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Thomas Harper

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I am a computer programmer from near Pittsburgh. I have many domestic travel goals: the highest natural points of the 50 US states (37), as many US county highpoints as possible (92), US state capitals (30), Canadian provincial and territorial capitals (4), and Pennsylvania county seats (67 - COMPLETED), finding the strange, unique, and bizarre along the way. Internationally, I haven't been off of North America yet, but I wish to change that soon and do country highpoints as well.
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View from Route 160 up Black Mountain

Partridge, Kentucky

Black Mountain

You can climb to the summit of Black Mountain, as long as you sign the waiver.

Nebraska National Forest

Chadron, Nebraska

Nebraska National Forest

America's largest man-made forest was planted in an effort to bring back the past.

Observation tower at the top of Kuwohi

Bryson City, North Carolina

Kuwohi

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

Cloudy Forest View

Burnsville, North Carolina

Mount Mitchell

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

Brasstown Bald Historical Marker

Blairsville, Georgia

Brasstown Bald

Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.

Cheaha State Park

Delta, Alabama

Cheaha Mountain

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

Woodall Mountain Summit

Iuka, Mississippi

Woodall Mountain

The highest point in Mississippi is a hilltop that was once used to bombard a nearby town with artillery.

Mt. Marcy

Keene Valley, New York

Mount Marcy

The summit Roosevelt conquered before he descended to become The Chief.

Massachusetts War Memorial Tower at the Summit

Adams, Massachusetts

Mount Greylock

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

Sign to Driskill Mountain

Simsboro, Louisiana

Driskill Mountain

The highest point in Louisiana, Driskill Mountain at 535 feet above sea level.

The Summit of Mount Washington

Jackson, New Hampshire

Mount Washington

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

View from Mount Mansfield

Stowe, Vermont

Mount Mansfield

The highest peak in the state of Vermont has some interesting features.

Britton Hill in Lakewood Park

DeFuniak Springs, Florida

Britton Hill

The highest point in Florida is still the lowest high point in the country.

Cast of Victory

Cornish, New Hampshire

Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park

The summer home and later final residence of acclaimed American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

Taum Sauk Mountain in the fall.

Ironton, Missouri

Taum Sauk Mountain

In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.

The Highest Point in Arkansas

Paris, Arkansas

Magazine Mountain

A large stone map of Arkansas awaits visitors to its highest point.

Charles Mound

Scales Mound, Illinois

Charles Mound

This family driveway also serves as the highest point in Illinois.

Monument Rocks

Oakley, Kansas

Monument Rocks

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

Eagle Mountain

Grand Marais, Minnesota

Eagle Mountain

Minnesota's highest point is a scenic vista marked by a plaque and armies of mosquitoes.

Mosaic marking the highest point in Iowa.

Sibley, Iowa

Hawkeye Point

The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.

Ebright Azimuth

Wilmington, Delaware

Ebright Azimuth

The highest point in Delaware is located under a trailer so this marker across the street will have to do.

Harney Peak, The Highest Point in South Dakota

Keystone, South Dakota

Black Elk Peak

The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."

Linesville Spillway

Linesville, Pennsylvania

Linesville Spillway

"Where the ducks walk on fish."

Black Mesa

Kenton, Oklahoma

Black Mesa

The highest point in Oklahoma used to be a lawless outlaw's paradise.

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