30 Places In The US That Are So Beautiful, Everyone Should Visit Them At Least Once

We managed to get in touch with u/driedkitten and they were kind enough to have a little chat with us about the thread that they started. 

"I received a notification on my iPhone to look at my featured photos of the day," the Redditor told Bored Panda about its origins. "One of the pictures was of Paradise Valley in Sequoia National Park. I have looked at this picture a thousand times before and it still blows me away. I was raised in the central California desert, and was so lucky to live less than half a tank of gas from the coast, mountains, and forests."

"A conversation I had with an old friend resurfaced. I had made a comment — admittedly, at the time, not much of a traveler — of how the United States is dismal in physical beauty compared to much of the rest of the world (a world I never even traveled to!). My friend scoffed at me saying 'If you truly think that, then you haven't seen enough of it.' They were right. Since then, I have seen much more of the United States and the beauty it beholds. With that, there is so much of it I have yet to see that so many others have... and that is how the question of 'Where is the most beautiful place in the United States?' The US has such an extensive landscape — coastal plains, mountain ranges, plains, forests, deserts, skylines, and flats."

u/driedkitten said that Alaska was hands down the most popular area in the thread, followed by Hawaii, California, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, and Yellowstone national parks, and Colorado.

Some of the replies also challenged u/driedkitten's preconceived notions about what constitutes a beautiful place. "In writing my question and the personal response I had a tunnel vision of what answers to expect: nature — mountains, beaches, canyons. And, as expected, many of the responses were as such. But many were not!"

"Many folks picked skylines, like Manhattan's. Others associated beauty with nostalgia and the comfort of being close to home. I love the desert, but many do not. But it did come as surprise that some responses with Joshua Tree and Death Valley," they added.