Welcome!

Pleased to see you! This website is my collection of places I describe as “worth it” – World Heritage Sites, national treasures, great cities, small town gems, and so many others. This homepage starts with the United States, then Canada and Greenland. I cover the rest of the globe in Latin America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australasia. Feel free to look around. I have a lot of content, but a lot of it is in development. Let’s dive in! (Pictures and places in bold are places I have been to.)

United States

“America The Beautiful.” I’ve divided the United States (including U.S. territories) into ten regions. Each region page has the Top 20 Places (sorted by state) in that region, and each state page has the Top 10 Places in that state. Please see my United States page for the Top 10 Places (not sorted by state) of each region of the U.S.

Pāhoehoe lava flow, Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho

Northwest

Alaska | Washington | Oregon | Idaho |Montana

“Oh, beautiful for spacious skies”

- - Glacier National Park (a World Heritage Site)
  - Olympic National Park (a World Heritage Site)
  - Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve (part of the Kluane/Wrangell–St. Elias/Glacier Bay/Tatshenshini-Alsek World Heritage Site)

McWay Falls, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Big Sur Coast, California

Mid-Pacific

California | Hawaii | American Samoa (U.S. Territory) | Guam (U.S. Territory) | Northern Mariana Islands (U.S. Territory)

“From sea to shining sea”

- - Yosemite National Park (a World Heritage Site)
  - Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park (a World Heritage Site)
  - Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks

Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Rocky Mountains

Wyoming | Colorado | Utah | Nevada

“For purple mountain majesties”

- - Yellowstone National Park (a World Heritage Site)
  - Mesa Verde National Park (a World Heritage Site)
  - Zion National Park

Desert View, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

Southwest

Arizona | New Mexico | Texas | Oklahoma

“Across the wilderness!”

- - Grand Canyon National Park (a World Heritage Site)
  - Chaco Culture National Historical Park (a World Heritage Site)
  - San Antonio (San Antonio Missions National Historical Park – a World Heritage Site)

Monument Rocks-Kansas Badlands — Monument Rocks – Kansas Badlands

Great Plains

“For amber waves of grain”

- - Badlands National Park
  - Mount Rushmore National Memorial
  - Saint Louis – Gateway Arch National Park

Fort Mackinac, Marquette Park, and Mackinac Island Harbor — Fort Mackinac and Mackinac Island Harbor, Mackinac Island State Park, Michigan

Great Lakes

“Above the fruited plain!”

- - Mackinac Island
  - Chicago (including Chicago Early Skyscrapers – World Heritage Tentative List)
  - Sleeping Bear Dunes

Mount Katahdin from Sandy Stream Pond, Baxter State Park, Maine

Northeast

“Oh, beautiful for pilgrim feet”

- - New York City (including: Statue of Liberty – a World Heritage Site; Ellis Island – World Heritage Tentative List; Brooklyn Bridge – World Heritage Tentative List; Central Park – World Heritage Tentative List; and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – part of the Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings World Heritage Site)
  - Boston (including Boston National Historical Park)
  - Baxter State Park and the Appalachian Trail

U.S. Capitol Building, Washington DC — U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, DC

Mid-Atlantic

“Crown thy good with brotherhood”

- - Washington, DC
  - Philadelphia (including Independence Hall, Independence National Historical Park – a World Heritage Site)
  - George Washington’s Mount Vernon (World Heritage Tentative List)

South Central

“Oh, beautiful for patriot dream”

- - Great Smoky Mountains National Park (a World Heritage Site)
  - New Orleans (including New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park)
  - Hot Springs National Park

Southeast

“God shed his grace on thee”

- - Everglades National Park (a World Heritage Site)
  - Charleston
  - San Juan (La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site – a World Heritage Site)

Canada & North

Canada, Greenland, and Saint Pierre and Miquelon

“O Canada!” Each region page below has the top three places in each province or territory of that region, and each province or territory page has the top places in that province or territory. Please see the Canada page for the Top 3 of each province and territory.

Eastern Canada

New Brunswick | Newfoundland and Labrador | Nova Scotia | Prince Edward Island | Quebec

“Our home and native land!” / “Terre de nos aïeux”

- - Old Quebec City (a World Heritage Site)
  - Bay of Fundy
  - L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site (a World Heritage Site)

CN Tower and Toronto Harbour, Toronto, Ontario

Western Canada

Ontario | Manitoba | Saskatchewan | Alberta | British Columbia

“From far and wide, O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.”

- - Canadian Rocky Mountains Parks (a World Heritage Site)
  - Toronto – CN Tower
  - Churchill – Polar Bears

Northern Territories

Yukon (territory of Canada) | Northwest Territories (territory of Canada) | Nunavut (territory of Canada)
Greenland/Kalaallit Nunaat (autonomous constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (overseas collectivity of France)

“The True North strong and free!”

- - Aurora Borealis – The Northern Lights
  - Klondike National Historic Site in Dawson City
  - Wood Buffalo National Park (a World Heritage Site)