Would you bet that one trip to the post office covers your mail until you’re back in Kansas? The U.S. Postal Service’s hold-mail rule caps out at 30 days, and many Kansas snowbirds are gone a lot longer than that. These are the things Kansas snowbirds should do before leaving their house empty for the…
The best time to visit South Carolina isn’t the one many people book. Once the summer coastal crowds thin out, a quieter, older South Carolina is easier to see, one small town at a time. These are the South Carolina towns worth the drive once the beach crowds leave. Aiken The town of Aiken holds…
Think Marineland disappeared along with the drive-in theater and the orange grove billboard? It nearly did. A federal bankruptcy judge spent months in 2025 deciding whether a Texas developer would take over the property, and Floridians who hadn’t visited in years assumed the worst. These are the Florida roadside attractions Floridians assume closed years ago….
A driver on Highway 82 between Glenwood Springs and Carbondale glances at a row of stone humps in the hillside and takes them for an old rock pile. They’re not rocks. They’re ghost towns. These are the Colorado ghost towns Coloradans drive past without looking. Gilman Thousands of commuters curve past Gilman every week on…
A Friday night at home can disappear into laundry, dishes, and wondering what to watch. Spend that same night somewhere else, and the weekend suddenly feels longer. You don’t need a packed itinerary to make the trip count. These are the Virginia getaways worth packing for just one night. 1. Luray Luray sits inside the…
Delcambre’s five-day Shrimp Festival ran Aug. 12-16, 2026, right along the bayou canal that gives this Louisiana shrimping town its name. Then shrimpers went back to work. That same shift happens across Louisiana’s bayou country every year around Labor Day, in towns many road trips never reach. These are the Louisiana bayou towns that change…
Twenty Maine lighthouse towers were open to climb on September 12, for the American Lighthouse Foundation’s Open Lighthouse Day. The rest of the state’s towers stayed locked. For a few of them the locked door is permanent, and the closest you’ll ever get is a spot on the shore. These are the Maine lighthouses you…
Ichetucknee Springs State Park packs in so many summer tubers that Florida’s park service closes the gate to everyone once the crowd maxes out, reservation or not. Not every Florida state park fills up like that. These are the Florida state parks Floridians guard from tourists. 1. Cayo Costa State Park Cayo Costa State Park…
West Virginia’s tourism office says the state’s leaf season starts in the high mountains by late September and doesn’t finish reaching the southern lowlands until early November. That’s more than a month of difference. Plan a scenic drive by the calendar instead of the elevation, and you could lose either way, rolling up to a…
Idaho Preferred, the state’s farm-marketing program, has more than 80 stands across Idaho. A handful stay open only a couple months each fall. These are the Idaho farm stands that only open a couple months a year. Tubbs Berry Farm Tubbs Berry Farm in Twin Falls opens its pumpkin patch and farm stand for one…
