11+ hour, 44+ min ago   (778+ words) Humboldt Redwoods State Park covers a sizable 53,000 acres in Northern California, making it the state's third-largest state park. Its size, ancient forests, extensive trail network, and towering trees give it the same sense of wilderness associated with a number of…...

13+ hour, 14+ min ago   (333+ words) Visitors should save time for the Royal Gorge Route Railroad. The train runs beside the Arkansas River through the Royal Gorge, turning the canyon into a seated sightseeing trip. A slower afternoon can go to the Museum of Colorado Prisons,…...

13+ hour, 44+ min ago   (1134+ words) WorldAtlas Oregon has plenty of memorable, off-the-beaten-path towns for you to explore. Silverton has the Trail of Ten Falls, Cottage Grove boasts historic covered bridges, and Jacksonville's downtown storefronts are still standing from the 1850s gold rush. On the coast, Yachats…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (577+ words) Held each September for more than a century, the first Candy Dance took place in 1919 when Lillian Virgin Finnegan, daughter of a local judge, proposed a dance to raise money for the town's first streetlights. To guarantee a good turnout,…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1484+ words) WorldAtlas Out in Ohio's farm country and river valleys, the small towns still carry the stamp of whoever showed up first: Quakers, Amish farmers, Swiss cheesemakers, German Separatists who pooled everything they owned in 1817, Revolutionary War veterans handed a chunk…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (559+ words) WorldAtlas California’s Sierra Nevada foothills provide ideal habitat for western blacklegged ticks (Ixodes pacificus), the region’s primary carrier of Lyme disease and anaplasmosis. Nymphs are most active in spring and early summer, while adults are more active from fall through…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1660+ words) worldatlas.com Tennessee is a popular destination, famous for its rich music heritage and attractions such as the Great Smoky Mountains. It is also where to find tourist hotspots like Gatlinburg and Memphis. But besides its well-known destinations and attractions,…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (943+ words) WorldAtlas Small-town Nevada is big on character and steeped in history. The Virginia & Truckee Railroad still descends the canyon between Virginia City and Gold Hill, passing an original rail tunnel and the Chollar Mine along the way. In Boulder City,…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (863+ words) Paris does not take its name too seriously. The town has its own 60-foot Eiffel Tower in Memorial Park, and locals gather every spring for the World's Biggest Fish Fry, a long-running Henry County tradition involving catfish, parades, rodeo events,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1146+ words) WorldAtlas Interstate exit signs rarely tell the whole story. Between the neon promise of Vegas and the skyline swagger of Chicago lives an American "skip zone," those FM dead spots where the signal fades, the asphalt cools, and entire communities…...