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13 Beautiful Places In The U.S. (PHOTOS)

First Posted: 08/26/10 01:51 PM ET   Updated: 05/25/11 06:30 PM ET

As Labor Day approaches and we mourn the end of summer, we thought a little pick-me-up may be in order. So we put together a look at some of the most stunning landscapes this country has to offer.

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Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico
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01:43 PM on 09/01/2010
Big Sky is pretty but the photo is not at Big Sky!
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mccord82
f/2.8, 1/400 sec, ISO 100, 35mm, RAW
02:19 PM on 08/28/2010
I would love to go to Big Sky Mt...What about the Smoky Mt's? Most diverse wildlife in the country and beautiful scenery.
10:04 PM on 08/27/2010
Telluride, Colorado. Hands Down.
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Amalek
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11:53 AM on 08/30/2010
Pueblo, Colorado. At the old steel mill when they pour the slag.
02:43 PM on 08/27/2010
Opps! The Grand Tetons (in Wyoming) are labeled as Big Sky Montana. I know because I lived in both places.
02:03 PM on 08/27/2010
MOAB? Look at these shots and tell me! http://www.activejunky.com/blog/moab-mountain-biking-101/
04:22 PM on 08/30/2010
NEVER!
01:57 PM on 08/27/2010
Don't forget beautiful Colorado!! Check out this article to find out how to experience some of Colorado's beauty http://www.activejunky.com/blog/6-dayhikes-1-hour-denver/
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Amalek
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11:57 AM on 08/30/2010
You got any idea the kind of people who live in Colorado?

Here are a few current residents:

Unabomber Ted Kaczynski
Enron's Andy Fastow
Olympic Bomber Eric Rudolph
Shoe Bomber Richard Reid
OKC bomber Terry Nichols
Republican Candidate Ken Buck
and a lot of terrorists
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Bushwhacked
REGISTER! VOTE! OBAMA/BIDEN 2012!
03:11 AM on 08/27/2010
Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.
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amart005
is flesh eating cocaine real?
10:39 PM on 08/26/2010
haha, deep creek lake? seriously? i like how the PNW was left off completely. some of most beautiful places in the world.
10:12 PM on 08/26/2010
I see the road above Emerald Bay in Tahoe, just drove it last week. Beautiful!
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JScott
John Galt's last name is McGuffin-Smithee
05:07 PM on 08/26/2010
Amazing that Lake Tahoe still looks that way considering all the development that has taken place along it's shore, but I think is now limited.
10:14 PM on 08/26/2010
Unfotunately, not so. The South shore water is now brown due to calms of all things. Seems boats from Cali brought the clams attached to the engines, hills, etc. The water looked awful. It is a BIG issue there. Locals are disgusted.

I kayaked out of Heavenly village on the South shore for a day, but went back to our place near Tahoe City, still clear blue and lovely there.
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Try the truth
Reality has a well known liberal bias
05:02 PM on 08/26/2010
Letchworth State Park, Grand Canyon of the east? How did you miss that? The Adirondacks?
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Caribbeana
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07:37 PM on 08/26/2010
The Adirondacks are beautiful. Are you a forty-sixer? I've only climbed one mountain in that range and it took a lot out of me! lol!
10:15 PM on 08/26/2010
A 46er? LOL
04:35 PM on 08/26/2010
The Tetons have actually moved from Wyoming to Montana apparently.
sonoffestus
Got smart & got out!
06:48 PM on 08/26/2010
Alan Simpson?
02:45 PM on 08/27/2010
The photo is labeled wrong, but good catch on your part.
01:26 PM on 08/26/2010
What about Joshua Tree? Death Valley? Mt. Zion?
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jlyn
If you're going to San Francisco
04:42 PM on 08/26/2010
Smokies or Blue Ridge, Appalachians.
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Stroodle
01:26 PM on 08/26/2010
Pretty slow news day HP?

Maybe tomorrow you can have a slideshow of major US cities!
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MrWampler
02:03 PM on 08/26/2010
As is typical in the Travel section.