Doom Break! What is the prettiest place in your state?

Sawtooth mountains in Idaho

Agreed.. Fucking stupid picks for Ohio and Michigan..

Michigan was some stupid garden.. Michigan's Upper Peninsula alone has dozen's of beautiful areas I'd put up against anywhere on the planet.. Pictured Rocks would be my pick for Michigan.

There are almost 18 miles of THIS...

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Ohio was the freaking State House in Cincinnati. I know Ohio is not known for its beauty, but the area known as Hocking Hills in South East Ohio is as beautiful as anywhere I've seen... Old Man's cave and dozens of other natural cave and cliff formations are just astounding...

This is just one picture of hundreds of beautiful areas.

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Robert

You sound like your from MI, as I am originally. Agree, there are areas of the U.P. that beats anywhere in the lower p.

Cape Cod and the islands in Massachusetts.

I vote on Ludington State park. Miles of dunes, with not another person as far ass the eye can see!

Minnesota for me:

1: The "Driftless Area" comprised of SE MN, SW WI, NW IL, and NE IA. The area was not covered by the last glacier and is an older land form of hardwood covered bluff, clear running trout streams in the valleys, contoured fields. Beautiful views around every curve and endless inviting side roads.

2: North Shore of Lake Superior. For spectacular vistas and rock formations.

3: Boundary Waters: Endless forests dotted by countless lakes. Serene and wild.

I also can't believe that the U.P. in Michigan was skipped. Porcupine Mountain area just one example.

Stop releasing good parts of the country as they are sending people there to ruin them.

Agreed, Hocking Hills/Old Man's Cave is #1 for me in Ohio, I go there often, it's a shorter distance than the favorite places in my state.

West Virginia: The website picked New River Gorge, which I won't dismiss it as a place to see, but there are others with a higher number of vistas. At the New River Gorge Bridge, you can view it all from the catwalk if you're brave. Or you can base jump on Bridge Day.

My picks:

Spruce Knob, WV - Highest elevation in the state
The road to the top used to be gravel and dusty, now it's all paved, which makes a great motorcycle ride. I suppose the six mile downhill would be nice on a bicycle too. You get a 360° view from the tower, with hiking trails all around.

Some nice pics in this video: Spruce Knob
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Seneca Rocks, WV (close to Spruce Knob)
A popular spot for climbers, but the hiking trail goes to the summit. Watched a climbing group hold a wedding at the summit one day. Standing in the gap on a windy day, without a rope, video camera in one hand and a cast on the other ... it's really spooky.

The look of Seneca Rocks is different now since the tall spire collapsed and fell in 1987. Almost all evidence of the spire's existence has been wiped out. The spire was somewhat like a hand, with a long finger pointing up.

Pic of the spire from my files, though it's tough to see in this newspaper scan:
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Hard to find just the right video from Seneca Rocks, this one doesn't show the view from the summit:
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That portion of the state, Germany Valley is my favorite, and it's all close to the ski resorts and places like Dolly Sods, Bahre Rocks, Seneca Caverns, Blackwater Falls, etc.

Well he got Nevada's most beautiful place right...

Lake Tahoe

Other than that....it's all in the eye of the beholder.

Oh come on, Faron is beautiful too.

Little Rock skyline (from the Clinton Presidential Center)


Did he even leave the airport for Arkansas?

I'm not from there, but I've traveled enough to know that Hot Springs blows anywhere from Little Rock out of the water.

They have the Ozarks as well as other unique areas, and he picks the Clinton Presidential Center?

gag.

Here in Michigan we have several million acres of public forests, with some truly breathtaking views in the hilly regions.

But in my opinion one of the most beautiful things is simply looking out across Lake Superior.

I'm from MI originally and I too love the Superior area.

Hocking Hills, Ohio