1 TX Place Among 50 Most Beautiful In U.S.: Condé Nast Traveler

TEXAS — One of the 50 most beautiful places in America is located in Texas, according to the luxury travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler.

The 2025 list of the country’s most beautiful places includes rainforests, beaches, deserts, canyons, forests, lakes, and national parks from one coast to the other, as well as Alaska and Hawaii.

Here’s what Condé Nast Traveler’s Caitlin Moore had to say about Big Bend National Park in Texas:

Known for its hiking, camping, and epic sunsets and sunrises, Big Bend National Park consists of more than 800,000 acres of river canyons, desert, and mountains, plus thousands of species of plants and animals.

Go to Condé Nast Traveler for more on the other places in the ranking:

Alaska
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Mendenhall Ice Caves

Arizona
Antelope Canyon
The Grand Canyon

California
Big Sur
Joshua Tree National Park
Yosemite National Park

Colorado
Great Sand Dunes
Maroon Bells

Florida
The Everglades
The Florida Keys

Georgia
Jekyll Island

Hawaii
Molokini Crater
Na Pali Coast

Idaho
The Palouse
Shoshone Falls

Indiana
Indiana Dunes National Park

Kansas
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Kentucky
Daniel Boone National Forest

Louisiana
Atchafalaya Basin

Maine
Acadia National Park

Maryland
Assateague Island

Massachusetts
The Berkshires
Martha’s Vineyard

Michigan
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

Minnesota
Voyageurs National Park

Montana
Glacier National Park, Montana

Nevada
Lake Tahoe

New Mexico
Shiprock
White Sands National Park

New York
Letchworth State Park

North Carolina
Outer Banks

North Dakota
Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Ohio
Hocking Hills State Park

Oregon
Cannon Beach
Crater Lake

South Carolina
Angel Oak

South Dakota
Badlands National Park

Tennessee
Cades Cove

Texas
Big Bend National Park

Utah
Bonneville Salt Flats
Bryce Canyon National Park

Washington
Hoh Rain Forest
Sequim-Dungeness Valley

West Virginia
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve

Virginia
Shenandoah National Park

Wisconsin
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Door County

Wyoming
Grand Prismatic Spring
Grand Teton National Park