 mapped miles of underground passages beneath Kentucky.
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Devils Highway
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Furnace Creek Road
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Mojave Trail
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Badwater Road
Badwater Road leads to Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America at 282 feet below sea level.
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Skyline Drive
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Colonial Parkway
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Cherohala Skyway
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Shenandoah Turnpike
Skyline Drive runs 105 miles along the Blue Ridge crest and holds an official All-American Road designation.
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Olympia, Washington
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Portland, Oregon
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Seattle, Washington
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Eugene, Oregon
Seattle earned the Emerald City nickname in the 1980s thanks to its lush evergreen forests that stay green year-round.
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Boston, Massachusetts
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New York City
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Washington DC
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Established in 1913, the Lincoln Highway was America's first coast-to-coast road, stretching from New York City all the way to San Francisco.
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Arizona
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Utah
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New Mexico
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Nevada
Arizona's Painted Desert stretches over 93,500 acres and gets its vivid colors from iron and manganese minerals baked into the ancient rock.
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Los Angeles, California
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Santa Barbara, California
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Dana Point, California
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San Diego, California
Highway 1 ends at Dana Point where it merges with US Route 101 after winding 656 miles of coastline.
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Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
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Chesapeake Bay Bridge
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Mackinac Bridge
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Huey Long Bridge
Michigan's Mackinac Bridge opened in 1957 and connects the Upper and Lower Peninsulas across five miles of open water.
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Delaware
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Maryland
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North Carolina
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Virginia
Completed in 1964, Virginia's Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel stretches nearly 18 miles and was once called one of the seven engineering wonders of the modern world.
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North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia
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Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania
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West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky
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Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee
Daniel Boone blazed the Wilderness Road through Cumberland Gap in 1775, opening the first major route for settlers moving west of the Appalachians.
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US Route 17
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US Route 13
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US Route 1
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US Route 301
US Route 1 stretches 2,369 miles along the eastern seaboard and was one of America's original numbered highways established in 1926.
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Colorado
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Idaho
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Wyoming
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Montana
Going-To-The-Sun Road crosses Glacier National Park's Continental Divide and took over two decades to build, finally opening in 1933.
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Natchez, Mississippi
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Jackson, Mississippi
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Mobile, Alabama
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana
The Natchez Trace began as a series of Native American paths and was used by boatmen walking home after floating goods down the Mississippi River.
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San Francisco, California
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Santa Barbara, California
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Eureka, California
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Leggett, California
California's Highway 1 begins at Leggett in the redwood country and winds 655 miles south, making it one of the most scenic drives in the entire world.
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Missouri And Kansas
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Tennessee And Alabama
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Oklahoma And Arkansas
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Texas And Louisiana
The Talimena Drive winds through the Ouachita Mountains and was specifically designed in the 1960s as a leisure road to rival the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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Mackinac Bridge
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Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge
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Golden Gate Bridge
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George Washington Bridge
New York's Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, opened in 1964, holds the record with a 4,260-foot main span and was named after the first European explorer to enter New York Harbor.
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South Dakota
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Colorado
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Wyoming
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Montana
Devil's Tower in Wyoming became America's very first national monument in 1906 under President Theodore Roosevelt.
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Savannah
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Charleston
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Miami
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New Orleans
New Orleans earned the nickname The Big Easy in the 1970s, celebrating its laid-back lifestyle and legendary jazz music scene.
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Colorado
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New Mexico
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Utah
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Wyoming
Pikes Peak in Colorado inspired Katharine Lee Bates to write America The Beautiful after visiting its summit in 1893.
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Mobile, Alabama
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Nashville, Tennessee
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New Orleans, Louisiana
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Savannah, Georgia
Bourbon Street was named after the French royal House of Bourbon in 1721, long before it became famous for nightlife and jazz.
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Road To Hana
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Kamehameha Highway
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Pali Highway
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Chain Of Craters Road
The Road to Hana on Maui winds through 617 curves and 59 bridges, passing waterfalls and rainforests along the northeastern coast.
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US Route 93
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US Route 40
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US Route 50
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US Route 20
Life magazine dubbed Nevada's stretch of US Route 50 the Loneliest Road in America in 1986, and Nevada turned it into a tourism slogan.
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Asheville, North Carolina
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Savannah, Georgia
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Richmond, Virginia
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Charleston, South Carolina
George Vanderbilt opened the Biltmore in 1895 and it remains America's largest private home at 178,926 square feet — a popular road-trip destination.
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Wyoming
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Idaho
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New Mexico
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Nevada
NASA astronauts trained at Idaho's Craters of the Moon in 1969 to prepare for the lunar surface's terrain.
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Portland, Oregon
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Savannah, Georgia
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Tucson, Arizona
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Pasadena, California
Portland earned its nickname in 1905 after hosting the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition with stunning rose displays.
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Minnesota And Wisconsin
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Michigan And Wisconsin
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Oregon And Washington
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Idaho And Montana
The Hiawatha Trail follows an old railroad route through ten tunnels and seven trestles in the Bitterroot Mountains.
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Arkansas
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Missouri
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Kentucky
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Tennessee
Meramec Caverns near Stanton, Missouri, was legendarily used as a hideout by outlaw Jesse James in the 1870s.
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New York
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Ohio
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Pennsylvania
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Michigan
Niagara Falls straddles New York and Ontario, Canada, and has drawn honeymooners since the early 1800s.
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Louisiana
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Georgia
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South Carolina
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Mississippi
Magnolia Plantation near Charleston, South Carolina, dates to 1676 and is one of America's oldest public gardens.
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Kentucky
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New Mexico
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Colorado
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Nevada
Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico contains over 119 caves and hosts a nightly flight of nearly 400,000 Mexican free-tailed bats.
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South Carolina
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Virginia
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Georgia
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North Carolina
Cape Hatteras in North Carolina is the tallest brick lighthouse in the US at 198 feet and was moved inland in 1999 to save it from erosion.
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Golden Gate Bridge
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Dumbarton Bridge
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Bay Bridge
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Coronado Bridge
The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opened in 1936, just six months before the Golden Gate, and carries about 240,000 vehicles daily.
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South Carolina
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Georgia
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Virginia
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Louisiana
Savannah's historic district features 22 stunning park squares laid out in 1733, making it one of America's best-preserved colonial cities.
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Key West, Florida
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Miami, Florida
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Tampa, Florida
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Jacksonville, Florida
US Route 1 stretches 2,369 miles from Fort Kent, Maine, all the way down to Key West, Florida, the southernmost point in the continental US.
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