I hope after seeing a thread like this that anyone who has never been to America gets a small taste of just how beautiful this country is. Our cities are a tiny part of what we really have to offer. I have been fortunate enough to take a few cross country trips and each time I am more amazed.
The contrasting beauties of that area always confused me. Some of those pics look like they're from Vermont and others are just this polar opposite of craggy desert spires.
Reminds me of a previous thread on Sasketchewan which had just this immense variety of landscapes.