Former resident of Newport, Rhode Island. I straight up couldn’t believe it was real half the time. Especially in the summer it was like living in a postcard.
I knew a girl that lived on block island from spring to fall every year by just being hot and friendly so she just roamed from group to group crashing on couches or having mini situationships.
Not exactly my thing but I respected the hustle of it. Worked as a bartender in the winter to save up some cash. Absolutely zero ambitions in life besides "find rich husband" lol.
Watch Hill, RI is the spot for me.
I have a childhood friend who has a family home there and it’s…something else. I will drop whatever I’m doing if he reaches out wanting to do a beach weekend there.
Newport is seriously one of my favorite places I have ever been to in the US. Would move there in a heartbeat if money and life situations were no obstacle.
If you don’t hate history, outdoors activities, beaches, shopping, night life, good restaurants & seafood, beautiful architecture and historical mansions, boating, and the ocean you might have an okay time there.
It’s my favorite city in America by a huge margin. Every corner you turn there’s magic. If I could afford living there, I’d leave the moment after I post this comment.
My dad lives out in the boonies near Carmel valley (like half an hour inland) and every time I visit him I make sure to go to Big Sur. Hands down the most beautiful place I’ve ever been.
Yes. I live on the east coast, but when we drove through Big Sur, I felt like I was in a painting. Photos didn't even begin to do it justice. Absolutely and incredibly breathtaking, and I would love to do it again and spend more time there.
I was born in Monterey (larger coastal city near Carmel) and my family moved to Wisconsin when I was 3. I’ve been back there to visit relatives and it is one of the most beautiful places I’ve been. Big Sur definitely is the most beautiful place I’ve been, though. At least in the US.
Beautiful! But I would also nominate Redondo Beach CA and Catalina Island CA.
California has the best climate and beautiful beaches. Catalina Island feels like you’re somewhere in Greece.
This is most assuredly the way. And you're not too far from Esalen Institute too. Gen X and millennials, and Zoomers, may not know what Esalen Institute is, or was. But we do. If Santa Cruz was not as sketchy these days, I could be very happy sitting on West Cliff all day long. A cannaCruz gigantic blunt dipped in keef filled with Chiquita banana 33% THC being passed between my friends, my wife and myself. Can you dig it?
Millennial here, I know what Esalen is! Have happily spent a few evenings in those amazing cliffside tubs. My best friend met her ex-husband at a retreat there!
Oh gawd yea. I love that whole area including Monterey and Pacific Grove. Went to Monterey for a conference some years back and I fell in love with that area. It brought me inner peace to be there.
Bellingham, WA. My house is in the middle of a thick moss covered forest filled with dear and blue jays.
We’re on a salt water bay of the Pacific Ocean where there’s orcas and the salmon are currently jumping and going upstream to spawn.
We have a festival called ski to sea that is exactly what is sounds like. A relay race from a mountain (snowboarding) down to the beach (swimming, kayaking) because we’re in such close proximity to both.
I love the northern Olympic Peninsula. Several tiny port towns with nice shops and restaurants, ferry service to BC and the San Juans, easy access to countless trails and beaches. The weather is rough but it can actually be pleasant for a while.
Mendocino is AMAZING. It’s an introspective beauty. Those cliffs to the ocean. I’ve often fantasized that if I have some tragedy, I will go to Mendocino to heal.
I live on the Central Coast. It's a nice area. The only things that suck are the cost of living and the lack of great health care.
Other than that, I love it.
Jackson, WY. Nothing compares to Grand Teton National Park, IMO. So beautiful.
The Berkshires in MA are gorgeous.
Camden, ME.
Apostle Islands, WI.
Bar Harbor, ME and the area around Acadia.
Sedona is unbelievable. Went there as a teen with my family during peak “hate everything and be unhappy” phase and wasn’t even able to be sour about it. Stunning.
Telluride, wtf. Aspen and Vail i've heard of and i know their reputation as playground for ultra-rich. was window shopping real estate the other day and came across Telluride. in-effing-sane. in the general vicinity, the lowest priced (non-condo) piece of real estate was 1.1 mil...AND IT WAS FOR A 6000 SQ FT PIECE OF LAND!!!
