Alaska
Since 2006 I have been visiting a different place in Alaska each year, and hope to continue doing so.
2006: Wrangel/St Elias NP, Seward, and Valdez
2007: Homer and Kachemak Bay State Park
I hiked up to McNeil Point on Mt. Hood via the Top Spur trailhead.
As you round Bald Mountain on the trail, you get a great view of Mt. Hood

Farther up the ridge, the view gets better.
An interesting pond-becoming-meadow
Eventually you leave the Timberline Trail and haed up to McNeil Point itself
There is an old stone shelter at McNeil Point

The moon had just rose over the ridge
The sun was setting on the forest
Mt. Saint Helens at sunset
My hiking partner's report on the same trip.