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Description: The Fenwick Island Lighthouse wraps in blue and gold brushwork as a stone border marker and nearby houses glow beneath the swirl. Dune grass and dark water frame the tower standing right on the Delaware-Maryland line.

Description: TOPSAIL ISLAND, NORTH CAROLINA: a surfer's silhouette rides a big wave past Surf City's wooden fishing pier. A go-to for East Coast surfers.

Description: AMERICA'S GREATEST FAMILY RESORT: the Music Pier's Spanish Colonial towers rise over a crowded boardwalk and beach umbrellas. A dry Jersey Shore town that's kept the slogan for a century.

Description: THE FAMILY RESORT BY THE SEA: a red brick boardwalk pavilion and Ferris wheel over a beach crowded with striped umbrellas. Ocean City, Maryland's pitch since the boardwalk's earliest days.

Description: The ornate Music Pier and a distant Ferris wheel light up under a swirling sky. Sailboats drift near the boardwalk as crowds move along the sand.

Description: Ocean City's Ferris wheel, carnival tents, and hotel towers light up under a swirling sky. The crowded boardwalk glows gold as figures move between the games and rides.

Description: The yellow Sightseer tram car rolls past beach balls and a lit Wildwoods sign on the boardwalk under a swirling sky. The Ferris wheel and arcade lights glow gold as the ocean catches the moonlight past the pier.

Description: SUN SAND & NEON! sums up the mid-century motel strip that made Wildwood an icon: a Ferris wheel and a Doo Wop motel sign glowing turquoise against the night.

Description: SANDY HOOK NEW JERSEY: horizontal bands of color over Gunnison Beach's dunes as a cargo ship passes on the horizon. The barrier peninsula where the Jersey Shore meets New York Harbor.

Description: The Sandy Hook Lighthouse beam sweeps over dune grass and figures on the shore. Manhattan glimmers across the water while an old Fort Hancock bunker sits quiet in the foreground.

Description: A small herd of wild horses grazes through the dunes under a crescent moon and swirling stars. A distant lighthouse beam cuts through the blue, and wooden snow fences line the sea grass in the foreground.

Description: A wooden footbridge arches over dark water toward Chincoteague's waterfront town. The striped lighthouse glows in the distance as light spills from the harbor windows.

Description: Chestnut and pinto ponies wander the surf under a pastel dusk sky, WHERE THE WILD HORSES ROAM printed right on the design. Sea oats and dune grass frame Maryland and Virginia's most famous barrier island.

Description: EXPLORE THE EASTERN SHORE: a chestnut and pinto pony wades below the striped Assateague Lighthouse while a sailboat drifts past the pines. Virginia's wild-pony coast.

Description: Deck chairs and swimsuits line Ventnor City's pier against a teal Jersey Shore sea, the quieter beach town south of Atlantic City's boardwalk.

Description: Glowing lamps and beachfront hotels line Long Beach's boardwalk under a swirling sky. A rocky jetty stretches into the water as small figures walk the sand below.

Description: Ventnor's water tower and pier light up under a swirling sky, a lamplit walkway leading past coastal houses. Figures fish from the pier as the tide rolls in below.

Description: THE CITY BY THE SEA, the motto Long Beach has carried since its 1920s heyday: striped umbrellas and a stone jetty cutting into the surf.

Description: SAIL THE MAINE COAST: a two-masted schooner crosses Penobscot Bay, evergreen shoreline on both sides. The same pitch that's drawn windjammer cruises here for generations.

Description: Palm trees and Spanish moss-draped branches frame the red and white striped Harbour Town lighthouse as a yacht idles offshore. South Carolina's most photographed lighthouse.

Description: THE GRAND STRAND: striped umbrellas crowd the sand beneath a boardwalk Ferris wheel and roller coaster. The 60-mile run of South Carolina coast this town anchors.

Description: The candy-striped Harbour Town lighthouse and marina light up under a swirling sky. Boats crowd the water, their shapes catching the gold reflected off the surface.

Description: The Myrtle Beach SkyWheel and neon-lit storefronts glow along the boardwalk beneath a swirling sky. High-rises stand dark against the glow as the ocean rolls in past the sand.

Description: A figure relaxes in a rope hammock strung between two moss-draped oaks over Pawleys Island's quiet waterway. The island's motto is arrogantly shabby, and its neighbors built up the coast around it anyway.

Description: A hammock hangs between dark trees as Pawleys Island's raised cottages glow beyond the marsh. Stars and moonlight settle over the quiet waterway below.

Description: Surfside Beach's stilted cottages rise over swirling dune grass under a starry sky. A wooden pier lined with streetlamps stretches toward the water as a distant tower catches the moonlight.

Description: A driftwood tree tangles in the foreground of a lit Jekyll Island village, a church spire rising beside the boardwalk. Warm gold windows glow beneath the swirling stars.

Description: A yellow beach umbrella shades swimmers on Surfside Beach's sand while children play near the water below a wooden pier. The quieter stretch of the Grand Strand south of Myrtle Beach's crowds.

Description: GEORGIA'S COASTAL JEWEL: a bleached driftwood tree frames a calm Jekyll Island sunset, the same bone-white wood that made Driftwood Beach one of the Golden Isles' most photographed stretches of sand.

Description: Pedro's Truck Stop and the El Toro Lounge glow under a swirling sky, the sombrero tower lit above it all. Palm trees and vintage cars line the road at this legendary I-95 stop.

Description: U.S. 301 & I-95, DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA: Pedro and his giant sombrero tower right on the highway, vintage cars parked outside the Sombrero Restaurant. The most famous pit stop on the East Coast.

Description: A surveyor's tripod sits on the misty shoreline where evergreens have stood guard for centuries. OAK ISLAND NOVA SCOTIA: home of the money pit legend and 200 years of treasure hunters.

Description: Oak Island's coastal buildings and long pier light up under a swirling sky. The lighthouse stands watch over the beach as waves roll toward shore.

Description: Tybee Island's striped lighthouse and beach houses light up under a swirling sky. A wooden pier stretches toward the water as a second lighthouse glows in the distance.

Description: Boca Raton's pink resort towers and Intracoastal skyline swirl into blue and gold. Sailboats rock at the marina while palm silhouettes trace the waterway out toward the sea.

Description: The only lighthouse still standing guard over the Georgia coast, this black and white striped tower rises over dune grass and a red-roofed keeper's cottage. Savannah's closest beach.