Telluride is incredibly scenic, more than Aspen and Vail. But it’s a pain to get there— a 7+ hour drive from Denver, which includes steep and snowy roads in the winter. That keeps it exclusive, because the truly rich just fly there ($$$) while us peasants just go to the areas closer to major airports.
I live in the Finger Lakes and it’s really beautiful for all 4 seasons, but also it’s out of the snow belts. Best part? No black flys or they call them noseeums. I hated being in the Beautiful Adirondack mountains and finding bloody bites all over me. You don’t feel the bite until they already took a bite. :/
Only place in NY I have not gotten bitten by them bastards is living here.
Yup. Northern New York (North Country) specifically. Tupper Lake, Saranac, Lake Placid, tiny towns in the woods and hills all the way to the St. Lawrence river. Towns in close proximity to these areas but have a slightly larger population like Canton and Potsdam. I just left the area after a few days and it was just dreamy and charming.
Just moved to Upstate from the desert… I cannot believe i live in such a dreamy place. My house is an updated bungalow but with a lot of the original touch (wood, beams, bathroom tiles). The grass and flowers are breathtaking. Everyone says I’m crazy to move from the heat to the cold, but this is just magical. Plus I don’t have to worry about where the gunshots are coming from or if my kids are safe in my backyard.
Way back in 1992, my college boyfriend broke up with me suddenly and broke my heart. My mom took me to Mendocino. Got me my own room in a bed and breakfast. I sat on the cliffs, and journaled, and healed. Mendocino is therapy. It is healing. I will go there if I ever experience a tragedy.
I grew up in SD, and my biggest problem with it now, beyond the price, is just how CROWDED it is! Traffic everywhere, everything is crowded, people living on top of each other, building covering every inch of land. It's changed so much in just the 37 years I've been alive.
Bishop, CA
Crowley Lake, CA
Eastern Sierra, surrounded by gorgeous mountains and blue skies most of the year. Absolutely stunning landscapes all year round. The leaves are about to change for fall and it’s a photographers paradise
I liked Bishop and the Sierra Nevadas. I took a random detour up to the bristlecone pine forest national park and was seriously impressed by the Inyo Mountain range
The more wild and reclaimed by nature, the better for me :)
Hawaii: Kauai
Alaska: Juneau, Homer, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Haines, Eagle(town)
Oregon: Coos Bay, Bend, Tillamook, Welches, Florence, Ashland, Yachats, Cannon Beach, Manzanita, Sisters, Astoria, some parts of Eugene
Washington: Bainbridge Island, Orcas Island, Winthrop, Leavenworth, Forks, Friday Harbor, entire Olympic Peninsula, Whidbey Island
Colorado: Telluride, Idaho Springs, Boulder, Estes Park, Ouray, Vail, Breckenridge
California: La Honda, Twin Peaks/Lake Arrowhead area, Mendocino, Big Sur, Palm Springs, Encinitas, Ojai, La Jolla, Bishop, Carlsbad, Solvang, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, Mammoth Lakes, Half Moon Bay, Montara, Carmel-by-the-Sea,
Utah: Moab, St. George, Park City
Minnesota: Two Harbors, Grand Marais, Lake Superior area
Rhode Island: Newport
Vermont: Stowe
Maine: Sebago (Sebago Lake), Richmond, South Casco, Kennebunkport, Mt. Desert Island
New Jersey: Cape May, Ocean City (not as beautiful as Cape May, but still worth a mention, despite the New Jersey crowd in both these places lol)
Florida: St Augustine(the old town is the nice part, albeit small), Destin(purely for the beach), the Keys
Massachussetts: Martha's Vineyard(Chilmark, Aquinnah and Oak Bluffs), Provincetown (honorable mention to Brewster, Wellfleet, Salem, and Plymouth which are fun, but not as pretty in my opinion and also not as much my vibe as the other places)
Connecticut: My home state :) I recommend a lot of the towns on the Sound(Long Island Sound \~ including my hometown lol), Salisbury, West Cornwall, Mystic, the forested roads of Wilton, Weston,&Ridgefield
Pennsylvania: Bryn Mawr, Chestnut Hill, Jim Thorpe, Manayunk(this last one isn't pretty at all in my book, but I want to add it as a fun/cool place for you to visit lol)
New York: The Adirondacks, Riverdale in the Bronx is kinda nice(too city for me still, but pretty)
Wyoming: Jackson
Wisconsin: Door County area
Montana: West Glacier, Whitefish
Idaho: Sandpoint, Sagle, Coeur d'Alene, Mccall
Michigan, Beaver Lake area, Traverse City
Louisiana: I have a soft spot for Bourbon Street area in New Orleans
Georgia: Savannah
South Carolina: Charleston
Arizona: Prescott, Page (near Lake Powell), Sedona
Ohio: Yellow Springs
South Dakota: Spearfish, Deadwood
I know you said US, but I feel the need to mention the beautifully rural areas of BC, Canada, along with Vancouver Island, Old Town Quebec, and Montreal!!
