Lifestyle | top travel destinations 15 Must-See American Sights Forget Paris—these great vacation sites can be found in your own backyard By Sophie Goldstein Posted Nov 11, 2007 8:23 AM CST Copied Great views of the Pacific can be had from 17 Mile Drive along the coast of the Monterey Peninsula in California. (KRT Photos) See 1 more photo Patricia Schultz, author of 1,000 Places to See in the USA and Canada Before You Die, turns Forbes readers onto her top 15: The Pacific Coast Highway Monument Valley, Utah and Ariz. Texas Hill Country Charleston, SC The Biltmore Estate, Asheville, NC The San Juan Islands, Wash. The Windjammers, Maine Sun Valley, Idaho New River Gorge for white-water rafting, WV Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland, Ore. Shaker Village Of Pleasant Hill, Harrodsburg, Ky. Grafton, Vt. Sedona, Ariz. Zion National Park, Utah New Orleans Jazz Festival Read These Next Online boo-bears go after the demo firm tearing White House apart. President Monroe's daughter wrote a desperate plea in 1839. 'Butt-breathing' could be the future for struggling patients. Plane windshield partially shatters mid-flight. There's a suspect. See 1 more photo Report an error