America’s Most Gorgeous Towns

 walkway along the gulf waters at Fairhope, Alabama

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Fairhope, Alabama

Small but mighty, Fairhope, along Mobile Bay’s shoreline, flaunts a French Quarter of brightly colored buildings and canopies of live oak trees nearly everywhere you look.

Shops line the wharf in Seward Alaska with Marathon Mountain in the background

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Seward, Alaska

This gateway to Kenai Fjords National Park also features a picturesque marina, lots of puffins, and quirky stops.

Landscape with red rocks and town below it
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Sedona, Arizona

small town on a hill with buildings within fall foliage

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Eureka Springs, Arkansas

A streetscape in Carmel-by-the-Sea featuring a retail shop housed in a typical fairytale cottage

Carmel-by-the-Sea, California

With its sugar-white sand beaches, the painstakingly restored Carmel Mission with lush gardens, and a quaint downtown with fairy-tale-like cottages and cobblestone alleys, this town hugging the Pacific Ocean is stunning.

Landscape scenic at dusk showing ski resort runs and town of Breckenridge lit up in winter.
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Breckenridge, Colorado

“Breck,” as its commonly called, is a resort town 90 minutes southwest of Denver. During the 1850s it was a hot spot to mine for gold. Today, skiers and hikers alike flock here for recreation and to stroll the downtown’s historic district.

The exterior of a beach cottage
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Seaside, Florida

Indiana Dunes State ParkSea grass overlooking the water

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sunflowers at sunset
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Lawrence, Kansas

Pink light from a sunrise shine through clouds and are reflected in a calm, southern bayou. A small fishing dock is seen in the lower right corner.

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Waterfront with boats in the fog
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Stonington, Maine

harbor at dusk with storefronts near water
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Annapolis, Maryland

Bicycles parked at the ferry landing site
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Edgartown, Massachusetts

bridge crossing a river with no clouds in sky
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Natchez, Mississippi

water next to beach and forest behind the beach

Incline Village, Nevada

calm scenic historic harbor surrounded with a soft afternoon light
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Portsmouth, New Hampshire

El Santuaio de Chimayo, Roman Catholic Church, under deep blue sky

Chimayo, New Mexico

multi-colored canyons in north dakora
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Medora, North Dakota

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Davis, Oklahoma

Old Harbor lighthouse on Block Island with water in foreground

Block Island, Rhode Island

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Gatlinburg, Tennessee

 

Colorful corn poppies growing along a dirt path and wood fence
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Fredericksburg, Texas