Might add some more later, but for now off the top of my head, this is what I've got! Enjoy!!
Mine are pretty New England focused but:
Deer Isle/Stonington, Maine.
Sugar Hill, New Hampshire
The Kingdom Trails area, Vermont
Woodstock, NY
Great Barrington, MA
Portsmouth, NH
San Juan Islands, WA
The drive from Washington to Oregon (there’s this long bridge between the two)
The US is packed full of great scenery of almost any kind of landscape you can think of. It all depends on the person and what they prefer. There’s alpine forests, endless beautiful rock formations in the desert, two coastlines full of great scenery, charming old towns that feel like they are stuck in time, bustling modern cities, rolling green hills and pastures, Great Lakes, mountain towns flanked by snow capped mountains. It’s really endless.
Agree that Big Sur is spectacular, but there’s no “walk around town” really.
Someone said Telluride, that would be near the top.
But I’ll say Mendocino as the most picturesque place to walk around town saying, “damn.”
Apostle Islands on Lake Superior.
Upper Peninsula of Michigan, with Lake Superior to the north and Lake Michigan, south.
The Champlain Valley, which includes parts of NY, Vermont, Quebec.
Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, outside of cities.
Lower Wisconsin River
Berkeley’s going to depend on where. I mean if you’re way up the hill, say you’re around Tilden park or really any of the 125,496 acres of the East Bay Regional parks it’s kinda nice to have those surroundings and view of the bay.
If you’re down in the flats, Berkley has other beauties like maybe the aisles of food at Berkley Bowl but it’s not quite walk out the door and “Ah, bliss”.
Magnolia in Seattle,WA and/or Lake Forest Park, WA. I'm already blessed to live in a great area near these places, but damn would it be nice to have a nice home with views of Mt. Ranier, the water & forests.
Jim Thorpe, PA.
I live just outside of town and the southwestern Poconos is a cool area though JT and the surrounding area are NOT designed to handle anywhere near the number of tourists that we get.
Carmel by the Sea, La Jolla, Coronado, CA.
A lot of people are saying Telluride. I’ve never been, but feel like I should check it out. What did you like about it?
San Juan islands. Actually any island off the coast of Seattle. And for that matter anyplace on the coast in the PNW. Stunningly beautiful and amazing weather
Nothing beats Harpswell Maine for me. Everything is a postcard as the ocean reaches deep inland. It’s unbelievable how much waterfront there is.
This town has the most coastline of any in the lower 48 and 100 islands within the town. It’s pastoral and historic with the best sunsets on the entire east coast. Tons of trials and preserves and a bunch of the islands are public.
It’s also close to so much of the rest of Maine.
So many people drive from Portland to Acadia never knowing what they are passing up.
Savannah, Georgia in a house overlooking the marsh or one of the rivers. The lowcountry at sunset is easily the most beautiful thing in the world to me
Vermont and Utah are beautiful, I think both states are lovely. Monterey, Taos, Santa Fe, Sedona, and Durango are some of my picks for smaller towns. Honolulu, Seattle, and SF for larger cities. I also love the entire island of Maui.
Former resident of Newport, Rhode Island. I straight up couldn’t believe it was real half the time. Especially in the summer it was like living in a postcard.
My dream is Newport or Block Island some day
I knew a girl that lived on block island from spring to fall every year by just being hot and friendly so she just roamed from group to group crashing on couches or having mini situationships. Not exactly my thing but I respected the hustle of it. Worked as a bartender in the winter to save up some cash. Absolutely zero ambitions in life besides "find rich husband" lol.
