26 Amazing U.S. Sights You Should Visit Before You Die

Grand Canyon AZ

22. Mount Rushmore (South Dakota)

Mount Rushmore (South Dakota)

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The heads of Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln were carved into the granite face of Mt. Rushmore between 1927 and 1941, and now nearly 3 million people visit it every year.