Escape the elements at Great Wolf Lodge in Naples — the brand’s first location in Florida and its southernmost offering — with its 92,000-square-foot indoor water park, 62,000-square-foot indoor adventure park and 500-room resort.

This scenic West Virginia town, which offers plenty of outdoor activities including hiking, fishing, canoeing and kayaking, white water rafting and horseback riding, gained national fame during the Civil War and is now a national historic park.

Repairs to the worst-hit sections of the famed trail are expected to be extraordinarily expensive and require substantial expertise. Months of work lie ahead.

Although no longer the world’s biggest, the Cool Patch Pumpkins corn maze in Dixon, Calif., has caused traffic backups on Interstate 80 and prompted a frenzy of 911 calls to the Solano County Sheriff’s Department from people who find themselves lost in the labyrinth. The maze has a different theme each year. This year: The words “A House Divided Shall Not Stand” are carved into the corn, along with “God Bless America.”

The 5-acre, 40-plus-year-old Japanese garden is one of Fresno’s most notable attractions and was built partly in dedication to Kochi, its sister city in Japan. It recognizes “the significant role of early Japanese immigrants and citizens in the founding and development of our community,” as written in a brief history on the garden’s website.

Though Python Huntress Amy Siewe says ‘No experience is necessary to come on a hunt,’ snake hunting is not for the faint of heart or anyone who thinks a Florida vacation should involve lounge chairs and piña coladas.

Cruise, paddle, bike, hike or climb your way into the kaleidoscope of fall.

The People’s House, created by the White House Historical Association, gives the public a free, interactive way to explore 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

Don’t breeze through southern Idaho without stopping to visit the quirky Museum of Clean in Pocatello, the resort town of Lava Hot Springs and the Experimental Breeder Reactor-I Atomic Museum near Arco, the world’s first city powered by nuclear energy.

Destinations don’t always live up to their hype, but the motto of this bucolic community nestled in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York (“Easy to reach ... always exceptional”) could be considered, in racing terms, right on the money.