Cultural Photography Tours & Trips in USA

This 7-day trip takes you through Arizona and Nevada, where you'll photograph the Grand Canyon's layered cliffs from South Kaibab Trail and Bright Angel Trail's switchbacks. Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument shows colorful cinder cones, and Antelope Canyon X's sculpted sandstone gets lit up beautifully with Navajo guides leading the way.

Take cultural photos from Summit One Vanderbilt's panoramic views 1,401 feet above Manhattan, then photograph the illuminated Niagara Falls in bright colors at night. Get shots of the U.S. Capitol Building and White House in Washington D.C., document live glassblowing artistry at the Corning Museum of Glass, and photograph the 79-foot Liberty Bell crack at Independence Hall in Philadelphia.

Get great shots at Yosemite National Park's UNESCO-listed granite cliffs including Half Dome and El Capitan towering over valleys. Stop to photograph the Hollywood Sign before heading to San Francisco's Twin Peaks for sweeping views, then snap the historic Cable Car system and LED light show at Fremont Street.

Waimea Canyon's 14-mile-long gorge shows off red, brown, green and purple rock layers that change with the light—great for photos. You can also photograph giant Mobula alfredi manta rays feeding at sunset from Keauhou Bay's Pa'akai Point viewing station and Spouting Horn's water spouts shooting 50 feet high.

Photograph Grand Prismatic Spring's rainbow colors and Fountain Paint Pot's bubbling mud pools showing Yellowstone's volcanic activity, then catch Old Faithful shooting steam 184 feet high every 90 minutes. Frame the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone's Lower Falls and ride historic Red Jammer buses along Going-to-the-Sun Road.