Among them: high-altitude waffles, beastly encounters and real-life cowboys.

Tourists are willing to shell out to see the sites of mob hits, serial killer trails and missing persons cases.

The success of the concept — also in Charlotte and Cleveland — hinges on the skills of a rotating set of comedians who typically have backgrounds in improv and stand-up comedy as well as a script that can be thrown out the window when necessary, making every tour distinct.

Part Airbnb, part cat sanctuary, Purradise Springs offers animal lovers a unique stay in Fort White, Fla.

“During our travels in Europe, we would stay in these nice villas and estates in the south of France and realized these should exist in the U.S.,” says Ezra Glass, co-founder of LXIV Group, of the circa-1840 Georgetown Manse estate, which the company purchased in 2022. “We wanted to combine that feeling of being in a grand estate with all the privacy, security, space and everything else you get in those home-style comforts with the services of really nice five-star hotels. It’s very infrequent that you get both.”

A Man Full of Trouble reopened in December and serves a selection of Succession Fermentory’s —the tavern’s new operators — farmhouse beers and ferments on draft and in cask and bottle, plus a curated list of Pennsylvania wines and spirits. The old bar’s upstairs rooms have been transformed into a gallery and museum filled with relics dedicated to the neighborhood’s Revolutionary past and the story of tavern life in America.

From Breckenridge to Vail, this Minnesotan snowboarder was bolder on Colorado’s pillowy fluff than she’d ever been on hard-packed Midwest snow.

Every year, millions of people seek an escape from the real world at Disney theme parks. Some love the destinations so much they want to stick around forever.

The 46,000-square-foot cheese (and sausage, souvenir, sandwich and liquor) store in Kenosha is hard to categorize. It leaves travelers fed and watered and walking away with bags of treats they didn’t know they wanted, much like the beaver’s convenience stores that have attracted regional fanaticism. But it’s more than a roadside curiosity or corporate franchise. It’s a store that has become a symbol for all things Wisconsin.

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