5 places you won’t believe are in the USA

SIGHTSEEING, UNITED STATES Updated : Sep 9, 2015, 11.11 AM IST

Photo courtesy: BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

The Statue of Liberty, the Grand Canyon, and the Golden Gate Bridge— the United States of America is synonymous with these iconic landmarks. But there are just as many spectacular scenes across the countries that don’t receive the attention they deserve. In fact, you may have seen photos of such spots and not even realized they were in the USA, including the five featured below.
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National Park

SIGHTSEEING, FLORIDA

Dry Tortugas National Park

Surrounded by azure waters and flanked by white, sandy beaches, Dry Tortugas National Park in Florida conjures images of life on the high seas. Roughly 115 kilometers of the west coast of Key West, this group of seven sm...more

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SIGHTSEEING, ARIZONA

The Wave

The Southwest region of the USA is famous for its otherworldly landscapes — and the Wave is one of them. Tucked away the northeast corner of Arizona’s Vermilion Cliffs National Monument (about 515 kilometers north of Pho...more

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SIGHTSEEING, NEW YORK

Bannerman Castle

Bannerman Castle could easily be mistaken for a scene out of Gaelic lore. On Pollepel Island in New York state’s Hudson Valley (about 100 kilometers north of New York City) are the ruins of Bannerman Castle. Considering ...more

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SIGHTSEEING, WASHINGTON

Skagit Valley Tulip Fields

Visit the northwestern corner of Washington state during the annual Skagit Valley Tulip Festival in April, and you might think you accidently traveled to the Netherlands. Each spring, millions of tulips bloom, forming ro...more

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SIGHTSEEING, NEW MEXICO

White Sands National Monument

Sprawling across more than 71,000 hectares of southern New Mexico (about a 360-kilometer drive south of Albuquerque), White Sands National Monument looks as though it jumped off the pages of a luxury travel magazine’s be...more

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