Arizona has no shortage of places where beauty slaps you across the face, but Wahweap Overlook delivers a full five-finger knockout that leaves you wondering if someone secretly installed a massive HD ...

That’s Shawnee National Forest for you—a sprawling 289,000-acre paradise tucked away in southern Illinois near Herod that somehow remains one of America’s most underrated natural wonders.

Mariners Trail, Point Beach State Forest, the Wisconsin Ice Age Trail and Woodland Dunes Nature Center make our list of great places to hike.