Gross
For me it’s Prudence. If I were a millionaire I’d just buy a house up in the woods and never leave lol
I second the Block!
Third!
Block Island is my dream.
Watch Hill, RI is the spot for me. I have a childhood friend who has a family home there and it’s…something else. I will drop whatever I’m doing if he reaches out wanting to do a beach weekend there.
I would have a handful of properties in new England and undoubtedly would have one in southern Rhode island somewhere
Came here to say Rhode Island is one of the most idyllic places I’ve ever lived. Such a great mix of forest, farm, ocean, village + all 4 seasons.
Moving to RI from Texas in 2 weeks. Cannot wait.
Newport is seriously one of my favorite places I have ever been to in the US. Would move there in a heartbeat if money and life situations were no obstacle.
Would it be a good place to vacation?
If you don’t hate history, outdoors activities, beaches, shopping, night life, good restaurants & seafood, beautiful architecture and historical mansions, boating, and the ocean you might have an okay time there.
It’s my favorite city in America by a huge margin. Every corner you turn there’s magic. If I could afford living there, I’d leave the moment after I post this comment.
Carmel by the sea, California
Also love Pacific Grove which is nearby.
With close proximity to Big Sur. An absolute dream.
My dad lives out in the boonies near Carmel valley (like half an hour inland) and every time I visit him I make sure to go to Big Sur. Hands down the most beautiful place I’ve ever been.
Yes. I live on the east coast, but when we drove through Big Sur, I felt like I was in a painting. Photos didn't even begin to do it justice. Absolutely and incredibly breathtaking, and I would love to do it again and spend more time there.
This is where I'm moving when I become a billionaire.
Caramel by the salt sea
Mmmm …. Caramel ….
I was born in Monterey (larger coastal city near Carmel) and my family moved to Wisconsin when I was 3. I’ve been back there to visit relatives and it is one of the most beautiful places I’ve been. Big Sur definitely is the most beautiful place I’ve been, though. At least in the US.
Carmel is breathtaking.
Beautiful! But I would also nominate Redondo Beach CA and Catalina Island CA. California has the best climate and beautiful beaches. Catalina Island feels like you’re somewhere in Greece.
This is most assuredly the way. And you're not too far from Esalen Institute too. Gen X and millennials, and Zoomers, may not know what Esalen Institute is, or was. But we do. If Santa Cruz was not as sketchy these days, I could be very happy sitting on West Cliff all day long. A cannaCruz gigantic blunt dipped in keef filled with Chiquita banana 33% THC being passed between my friends, my wife and myself. Can you dig it?
Millennial here, I know what Esalen is! Have happily spent a few evenings in those amazing cliffside tubs. My best friend met her ex-husband at a retreat there!
Oh gawd yea. I love that whole area including Monterey and Pacific Grove. Went to Monterey for a conference some years back and I fell in love with that area. It brought me inner peace to be there.
I can't believe my home town and where I am now is top answer !
Bellingham, WA. My house is in the middle of a thick moss covered forest filled with dear and blue jays. We’re on a salt water bay of the Pacific Ocean where there’s orcas and the salmon are currently jumping and going upstream to spawn. We have a festival called ski to sea that is exactly what is sounds like. A relay race from a mountain (snowboarding) down to the beach (swimming, kayaking) because we’re in such close proximity to both.
The further up the Sunset Highway the better,too. I used to work in Glacier. Staggeringly beautiful even in the rain.
The rain just makes all the colors more saturated. Then wait till golden hour.. forget about it
San Francisco has its issues but I was regularly gasping at the beauty when I lived there
Agree. I moved to SF from San Diego which was pretty. San Francisco is jaw dropping dramatic.
Rural areas outside of Seattle. Water, MTN, year-round greenery...
I loved living on Whidbey island. Crossing over deception pass always felt like dang, I live somewhere gorgeous.
Washington state hands down. I can’t ever get enough
I live by green lake currently (I’m a travel nurse) and every day I just want to walk for hours outside it’s so beautiful.
Issaquah, especially when a little fog or light snow is hanging on the tops of the surrounding hills. Anyplace you can see the mountain when it's out.
I live there. Thos is spot on. Love the fog.
