The state bought the land from local farmers, drew up an impressive grid of streets, and started selling lots. By 1820, Cahawba was Alabama’s first permanent capital city, with lawmakers meeting in a ...

The northern part of Ocean Drive (14th-15th Streets) has upscale hotel bars with fancy cocktails. The middle section ...

You’ll get a realistic sense of what people felt when watching tests at the Nevada Test Site. When you visit the Ground Zero ...

Seligman, Arizona should have dried up when I-40 replaced Route 66. Instead, this small town saved the entire historic highway. Local barber Angel Delgadillo – now known as the Guardian Angel of Route ...

Before airports took over travel, Union Station was DC’s grand entrance. Presidents rolled in on private trains. WWII troops ...

Built in 1895, Miramont Castle spreads across 14,000 square feet and mixes nine architectural styles from English Tudor to ...

The San Juan Skyway links four mountain ranges and five historic mining towns in one 233-mile loop. Between Durango and ...

Along Georgia’s Etowah River stands a 54-acre window into a forgotten American city. The Etowah Mounds rise six stories above the river valley, marking where thousands of Native Americans built one of ...

At North Beach (locals call it Dog Beach), your dog can play freely without a leash along the shoreline. This 2-mile stretch ...

Near the Water Garden, you’ll find Johnson’s “Dejeuner Deja Vu,” which turns Manet’s controversial 1863 painting “Le Déjeuner ...

In 1926, millionaire Glenn Curtiss looked at a patch of Miami swampland and saw Scheherazade’s tales come to life. He hired ...

For the best crystal formation, go to areas with calm water near Black Rock Beach. Many visitors make necklaces or earrings ...