Ashford, Washington
Mount Rainier
The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.
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Ashford, Washington
The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.
Riverton, West Virginia
Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.
Culberson County, Texas
The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.
Duchesne County, Utah
The highest peak in Utah is the hardest to reach, but only if explorers choose the hard way.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.
Keystone, South Dakota
The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."
Sunset, South Carolina
The highest point in South Carolina was once owned by an energy company that neglected it but now the state is taking it back.
Ironton, Missouri
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 Montana is as rugged and singular as the state itself.
Burnsville, North Carolina
The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.
Iuka, Mississippi
The highest point in Mississippi is a hilltop that was once used to bombard a nearby town with artillery.
Grand Marais, Minnesota
Minnesota's highest point is a scenic vista marked by a plaque and armies of mosquitoes.
Skanee, Michigan
The honor of highest point in Michigan was almost given to the wrong peak before this mountain won out by 11 inches.
Millinocket, Maine
The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.
Eglon, West Virginia
The highest point in Maryland is only accessible by hiking through another state.
Simsboro, Louisiana
The highest point in Louisiana, Driskill Mountain at 535 feet above sea level.
Partridge, Kentucky
You can climb to the summit of Black Mountain, as long as you sign the waiver.
Flagstaff, Arizona
The cinder cone volcano with a less than complimentary name.
Grants, New Mexico
A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.
Abiquiu, New Mexico
Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.
Penrose, Colorado
The narrow mountain road that carves a path between Florence and Victor is tied to ghost towns and ghost stories.
CaƱon City, Colorado
The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.
Rye, Colorado
The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.
Creede, Colorado
Take a self-guided tour through one of Colorado's most elevated mining districts.