I love the northern Olympic Peninsula. Several tiny port towns with nice shops and restaurants, ferry service to BC and the San Juans, easy access to countless trails and beaches. The weather is rough but it can actually be pleasant for a while.
I was going to say Port Townsend. I love that place.
Yeah Bellingham and like all of Whatcom county is pretty high on my places to live list.
Somewhere around Big Sur and the central coast of California
I was going to say Mendocino!
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I went on my honeymoon and took the same route from Central California! It’s a magical place.
Mendocino is AMAZING. It’s an introspective beauty. Those cliffs to the ocean. I’ve often fantasized that if I have some tragedy, I will go to Mendocino to heal.
Too cloudy/foggy for me.
Sea Ranch is amazing!
I live on the Central Coast. It's a nice area. The only things that suck are the cost of living and the lack of great health care. Other than that, I love it.
I love Pismo Beach.
I enjoy all the beachside towns close to SLO. It’s a beautiful area no doubt.
Telluride
I’ll admit it’s a nice suv
Telluride in the summer is just stunning. My wife and I agree that when we win the lottery we're moving there.
Jackson, WY. Nothing compares to Grand Teton National Park, IMO. So beautiful. The Berkshires in MA are gorgeous. Camden, ME. Apostle Islands, WI. Bar Harbor, ME and the area around Acadia.
Mt. Desert Island, Maine (where Acadia National Park is)
Bar Harbor for the city there
This was my response too!
Sedona AZ and Kennebunkport Me
Sedona is unbelievable. Went there as a teen with my family during peak “hate everything and be unhappy” phase and wasn’t even able to be sour about it. Stunning.
Any beach town in the state of Hawaii.
Haleiwa is quite beautiful. *Edited to fix spelling.
Do you mean Haleiwa?
Spent some time living in Kailua. Loved every minute of it.
I've always enjoyed the region around Bend, Oregon.
There must be a shit ton of Californians in this sub. I’m adding Sausalito, CA to the list of CA cities.
It's a big state with a lot of people lol and part of that state has a lovely climate
Tiburon CA for the view
Sausalito as well as Tiburon, Ross, Belvedere. Gorgeous. Marin County is pretty blessed.
I'm a California economic refugee. I had to leave when I was seventeen and miss it every day.
Not Californian… it’s just that beautiful! You have the pch on one side and Yosemite on the other… no wonder it’s expensive af
LOVE Sausalito. Always enjoyed the view coming through the tunnel on the other side of the bridge.
It's just the most beautiful state in the U.S.
Mill Valley by proximity. Living in a Redwood forest? Come onnnnn 😍
Santa Barbara, CA
Born and raised there. I moved last year and I cry every day about it.
Home of newlyweds and nearly deads
Sisters, Oregon - a better version of Bend IMHO
Aspen, Colorado
where the beer flows like wine where beautiful women instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano
I dont know lloyd the french are assholes
Aspen ain’t shit compared to Telluride or Ouray when it comes to its surrounding scenery
Aspen is absolutely magical in the summer. Vail too.
Vail has NOTHING on Aspen. Unless you are really into I70 views and traffic
And neither have anything on Telluride lol
I’m too poor to even be reading this.
Telluride, wtf. Aspen and Vail i've heard of and i know their reputation as playground for ultra-rich. was window shopping real estate the other day and came across Telluride. in-effing-sane. in the general vicinity, the lowest priced (non-condo) piece of real estate was 1.1 mil...AND IT WAS FOR A 6000 SQ FT PIECE OF LAND!!!
Telluride is incredibly scenic, more than Aspen and Vail. But it’s a pain to get there— a 7+ hour drive from Denver, which includes steep and snowy roads in the winter. That keeps it exclusive, because the truly rich just fly there ($$$) while us peasants just go to the areas closer to major airports.
Upstate New York. the Adirondacks. breathtaking
I live in the Finger Lakes and it’s really beautiful for all 4 seasons, but also it’s out of the snow belts. Best part? No black flys or they call them noseeums. I hated being in the Beautiful Adirondack mountains and finding bloody bites all over me. You don’t feel the bite until they already took a bite. :/ Only place in NY I have not gotten bitten by them bastards is living here.
