• Marjie Lambert saw her 50th state when she crossed into Maine from New Hampshire in September. TERRY JACKSON / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • The Thomas Jefferson Monument in Washington, D.C. MARJIE LAMBERT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • The Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. MARJIE LAMBERT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • The Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg National Military Park. MARJIE LAMBERT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts. MARJIE LAMBERT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Faneuil Hall Market Place on Boston's Freedom Trail. GREATER BOSTON CVB

  • The Old State House on Boston's Freedom Trail. GREATER BOSTON CVB

  • Fishermen on the Cape Cod ferry dock. MARJIE LAMBERT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Covered bridges are a common sight when driving on the back roads of New Hampshire and Vermont. JILL WENDHOLT SILVA / KANSAS CITY STAR

  • Boothbay Harbor, Maine. MARJIE LAMBERT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Cleveland's skyline, with visiting tall ships moored along the shore of Lake Erie. MARJIE LAMBERT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. MARJIE LAMBERT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • In Cleveland, a cruise at sunset on Lake Erie. MARJIE LAMBERT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • A traditional jazz bands leads a funeral procession in New Orleans. BILL HABER / AP

  • Mount Rushmore, South Dakota. MARJIE LAMBERT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Deadwood, South Dakota. JANE WOOLDRIDGE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • In South Dakota, Wild Bill Hickok was killed at Deadwood's "No. 10" saloon, and the Charley Utter Theatre bears the name of Hickock's friend, who paid for his funeral. GRACE SAENZ DICKSON / FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM

  • Photos and a replica of Wild Bill Hickock's burial marker adorn a wall at the No. 10 Saloon, where he was shot during a card game by Jack McCall Aug. 2, 1876. GRACE SAENZ DICKSON / FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM

  • Badlands National Park, South Dakota. MARJIE LAMBERT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Highway 375, named Extraterrestrial Highway by the state of Nevada. MARJIE LAMBERT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Devil's Tower National Monument, Wyoming. JANE WOOLDRIDGE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • The Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. DENIS HORGAN / HARTFORD COURANT

  • The Alaska Railroad on the Kenai Peninsula. MARJIE LAMBERT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • The Alaska Pipeline along the Dalton Highway, north of Fairbanks. MARJIE LAMBERT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii. In the background is Diamond Head, the rim of an extinct volcanic crater. AP FILE PHOTO