5 Places You Won't Believe Are in the USA



The Statue of Liberty, the Grand Canyon, the Golden Gate Bridge — the United States of America is synonymous with these famous points of interest. In any case, there are pretty much the same number of marvelous scenes the nation over that don't get the consideration they merit. Truth be told, you may have seen photographs of such spots and not by any means acknowledged they were in the USA, including the five highlighted underneath. 



White Sands National Monument, New Mexico

Sprawling crosswise over more than 71,000 hectares of southern New Mexico (around a 360-kilometer drive south of Albuquerque), White Sands National Monument looks as if it bounced off the pages of an extravagance travel magazine's shoreline issue — with the exception of there's no sea. Rather, the world's biggest gypsum sand ridge field moves on to the extent the eye can see, with just the intermittent tuft of grass or ground squirrel intruding on the scene. 



Skagit Valley Tulip Fields, Washington

Visit the northwestern corner of Washington state amid the yearly Skagit Valley Tulip Festival in April, and you may think you accidently flew out to the Netherlands. Every spring, a great many tulips blossom, shaping endless supply of shading set against the magnificent North Cascade mountain range. You can go and investigate the tulip fields, approximately 100 kilometers north of Seattle, for nothing each year (however it costs around $5 to stop an auto). 



Bannerman Castle, New York

Bannerman Castle could undoubtedly be confused for a scene out of Gaelic legend. On Pollepel Island in New York state's Hudson Valley (around 100 kilometers north of New York City) are the remains of Bannerman Castle. Viewing himself as a beginner engineer, specialist Francis Bannerman trained the palace — the configuration propelled by the notable mansions of Scotland — to be worked with no right points to make it seem bigger than it really is. The Bannerman Castle Trust offers guided strolling and vessel voyages through Bannerman Island amongst May and October. 



The Wave, Arizona

The Southwest district of the USA is acclaimed for its extraordinary scenes — and the Wave is one of them. Concealed the upper east corner of Arizona's Vermilion Cliffs National Monument (around 515 kilometers north of Phoenix and 250 kilometers north of the Grand Canyon), the Wave could without much of a stretch be the setting for a science fiction film. The undulating sandstone feigns that have shaped over a huge number of years of disintegration are to a great degree well known with climbers and nature picture takers — to such an extent that the Bureau of Land Management permits just 20 individuals to enter the territory every day to ensure the holiness of the scene and the experience. Online and stroll in lotteries are utilized to choose the fortunate few. 




Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida

Encompassed by sky blue waters and flanked by white, sandy shorelines, Dry Tortugas National Park in Florida summons pictures of life on the high oceans. Around 115 kilometers of the west shore of Key West, this gathering of seven little isles is bordered by a cornucopia of vivid coral reefs and a zoological garden of marine life. In any case, the superstar is the hexagonal Fort Jefferson, a nineteenth century fortification built to secure exchange courses in the Gulf of Mexico. Stroll through the grandiose stone entrances for a look at the USA's rich oceanic history.