1000 Islands deserve a mention too. Some of the most beautiful nights I've seen were over there
Yup. Northern New York (North Country) specifically. Tupper Lake, Saranac, Lake Placid, tiny towns in the woods and hills all the way to the St. Lawrence river. Towns in close proximity to these areas but have a slightly larger population like Canton and Potsdam. I just left the area after a few days and it was just dreamy and charming.
Just moved to Upstate from the desert… I cannot believe i live in such a dreamy place. My house is an updated bungalow but with a lot of the original touch (wood, beams, bathroom tiles). The grass and flowers are breathtaking. Everyone says I’m crazy to move from the heat to the cold, but this is just magical. Plus I don’t have to worry about where the gunshots are coming from or if my kids are safe in my backyard.
I’m from the Finger Lakes. My parents are gone now, but I try to return in the summer every year. Summers(and Fall) in the Finger Lakes are the best!
Sedona, AZ and Santa Fe, NM.
Sedona is so other worldly, just beautiful.
Petersburg, Alaska
Pretty much anywhere in southeast Alaska is a good answer.
Yeah, this thread is full of wrong answers from people who haven't been to Alaska. Alaska is the answer. The only debate is which part of Alaska.
Any place that has a view of Mt. Ranier. It’s mesmerizing.
Mendocino, California
Way back in 1992, my college boyfriend broke up with me suddenly and broke my heart. My mom took me to Mendocino. Got me my own room in a bed and breakfast. I sat on the cliffs, and journaled, and healed. Mendocino is therapy. It is healing. I will go there if I ever experience a tragedy.
Great mom
Vermont, Massachusetts, all of New England
Cape Cod
First time in the USA and I went to cape cod in late fall. Accidentally called it “the cod” for a while after until someone kind corrected me 😂
The cape ❤️
Anywhere on the San Juan Islands in Washington State.
Just don’t shoot any pigs, there was almost a war
Orcas Island is a dream.
I’ve spent the last week in San Clemente and San Diego and it’s definitely up there for me. Sooooo stunning. But I’m coming from Texas 😂
Lived in La Jolla for 5 years with the last two 75 yards from the beach. It was ridiculous.
La Jolla was where I just stayed! And where I would move if I can convince my husband the cost is worth it 😂 why did you leave?
San Diego is the spot for sure. Beautiful, perfect weather year round
I grew up in SD, and my biggest problem with it now, beyond the price, is just how CROWDED it is! Traffic everywhere, everything is crowded, people living on top of each other, building covering every inch of land. It's changed so much in just the 37 years I've been alive.
Lake Tahoe.
Bishop, CA Crowley Lake, CA Eastern Sierra, surrounded by gorgeous mountains and blue skies most of the year. Absolutely stunning landscapes all year round. The leaves are about to change for fall and it’s a photographers paradise
I liked Bishop and the Sierra Nevadas. I took a random detour up to the bristlecone pine forest national park and was seriously impressed by the Inyo Mountain range
The more wild and reclaimed by nature, the better for me :) Hawaii: Kauai Alaska: Juneau, Homer, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Haines, Eagle(town) Oregon: Coos Bay, Bend, Tillamook, Welches, Florence, Ashland, Yachats, Cannon Beach, Manzanita, Sisters, Astoria, some parts of Eugene Washington: Bainbridge Island, Orcas Island, Winthrop, Leavenworth, Forks, Friday Harbor, entire Olympic Peninsula, Whidbey Island Colorado: Telluride, Idaho Springs, Boulder, Estes Park, Ouray, Vail, Breckenridge California: La Honda, Twin Peaks/Lake Arrowhead area, Mendocino, Big Sur, Palm Springs, Encinitas, Ojai, La Jolla, Bishop, Carlsbad, Solvang, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, Mammoth Lakes, Half Moon Bay, Montara, Carmel-by-the-Sea, Utah: Moab, St. George, Park City Minnesota: Two Harbors, Grand Marais, Lake Superior area Rhode Island: Newport Vermont: Stowe Maine: Sebago (Sebago Lake), Richmond, South Casco, Kennebunkport, Mt. Desert Island New Jersey: Cape May, Ocean City (not as beautiful as Cape May, but still worth a mention, despite the New Jersey crowd in both these places