Blue Ridge Parkway is being credited as the most beautiful place in Virginia.

Travel and Leisure compiled a nationwide list ranking the most beautiful place in every state, which included the parkway as the top choice for Virginia.

"The Blue Ridge Parkway's 'America's Favorite Drive' tagline isn't just a stroke of marketing genius," Travel and Leisure's Anne Olivia Bauso wrote. "The 469-mile drive (shared by Virginia and North Carolina) takes you through some of the most stunning scenery in the southeastern U.S. One example? Natural Bridge, a 215-foot-tall "overpass" spanning 90 feet to connect solid limestone cliffs. Don't forget good hiking shoes and your phone charger because there are hundreds of trails and photo opps."

Here is Travel and Leisure's full list of the most beautiful place in every state:

Alabama- Magnolia Springs
Alaska- Wrangell-St Elias National Park and Preserve
Arizona- Grand Canyon National Park
Arkansas- Ozark National Forest
California- Yosemite National Park
Colorado- Garden of the Gods
Connecticut- Connecticut Shore
Delaware- Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Florida- Everglades National Park
Georgia- Cumberland Island
Hawaii- Nāpali Coast
Idaho- Sawtooth National Forest
Illinois- Cache River State Natural Area
Indiana- Hemlock Cliffs
Iowa- Maquoketa Caves State Park
Kansas- Castle Rock Badlands
Kentucky- Mammoth Cave
Louisiana- Wild Azalea Trail
Maine- Acadia National Park
Maryland- Weverton Cliffs
Massachusetts- Cape Cod National Seashore
Michigan- Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Minnesota- North Shore Scenic Drive
Mississippi- Natchez Trace Parkway
Missouri- Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Montana- Going-to-the-Sun Road
Nebraska- Toadstool Geological Park and Oglala National Grassland
Nevada- Red Rock Canyon
New Hampshire- Kancamagus Highway
New Jersey- Cape May
New Mexico- Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness
New York- Finger Lakes
North Carolina- Outer Banks
North Dakota- Maah Daah Hey Trail
Ohio- Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
Oklahoma- Tallgrass Prairie Preserve
Oregon- Crater Lake
Pennsylvania- Appalachian National Scenic Trail at the Delaware Water Gap
Rhode Island- Block Island
South Carolina- Hilton Head Island Bike Trails
South Dakota- Badlands National Park
Tennessee- Cherokee National Forest
Texas- Guadalupe Mountains
Utah- Arches National Park
Vermont- Mad River Valley
Virginia- Blue Ridge Parkway
Washington- Hurricane Ridge
West Virginia- New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Wisconsin- Apostle Islands
Wyoming- Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

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