Beyond the resort towns of the Rockies, there are options for locals that promise affordability without sacrificing access to outdoor recreation. Across Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah, smaller towns offer steady year-round employment, local health care,...
The best way to take the pulse of South Carolina is to park the car and walk a main street. Across the Palmetto State, small downtowns hum with front-porch conversation, antique-shop finds, ice cream counters, and opera houses that have been putting on a show for a...
New Mexico has traditionally been a preferred retirement destination, with its warm climate and smaller communities where open-air activities are close at hand. Be it desert towns or mountain communities, these locales strike the right balance between senior-friendly...
Camden was laying out streets before the Revolution, making it South Carolina's oldest inland town, while three hours east, the tide runs through the marsh at Port Royal on the moon's schedule. In between sit small towns shaped by water and by the foothills climbing...
Few entertainers — save for, perhaps, Loretta Lynn — have stayed as closely connected to their roots as Dolly Parton did. The late country music icon was born and raised in East Tennessee's Sevier County, and even after achieving global stardom, she consistently gave...
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 peaches...
The strongest downtowns are recognizable before anyone reads the town name. Galena has blocks of 19th-century brick storefronts below steep hills. Jim Thorpe's commercial district sits in a narrow valley crowded with Victorian architecture. In Lake Placid, Main Street...
Colorado is well known for the glitz of Aspen, the picturesque views of Telluride and the champagne powder snow of Steamboat, but popular resort destinations in the Centennial State can bring big crowds and big price tags. Luckily, Colorado is packed with lesser-known...
Wyoming has a way of shrinking your worries down to the size of a trailhead. The towns that do it best are the small ones. A weekend there might mean soaking in a mineral spring or catching a bluegrass jam. Cody keeps its Wild West history alive on the street every...
These national parks in the U.S. offer thoughtful tools and adaptations for visitors with a wide variety of disabilities. As natural treasures on public land, national parks should theoretically be available to everyone. But people with disabilities—whether those that...