"From the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans white with foam..."
Recognize that song lyric? America's landscape is so vast and varied, sometimes it's mind blowing to think about how many different types of unique scenery exist from one state or region to the next.
Summer is the season for celebrating America -- from Memorial Day to the Fourth of July to Labor Day -- so why not take a moment and admire the natural beauty of the 50 states?
1. Alabama
Mize Mill Falls, Sipsey Wilderness, Bankhead National Forest
2. Alaska
Mountains reflected in the Kenai River
3. Arizona
Horseshoe Bend
4. Arkansas
Flatside Wilderness, Ouachita National Forest
5. California
McWay Falls, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Big Sur
6. Colorado
Maroon Bells, Aspen
7. Connecticut
Ender's Falls
8. Delaware
Rehoboth Beach
9. Florida
Dry Tortugas National Park
10. Georgia
Wormsloe Historic Site
11. Hawaii
Wailua Falls
12. Idaho
Bruneau Dunes State Park
13. Illinois
Garden of the Gods, Shawnee National Forest
14. Indiana
Cornfield in Millville
15. Iowa
Malanaphy Springs State Preserve
16. Kansas
Big Basin Prairie Reserve
17. Kentucky
A view of the Cumberland Gap and Fern Lake
18. Louisiana
Lake Martin
19. Maine
Coastline at Acadia National Park
20. Maryland
The Brighton Dam at the Tridelphia Reservoir
21. Massachusetts
The Knob, Falmouth
22. Michigan
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore at sunset
23. Minnesota
Minnehaha Falls
24. Mississippi
Cypress Swamp, Natchez Trace Parkway
25. Missouri
Greer Springs
26. Montana
Grinnell Lake, Glacier National Park
27. Nebraska
Scotts Bluff National Monument
28. Nevada
Valley of Fire State Park
29. New Hampshire
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The Androscoggin River and the Great North Woods
30. New Jersey
The Pine Barrens
31. New Mexico
White Sands National Monument
32. New York
Taughannock Falls State Park
33. North Carolina
Thomas Divide, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
34. North Dakota
Badlands sandstone formations, Theodore Roosevelt National Park
35. Ohio
Upper Falls at Old Man's Cave, Hocking Hills State Park
36. Oklahoma
Mount Scott, Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
37. Oregon
Mount Hood
38. Pennsylvania
Youghiogheny River Gorge at Ohiopyle State Park
39. Rhode Island
Mohegan Bluffs Beach, Block Island
40. South Carolina
Botany Bay Road, Edisto Island
41. South Dakota
Badlands National Park
42. Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
43. Texas
Rio Grande, Big Bend National Park
44. Utah
Bryce Amphitheater, Bryce Canyon National Park
45. Vermont
Green Mountain National Forest
46. Virginia
Shenandoah National Park
47. Washington
Palouse Falls
48. West Virginia
Canaan Valley
49. Wisconsin
Pewit's Nest, Devil's Lake State Park
50. Wyoming
String Lake, Grand Teton National Park
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