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From FIG and Husk to Gullah Geechee soul food, whole-hog barbecue, oyster roasts and rooftop bars, here are the best places to eat and drink in Charleston, South Carolina, plus what to order and how to plan it.
From Charleston’s historic streets and Myrtle Beach to Congaree’s old-growth forest and Upstate waterfalls, here are the 25 best things to do in South Carolina, plus free, family, couples and seasonal ideas and easy itineraries.
Fayetteville is more than Fort Bragg. Here are the best things to do in Fayetteville NC for adults, couples and kids, from free museums and river trails to downtown, ballgames, where to stay and a simple 2-day plan.
Asheville is a mountain town that never quite behaves like one. You can spend the morning touring the largest private home in America, drive twenty minutes to a mile-high overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway, and end the night at a drum circle in a downtown park while someone plays a banjo nearby. In between, … Read more
Most people come to Salem for the witches. Then they find the harbor. Yes, this is where the 1692 witch trials happened, and the town leans into that story hard, especially in October. But Salem was also one of the richest ports in early America. Sea captains built grand houses here, ships sailed to China … Read more
Boston is a city you can walk across in an afternoon and still not finish in a week. In one morning you can stand where the Boston Massacre happened, eat a cannoli in the oldest Italian neighborhood in the country, and watch sailboats drift down the Charles River. By evening you could be singing “Sweet … Read more
There’s no bridge to Smith Island. No causeway, no car ferry, no traffic lights. You get there the way islanders have for nearly 400 years: on a boat, across about twelve miles of open Chesapeake Bay. What’s waiting on the other side is one of the most unusual places on the East Coast. Smith Island, … Read more
Ellicott City is the kind of town you can walk end to end in twenty minutes and still not finish in a day. You start at the river, next to the oldest surviving railroad station in America. Then Main Street tips uphill, and you climb past granite buildings from the 1700s and 1800s. Almost every … Read more
Some state parks are built around a trail. Janes Island is built around the tide. The park sits at the far southern end of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, right next to the old crab town of Crisfield. Across a narrow canal from the campground lies Janes Island itself: almost 3,000 acres of salt marsh, twisting creeks … Read more
Goblin Valley, Moonscape Overlook, Capitol Reef, Little Wild Horse Canyon and more: the best places to visit near Hanksville, Utah, with drive times, road conditions, itineraries and where to stay.