U.S. Travel

A hanging sign in front of Antoine’s in New Orleans reads “Antoine’s Restaurant Since 1840.”

How to eat great food in New Orleans without going broke

You don’t have to splurge to feast on fine cuisine in the Crescent City.

Great Wolf Lodge in Naples’ 92,000-square-foot water park features 12 slides, multiple pools, a lazy river and water play areas, some of which can be seen above during a construction tour on Aug. 22.

Florida’s first indoor water park is now open

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.

It's a strenuous, 4 1/2-mile hike from Lower Town to the Maryland Heights Overlook, which offers a spectacular birds-eye view of Harpers Ferry.

Harpers Ferry: Where American history meets the great outdoors

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.

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Daredevil Evel Knievel tried and failed to jump the Snake River Canyon in 1974 (stuntman Eddie Braun pulled it off in 2016). There’s a monument to Knievel’s legendary attempt at the foot of the Perrine Memorial Bridge, which crosses the canyon just outside of Twin Falls. Today the bridge is a popular site for BASE jumpers to launch into the abyss 486 feet above the Snake River.

Southern part of Gem State has some real diamonds in the rough

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.

Despite its air of wealth and privilege, it would be a mistake to dismiss Saratoga as a relic of the past. The town bustles with activity.

A comfortable contrast: In Saratoga Springs, high-stakes horse racing blends with healing springs

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.

Antique signs are displayed for sale during the U.S. 127 Yard Sale on Aug. 1 in Collinsville, Ala.

Driving every mile of the world’s largest yard sale

Dating back nearly four decades, the Route 127 Yard Sale snakes through Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio and Michigan.

Old World Wisconsin’s Four Mile House was built in 1853 as a stagecoach stop and tavern. Old World Wisconsin is casually known as the Williamsburg of Wisconsin. More than 60 structures there depict 19th century rural life in the nation’s heartland and costumed interpreters invite visitors to shake hands with history.

Wisconsin is serious about its history, playful for its visitors

Go back in time in the Badger State by visiting Wisconsin’s version of Colonial Williamsburg: Old World Wisconsin, which depicts 19th century rural life in the nation’s heartland; learning about the various cultures (Ojibwe, French, English and American) that have called Madeline Island home at its museum; and eating at the Duck Inn Supper Club in Delavan, which was built in 1920 during Prohibition and still has its trap door.

A mid-19th century drug store and doctor's office re-created at The Mystic Seaport Museum, a 19-acre, historic seaport property in Mystic, Conn.

Dive into Mystic Seaport for a glimpse into America’s maritime past

Connecticut’s Mystic Seaport Museum, with its many historic vessels and a re-created village, aims to whisk visitors away to seaside life in the mid-19th century.

The imaginations of children and adults can run wild at the 60-acre Dinosaur Place inside Nature’s Art Village north of New London, Conn.

Go dinosaur hunting at this imaginative prehistoric park in Connecticut

A 1 1/2-mile trail will take visitors past more than 60 lifelike dinosaur models at Dinosaur Place, and other activities such as a maze and water play area also await.

An open terrace at The Breakers mansion in Newport, R.I., faces the Atlantic Ocean.

Ease into imaginary affluence with a trip to The Breakers in Rhode Island

Newport, R.I., was popular with Gilded Age moguls who built seaside summer getaways there more than a century ago. And The Breakers, built by the Vanderbilt family, is the grandest of them all. With more than 70 rooms, it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1994.

The sun rises over Peanut Island, an 80-acre piece of land in the Intracoastal Waterway near Riviera Beach, Fla., on March 25.

This nutty Florida island has snorkeling, pristine beaches and overnight options

Named for the abandoned plan to ship peanut oil from the island, Peanut Island, a nearly 80-acre haven tucked just inside the Lake Worth (Palm Beach) Inlet in the Intracoastal Waterway, is only accessible by boat. Aside from boating and snorkeling, visitors can also swim, fish, camp or stroll a 1.25-mile scenic walking trail.