Alabama
When game time hits in Tuscaloosa, all migrate to Bryant–Denny, a 102,000 capacity football stadium that looks out onto the rolling hills and is always…
Must-see attractions in Eastern USA
Matewan Replica Depot Museum & Visitor Center
West Virginia
Inside a replica of the town's original depot, exhibits here cover the Mine Wars, the Matewan Massacre and the Hatfield & McCoy feud. The Paw Paw Massacre…
Chicago
Alexander Calder’s soaring red-pink sculpture provides some much-needed relief from the stark facades of the federal buildings around it. Calder dedicated…
Cape Cod
This 2000-acre oasis has eight freshwater ponds with sandy beaches ideal for swimming and boating, as well as miles of cycling and walking trails. Bring…
Providence
This well-designed, hands-on museum genuinely delights its intended guests, who can enter a giant kaleidoscope, do experiments with water fountains,…
New Haven
Bradley Point is the best family-friendly sandy beach within striking distance of New Haven. Bicycle trails and a 3.5-mile-long walkway link Bradley with…
Virginia
The world's largest navy base, and one of the busiest airfields in the country. Hampton-based company Tidewater Touring works with the base to offer 45…
Chicago
Prolific Pilsen muralist Hector Duarte covered his home/studio with this enormous painting. It shows a giant, outstretched Mexican immigrant as Gulliver…
Midcoast Maine
Tiny Rockport's harbor is justifiably famous across the region as one of the most beautiful in New England. The all-encompassing park space area includes…
Chicago
Staring out from the Field Museum's lawn, Olmec Head No 8 is a replica of one of many sculptures the Olmec people carved in Veracruz, Mexico, c 1300 BC…
Chicago
Hyde Park Art Center shows contemporary works by Chicagoans – many of them students (current or graduated) of the center's classes. There's usually a…
Pennsylvania
This small museum is packed with ethnographic artifacts from around the world (mainly Africa, the Middle East and the Americas), and is open to self…
Arkansas
Miles of icy-blue water mark this 34,300-acre reservoir, which is surrounded by boat-launch ramps and flat-out pretty views. There's a big visitor center…
Charleston
This three-story Federal-style house from 1803 was once the showpiece of a French Huguenot rice planter. There's a tiny neoclassical gate temple in the…
Minnesota
Tour the palatial stone mansion of railroad magnate James J Hill. It's a Gilded Age beauty, with five floors and 22 fireplaces. On Monday and Tuesday…
Midcoast Maine
This house museum exhibits artifacts from the late owner, who led one of the USA's great, eventful lives – first a college professor, then Civil War hero,…
St Petersburg Museum of History
St Petersburg
As city history museums go, St Pete's is intriguingly oddball: a real 3000-year-old mummy, a two-headed calf and a life-size replica of a Benoist plane,…
Vintage Radio & Communications Museum
Connecticut
A Brief History of Electronic Communications is promised, and delivered, at this clever 'museum' in Windsor, where you can tune vintage radios from the…
New Jersey
Visit one of New Jersey's first cranberry bogs, and the place where the highbush blueberry was cultivated. Nature trails wind through the property.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
This 1901 schoolhouse is the one of only three valley schoolhouses still standing. Inside you'll find rows of old desks and a blackboard. School was…
New Hampshire
This 200-acre sanctuary is home to the Loon Nest Trail, a haven for birds. The 1.7-mile partial loop path winds through the forest and past a marsh to the…
South End & Chinatown
The city’s oldest cooperative, this South End gallery hosts solo shows by its members, as well as occasional visitors, with an emphasis on New England…
Long Island
One of the newer kids on the North Fork wine block, yet already producing award-winning vintages. You'll be as wowed by the scenery – it's the only local…
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Built in the early 1820s, this rustic log cabin is the oldest in Cades Cove. Check out the stone chimney, made with mud mortar. The home was built by one…
Tapping Reeve House & Litchfield Law School
Connecticut
In 1775 Tapping Reeve established the English-speaking world's first law school at his home. When attendance overwhelmed his own house, he built the…
Key West
Displaying work by more than three dozen artists, this is one of Key West's best art galleries. The collection focuses on artists in Southern Florida or…
Outer Banks
Built in 1872, this photogenic lighthouse opened its doors to visitors in 2013. The 170ft-high structure still has its original Fresnel lens – a rarity…
New Hampshire
Many lakeshore lodgings have water access, but if your place does not, head for Ellacoya State Park, which has a 600ft-wide beach with lovely views across…
Illinois
The garden is home to 255 bird species and has year-round hiking trails, as well as hosting weekend cooking demonstrations by well-known chefs from May 25…
Ohio
The deep scars in the limestone here – which a glacier rubbed in some 18,000 years ago – are the largest and most easily accessible grooves in the world…
Walt Disney World
The newer of Disney's two water parks, themed as a melted Swiss ski resort complete with a ski lift, Blizzard Beach is the 1980s Vegas Strip hotel to…
Miami
Extending down to the edge of the waterfront, Peacock Park serves as the great open backyard of Coconut Grove. Young families stop by the playground and…
Baltimore
This awesome center features a three-story atrium and tons of interactive exhibits on dinosaurs, outer space and the human body. It also spotlights the…
Burlington
Under the auspices of Burlington City Arts, the BCA Center is an exciting locus for art exhibits, classes and discussions. Ongoing open studios involve…
Philadelphia
On the west side of City Hall this compact public area includes the Rothman Ice Rink in winter, which is replaced by a fountain with dancing water spouts…
National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture
Chicago
The museum fills the old horse stables in Humboldt Park. It's worth a stroll inside to see what free art and cultural exhibits are showing. These might…
Ohio
Highlights in this open-air heritage park include the Wright Brothers National Museum, where you'll see the 1905 Wright Flyer III biplane and a replica of…
Alabama
Beloved by Auburn University students and Auburn residents, the Davis arboretum houses some 150 species of trees that reflect the plant diversity of…
Michigan
The city's beyond-the-norm art museum fills a sun-drenched building with 19th- and 20th-century works. European and American masters such as Henri de…
Michigan
The 'Arb' is a 123-acre oasis of greenery prime for walking, jogging and Frisbee throwing; it's part of the University of Michigan and located at the edge…
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