Great Plains

“For amber waves of grain”

Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Little Missouri River
Little Missouri River

North Dakota

1. Theodore Roosevelt National Park (America the Beautiful quarter image)


Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Badlands National Park
Badlands National Park

South Dakota

1. Badlands National Park

2. Mount Rushmore National Memorial (America the Beautiful quarter image)

3. Custer State Park 

4. Wind Cave National Park

5. Deadwood

Honorable mentions:


Chimney Rock National Historic Site
Chimney Rock National Historic Site
Scotts Bluff National Monument
Scotts Bluff National Monument

Nebraska

1. Chimney Rock National Historic Site 
2. Scotts Bluff National Monument

3. Nebraska Sandhills

Honorable mentions:
      • Homestead National Historical Park (America the Beautiful quarter image)
      • Lincoln
      • Omaha

Monument Rocks (Chalk Pyramids)
Monument Rocks (Chalk Pyramids), Kansas Badlands
West Traps Pasture
West Traps Pasture, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Kansas

1. Monument Rocks-Kansas Badlands

2. Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve (America the Beautiful quarter image)

3. Dodge City

4. Santa Fe Trail Shortgrass Prairie

Honorable mentions:


The Chocolate Haus
The Chocolate Haus, Amana, Iowa
Polk County Courthouse, Court Street, Des Moines
Polk County Courthouse, Court Street, Des Moines

Iowa

1. Amana Colonies

2. Effigy Mounds National Monument (America the Beautiful quarter image)

3. Des Moines


Gateway Arch National Park, Saint Louis
Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri
Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri

Missouri

1. Saint Louis – Gateway Arch National Park

2. Kansas City

3. Hannibal Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum

4. Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park

Honorable mention:

      • Ozark National Scenic Riverways (Alley Mill – America the Beautiful quarter image)
      • Missouri’s portion of old Route 66
      • Saint Joseph – Pony Express National Historic Trail
      • Marceline (Hometown of Walt Disney – from which Main Street USA in Disneyland is based off of)

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