33 Most Beautiful Places In America

BudgetTraveler.com ask its readers to identify the most beautiful places in America. Tough job, with some many great options. But our region is well represented on the list, as shown below.

The comments that follow the article are also interesting. Some lady tried to hijack the threat with a bunch of anti-religion mumbo-jumbo, but the rest of the comments are worth reading. I've included a couple.

We asked—you answered. From the beaches of Hawaii to the plains of the Midwest, here are the 33 most beautiful places in America, according to you.

1 - Golden Gate Bridge

2 – Grand Canyon

3 - Lanikai Beach, Hawaii

4 - Maine coast

5 - Japanese Gardens at Manito in Spokane

6 - Havasu Falls in the Grand Canyon

7 - US Capitol Building

8 - Lake Tahoe

9 - St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands

10 - Flagstaff, Arizona

11 - The Finger Lakes in New York State

12 - Nantucket

13 - Yellowstone National Park

14 - The Redwood Forest and Pacific coastline

15 - White Mountains in New Hampshire

16 - New York City

17 - Blue Ridge Parkway

18 - Diamond Head in Hawaii

19 - Bryce Canyon

20 - Boulder, Colorado

21 - The Great Plains

22 - Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on a snowy morning

23 - Sequoia National Park

24 - Big Sur, California

25 - Na Pali Coast of Kauai

26 - Girdwood, Alaska

27 - Glacier National Park

28 - Antelope Canyon, NW Arizona

29 - Olympic National Park

30 - The Beartooth Highway in Montana

31 - Muir Woods National Monument

32 - North Shore of Lake Superior

33 - The plains of South Dakota

And some comments:

How could MonumentValley NOT be on this list? One of the most desolate but also one of the most beautiful places in the lower 48!!

Obviously Yosemite needed to find a place here. Personally, I'd also say Misty Arm Fjord in Alaska should have found a spot as well.

Picture 27 with the caption about coming out of the Waldo Tunnel and seeing the Golden Gate Bridge had the incorrect photo. The photo is of the Bay Bridge taken from Yerba Buena Island lookingat the City, not the view of the olden Gate bridge from Waldo Grade. Thought you should know.

A couple of flat plains from the Midwest, a highway with some gray mountains in the background, an urban jungle picture of New York City; and something about the beauty of the Golden Gate Bridge, but with a picture of the SF/Oakland Bay Bridge.....but no Yosemite Valley? Absolutely incredible!