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I would say for me it would be Ogden, Utah and Duluth, Minnesota. I really like the landscape and geography around Salt Lake, but Ogden seems to have alot more trees and foilage pound for pound.
-Ogden, Utah: The mountains are directly West of the city and they snowcapped while the city itself is very lush for a western city. I like the architecture of many of the homes and the different types of trees that seemed to have been planted very long ago. It just is a lush version of a Western city with the a big mountain towering over it.
-Duluth, MN: An ultra-green city full of trees, excellent parks, Walking up Enger Park Tower with a view of Lake Superior, the neighborhoods north of the city along Lake Superior, the bridges, has some great architecture.
Some others I really liked were Pittsburgh with the hills, bridges and green foilage. San Bernadino with it's lushness and huge mountains towering over it. Las Cruces and the Organ Mountains and Pecan trees south of it that go on for miles.
Seattle is surrounded by Puget Sound, a large fjord, on the west, the Olympic mountain range further west, the Cascades on the east, Mount Rainier to the south, and Vancouver and BC to the north. Three national parks plus BC parks within 2 hours.
Very pretty! Reminds me of the mountains of Greece. Not sure if anyone else thought that too.
Strange Denver and SLC have been brought up multiple times but not Colorado Springs. The city setting is better than Denver's, being closer to the mountains and the mountains rising faster than Denver's more gradual foothills. Garden of the Gods > Red Rocks. There's a reason the Broadmoor (5 star hotel) is located where it is. Denver is closer to more activities and the spine of the Front Range while Pikes Peak is a blob unto itself, but COS does have a better setting. People say there's nothing like SLC, but COS is kind of like it, different arrangement and climate (drier mountains), but similar.
I'm really kicking myself for not venturing into BC before COVID struck. Who knows when I'll be able to now
Years ago you could make a circle trip going northeast out of Vancouver on BC Rail up to Prince George BC and then catch the Canadian VIA Rail west to Prince Report on the Pacific and then BC Ferries down through the inside passage to Port Hardy on Vancouver Island and thence to Victoria and finally a ferry back to Vancouver. It was inclusive of hotels and not very expensive (Canadian dollars). It isn't offered any more as the Canadian National took over rail operations but it was a gorgeous, eye-popping trip and most of BC would be a national park in the US. Now they have a nine-day trip from Vancouver to Banff and back again that costs an arm and a leg and has no inside passage leg. You have to go clear to Jasper to get to Prince George now. You might be able to cobble a longer scenic trip together (Vancouver-Jasper-Prince George-Prince Rupert-Ferry to Port Hardy-bus to Victoria-ferry to Vancouver). The train stops overnight in Prince George (need a hotel). https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2...-rail-journeys
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In the US, the outlier states of Hawaii and Alaska have the most impressive landscapes with the most wow factor for me.
I really like the red rock country and National Parks of Utah and Arizona. Also in the Southwest I love the Saguaro cacti covered landscapes of the Sonoran Desert, particularly near Tuscon.
The volcanic peaks of the Cascades and the wild coasts of Oregon and Olympic National Park in WA are pretty awesome.
For the beaches on the East Coast, the barrier islands of the North Carolina coast around the Outer Banks and Cape Lookout are my favorite.
To live and enjoy on the daily, I like northern New England the best. Toss up between the Maine coast or the lakes and mountains of Vermont.
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Thinking back to my younger years, the Miracle Strip Parkway (US 98) that connects Destin to Ft. Walton Beach Florida was a beautiful sight to behold. You get glimpses of the Gulf of Mexico on one side and the bay on the other, peeking over rolling white, powdery sand dunes.
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