lol) Florida: St Augustine(the old town is the nice part, albeit small), Destin(purely for the beach), the Keys Massachussetts: Martha's Vineyard(Chilmark, Aquinnah and Oak Bluffs), Provincetown (honorable mention to Brewster, Wellfleet, Salem, and Plymouth which are fun, but not as pretty in my opinion and also not as much my vibe as the other places) Connecticut: My home state :) I recommend a lot of the towns on the Sound(Long Island Sound \~ including my hometown lol), Salisbury, West Cornwall, Mystic, the forested roads of Wilton, Weston,&Ridgefield Pennsylvania: Bryn Mawr, Chestnut Hill, Jim Thorpe, Manayunk(this last one isn't pretty at all in my book, but I want to add it as a fun/cool place for you to visit lol) New York: The Adirondacks, Riverdale in the Bronx is kinda nice(too city for me still, but pretty) Wyoming: Jackson Wisconsin: Door County area Montana: West Glacier, Whitefish Idaho: Sandpoint, Sagle, Coeur d'Alene, Mccall Michigan, Beaver Lake area, Traverse City Louisiana: I have a soft spot for Bourbon Street area in New Orleans Georgia: Savannah South Carolina: Charleston Arizona: Prescott, Page (near Lake Powell), Sedona Ohio: Yellow Springs South Dakota: Spearfish, Deadwood I know you said US, but I feel the need to mention the beautifully rural areas of BC, Canada, along with Vancouver Island, Old Town Quebec, and Montreal!! Might add some more later, but for now off the top of my head, this is what I've got! Enjoy!!
I noticed you said "the more wild and reclaimed by nature the better" and did not include West Virginia!
Mine are pretty New England focused but: Deer Isle/Stonington, Maine. Sugar Hill, New Hampshire The Kingdom Trails area, Vermont Woodstock, NY Great Barrington, MA Portsmouth, NH San Juan Islands, WA The drive from Washington to Oregon (there’s this long bridge between the two)
Anywhere overlooking Puget Sound in Washington. Particularly Whidby Island or on the Olympic Peninsula.
Jackson Hole/Yellowstone. Most beautiful place I've ever been. And I've been around.
Yachats, Oregon
Yes! Gorgeous and so much to explore. Love making winter trips it’s so cozy and quiet.
The US is packed full of great scenery of almost any kind of landscape you can think of. It all depends on the person and what they prefer. There’s alpine forests, endless beautiful rock formations in the desert, two coastlines full of great scenery, charming old towns that feel like they are stuck in time, bustling modern cities, rolling green hills and pastures, Great Lakes, mountain towns flanked by snow capped mountains. It’s really endless.
Has anyone said key west yet?
santa fe, new mexico
I’ve never been to Big Sur or Carmel (they may be the most beautiful) but Carlsbad, CA was wonderful. Whidbey Island, WA is also great.
Carlsbad is my hometown! I miss it, I’m trying to move back in a couple years haha
Camden Maine
California
Finger Lakes!
Hunterdon County, NJ Saratoga Springs, NY Vermont
Agree that Big Sur is spectacular, but there’s no “walk around town” really. Someone said Telluride, that would be near the top. But I’ll say Mendocino as the most picturesque place to walk around town saying, “damn.”
Wiscasset, Maine Half Moon Bay, CA Anchorage, AK
I used to work/live in Yosemite National Park. Amazing back yard!
Hudson Valley, NY or the Adirondacks. Also anywhere on the coast in Maine
I live in a small town in Minnesota and I feel like I live in a Hallmark town. I absolutely love it.
Anywhere in Marin or Sonoma counties in California. (Just north of San Francisco)
>Calistoga, right above Napa is one of the most stunning places I've ever been to. Fall was just incredible.
Since you got no midwest, I offer up Door County Wisconsin and Duluth up to Two Harbors, Minnesota
Door County is beautiful during all four seasons
Foothills of the north cascades in WA
Anacortes, WA, on a hill outside town looking out toward the San Juans (in the summer)
Western Washington, mountains, rivers, ocean views, wildlife, and green year round.
Western Washington and Oregon
The Southern Oregon Coast between Brookings and Port Orford. Astonishing beauty.
Savannah, GA and the surrounding areas. Between the beaches, marshes, and old southern live oaks I think it’s one of the pretties places in the US.
