3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (909+ words) worldatlas.com Idaho’s standout towns pair dramatic landscapes with deep frontier history. Wallace preserves its silver-mining past in a brick downtown, while Idaho City recalls the Gold Rush through wooden boardwalks and the Boise Basin Museum. Salmon serves as a…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (770+ words) A two-day window rewards a short drive and a light packing list. Minnesota answers that math with towns built for the quick stay. Some sit on a working river. Others back up against a million acres of canoe country or…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (385+ words) WorldAtlas Bisbee, Arizona, has a relaxed, quirky character that makes it easy to feel at home. After depleted ore reserves led Phelps Dodge to curtail open-pit mining in 1974 and end underground operations in 1975, inexpensive property attracted retirees, artists, and investors…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1008+ words) WorldAtlas Oklahoma's best-known weekend getaways often overshadow the smaller towns that tell the state's story just as well. These nine destinations offer memorable experiences that go beyond the usual stops. In Bartlesville, visitors can marvel at the exterior of Frank…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (414+ words) Every Idahoan has a mountain town they swear by. The best ones sit right under the peaks with those big walls looming over every street. People settled them to mine and ranch and run rivers. That same scenery is what…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1352+ words) WorldAtlas You do not have to burn a vacation day or drive to Florida for the coast. A white sand beach a full mile long sits in the middle of Pine Mountain, hours from any ocean. Two hours the other…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1245+ words) WorldAtlas Muscle Shoals recording studios, the 104-foot plunge of DeSoto Falls, and 32 miles of white-sand Gulf coastline give Alabama an unusually wide range of low-key escapes for a single weekend. The eight towns below trade traffic and crowds for lakeside…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (259+ words) Brevard also goes by Land of Waterfalls, with more than 250 in the county. One of them, Sliding Rock, is a smooth granite ledge in Pisgah National Forest that doubles as a natural water slide. Swimmers ride it 60 feet down into…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1054+ words) WorldAtlas When most people imagine South Carolina, they think of its southern hospitality, sunny beaches, and delicious southern cooking. However, the state also has its fair share of surprises. It claims the world's smallest police station, hosts festivals dedicated to…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1526+ words) WorldAtlas Halloween was practically invented on the streets of Anoka, where the country's first citywide celebration still draws costumed crowds down Main Street every October. That is the kind of story Minnesota's downtown strips carry block by block. New Ulm…...