Sleeping Bear Dunes Voted 'Most Beautiful Place in America'

ABC News/Travel ^ | 8/17/2011 | ALBERTO ORSO and SABRINA PARISE

[cripplecreek]

And on the opposite side of the state is Detroit, an incredibly non-picturesque area.

Truth is that we keep Detroit like that to scare the riff raff away.

[COBOL2Java]

Where’d they get the invisible bikes? :-)

[rintense]

It truly is, and should be experienced in all 4 seasons.

[Elsie]

I sleep bare myself...

[Elsie]

Or 60-65 miles west of there...

[bcsco]

I like those dunes as well...

[cripplecreek]

Tahquamenon is awesome too.

[Condor51]

Sure is a beautiful place. Though it doesn't have a lot of beach area to go swimming from.

An aside: The wiki pics are pretty good too, considering the camera used. Talk about 'early digital'. This is why I stuck with my Nikon FE and 35mm film back then. Digital sensors couldn't match the grain quality of film (aka: Noise)

Olympus c2100uz
This looks like a digital version of an Olympus 35mm film camera I got for the wife to use back then.

[goat granny]

Lived in Michigan all my life....Michigan 4 seasons...June, July, August and Winter......

Or...Michigan's 2 seasons Winter and Road under Construction....:O)

[Utah Binger]

I'm sure glad we didn't make the list. Flipping tree huggers can stay away from God's country.

[shove_it]

Those two guys are going to tumble for what seems to be a lifetime, until they finally hit bottom with sand in every orifice of their miserable bodies. I speak from experience.

[goat granny]

I love waterfalls and Michigan has a lot...One year I researched them all and thats how we camped...Visiting waterfalls. Some were quite a hike to get to...

[bella1]

All of northern Michigan is beautiful with an abundance lakes, rivers, woods and hilly terrain.

[cripplecreek]

Sable Falls near Grand Marais



Lake Superior east of Grand Marais



From Pictured Rocks.

[Redcloak]

I’m sure it’s nice, but it’s got nothing on the Northeast corner of Beverly and Rampart in Los Angeles.

[Troublemaker]

I'm sure glad we didn't make the list

same here in Montana.

Here's the road I take to see my parents an hour a way where I go through 0 towns.

[BlazingArizona]

My town was one of the contenders, but why did the winner have to be the one place I have never heard of?

[BlazingArizona]

“I had no idea that Yosemite was no longer in America. Just kidding, congrats to MI.”

I think that because of this new debt agreement, its now in the Shanghai suburbs.

[derllak]

Awww, my link doesn’t work.

I’m sure it’s gorgeous, though.

I see Aspen, Colorado made the list, too. :P

[steve86]

I would love to truck my small boat out from Washington St. and explore the area but it will never happen.