Some towns look as though they were drawn rather than built. Cobblestone lanes wind past historic cottages, flower boxes brighten old-fashioned storefronts, church steeples rise above rivers, and quiet main streets invite visitors to slow down and explore. Across the…
There’s a reason cabins and Christmas feel made for each other. A crackling fireplace, a tree in the window, a pot of something warm on the stove, and snow (or at least a chill in the air) outside create the…
There’s a particular kind of American town that seems to wake up in December and become something out of a holiday card. Lights outline every rooftop, carols drift down the main street, and the smell of cinnamon and woodsmoke follows…
Packing for a Christmas trip within the United States comes with a specific challenge that a lot of other winter travel doesn’t: the country is genuinely enormous, and Christmas in Vermont looks absolutely nothing like Christmas in Florida. The same…
Road trips are one of my favorite ways to experience the USA because the drive itself can become just as memorable as the destination. I have always enjoyed having the freedom to stop at a viewpoint that catches my attention,…
California’s coastline covers roughly 840 miles, and almost none of it is boring. Driving the full length would take days even without stopping, which is exactly why most trips end up focusing on a handful of genuinely standout stretches rather…
The Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains don’t stop at the Tennessee border, and western North Carolina quietly holds some of the most genuinely charming small towns in the entire Appalachian range. Waterfalls tucked just off the main road, art…
Some landscapes are pretty. Others stop you mid sentence the first time you actually see them in person, no matter how many photos you’ve scrolled past beforehand. The United States has an unusually deep well of the second kind, places…
Hocking Hills is one of those places that surprises people who assume Ohio is all flat farmland. Tucked into the foothills of the Appalachian Plateau about an hour southeast of Columbus, this stretch of forest is carved with sandstone gorges,…
Just off Highway 89 between Kanab and Big Water, a completely unassuming pullout hides one of southern Utah’s most photogenic little secrets. Belly of the Dragon is a short, man made tunnel carved through soft Utah sandstone, originally built as…