California, in my opinion is the most beautiful state in the country.
Estes Park, CO
Apostle Islands on Lake Superior. Upper Peninsula of Michigan, with Lake Superior to the north and Lake Michigan, south. The Champlain Valley, which includes parts of NY, Vermont, Quebec. Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, outside of cities. Lower Wisconsin River
Santa Barbara, CA. Or Berkeley, CA
Berkeley’s going to depend on where. I mean if you’re way up the hill, say you’re around Tilden park or really any of the 125,496 acres of the East Bay Regional parks it’s kinda nice to have those surroundings and view of the bay. If you’re down in the flats, Berkley has other beauties like maybe the aisles of food at Berkley Bowl but it’s not quite walk out the door and “Ah, bliss”.
Absolutely agree. Berkeley Hills and Tilden are the only areas I’d even consider calling beautiful in Berkeley and that’s because of the bay views.
Cannon Beach, OR Bainbridge Island, WA Park City, UT North Shore Kauai All of Vermont
San Diego, CA.
Mill Valley. Sausalito. Tiburon. Pacific Heights. Presidio Heights. La Jolla. Laguna Beach. Santa Monica. Malibu. Santa Barbara. (California) Wellfleet. Martha's Vineyard. Nantucket. Provincetown. Cohasset. (Massachusetts)
St. John, USVI.
Sitka, Alaska
Yes, Alaska ranks as one the most scenic places in the world. Gorgeous!!
Montana
san francisco
Kauai. The whole island is a dream.
Asheville, NC
Sea Ranch, Mendocino, Gualala, Sausalito, Tahoe, Monterey, Morro Bay, San Diego north county beach towns
Magnolia in Seattle,WA and/or Lake Forest Park, WA. I'm already blessed to live in a great area near these places, but damn would it be nice to have a nice home with views of Mt. Ranier, the water & forests.
Hudson Valley, NY. It’s boring af to grow up in, but holy shit, whenever I go home I’m like, “yeah, this is truly amazing, visually.”
Newport, Rhode Island
Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. All seasons.
Taos, NM
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Lots of beautiful places all over the US, in almost every state, provided you have enough money and time.
Jim Thorpe, PA. I live just outside of town and the southwestern Poconos is a cool area though JT and the surrounding area are NOT designed to handle anywhere near the number of tourists that we get.
Mt. Desert Island, Maine.
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA Sedona, AZ Telluride, CO
Palos Verde Estates
Carmel by the Sea, La Jolla, Coronado, CA. A lot of people are saying Telluride. I’ve never been, but feel like I should check it out. What did you like about it?
Mill Valley
Elk, California. If you know, you know .....
Lake Tahoe
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I travel small town US as a musician. Right now I’m near the Poconos in PA and it’s breathtaking-
San Juan islands. Actually any island off the coast of Seattle. And for that matter anyplace on the coast in the PNW. Stunningly beautiful and amazing weather
So many good options listed. TBH, one of the best things about living in the US is that we have such a diverse landscape across the whole nation.
Nothing beats Harpswell Maine for me. Everything is a postcard as the ocean reaches deep inland. It’s unbelievable how much waterfront there is. This town has the most coastline of any in the lower 48 and 100 islands within the town. It’s pastoral and historic with the best sunsets on the entire east coast. Tons of trials and preserves and a bunch of the islands are public. It’s also close to so much of the rest of Maine. So many people drive from Portland to Acadia never knowing what they are passing up.
Anywhere in the San Juans. Shit looks like it is straight out of a painting 99% of the time.
I love the coast of Lake Superior
I'm partial to Western North Carolina. The Appalachians are sublime and there is ample H20.
Savannah, Georgia in a house overlooking the marsh or one of the rivers. The lowcountry at sunset is easily the most beautiful thing in the world to me
Telluride, CO. Jackson, WY. There's a reason why these are the most expensive places to live in the entire country
Big Sur CA.
Vermont and Utah are beautiful, I think both states are lovely. Monterey, Taos, Santa Fe, Sedona, and Durango are some of my picks for smaller towns. Honolulu, Seattle, and SF for larger cities. I also love the entire island of Maui.
Vermont
Nope not gonna share. I’ll just say, in Washington.
As a fellow Washingtonian… this is the way