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Denali's white massif rising above dark foothills, autumn-gold forest, and a braided gravel river under a blue sky

Alaska

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A family standing at a covered concrete water trough, washing gravel through wooden-framed screens, with the open dirt search field and a line of green trees behind them

Arkansas

1 post

Blue water of Lake Estes in the foreground with golden autumn cottonwoods on the far shore, granite cliffs of Lumpy Ridge to the right and a snow-dusted Longs Peak in the distance

Colorado

3 posts

A bicycle leaning against a white picket fence beside a sandy path leading down to a bright turquoise sea

Florida

1 post

Grassy sand dunes dropping toward the deep blue water of Lake Michigan under a clear sky

Michigan

1 post

The stone arches of the Stone Arch Bridge stretching across the Mississippi River toward the Minneapolis skyline

Minnesota

1 post

Morning fog lifting off Table Rock Lake, seen through red and orange autumn trees with layered Ozark ridges behind

Missouri

1 post

A turquoise alpine lake ringed by pines below dark snow-streaked peaks and a blue summer sky

Montana

1 post

Smiling kids sitting on the rim of a red plastic stock tank with their legs dangling in a brown river while two more swim behind it

Nebraska

1 post

Dozens of hot air balloons rising into a cloudless blue morning sky, including a giant Smokey Bear head, above a crowd on a grassy launch field

New Mexico

1 post

Red and orange maples in the foreground of a forested ridge, with layered blue mountains fading under a gray autumn sky

North Carolina

1 post

A lone bison standing on a bare badlands ridge against a pale blue sky streaked with cloud

North Dakota

1 post

Canopy of colorful umbrellas strung between pink colonial buildings over a street in Old San Juan

Puerto Rico

1 post

The Corn Palace facade in Mitchell, with metal onion domes and corn-ear turrets above murals made of corn, including a We the People panel with a flag and quill, and a 250 Years of America banner over the entrance

South Dakota

2 posts

Gold cursive Dolly signature mounted on a giant hot-pink sequined heart, shot from below against a deep blue sky

Tennessee

2 posts

A red sandstone monolith rising from a brushy green canyon floor under a cloudless deep-blue sky

Utah

1 post

Red, orange, and yellow maples lining the far shore of a calm pond with rounded green mountains behind, the color mirrored in the water

Vermont

1 post

Pine-topped sandstone cliff rising straight out of the Wisconsin River under a deep blue sky in the Upper Dells

Wisconsin

1 post

Aerial view of Grand Prismatic Spring's deep blue center ringed by green, yellow, and orange thermal bands

Wyoming

1 post

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