3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1639+ words) WorldAtlas Mirror Lake sits a block behind Lake Placid's Main Street. Scenic towns are a given in New York's Adirondacks, with the Adirondack High Peaks in full view from village sidewalks, public beaches, and the shoulder of Route 73. Wild Walk…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (901+ words) The Desert of Maine spreads across 20 acres of pale sand outside Freeport, and 2026 marks a century since the site first took visitors. The sand itself is glacial silt, dropped when the ice sheet withdrew. What uncovered it was farming. The…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (832+ words) Walk around Saranac Lake and you will notice the porches. They are too big for the houses, wrapped around corners, glassed in on one side. They were built that way on purpose, back when doctors sent tuberculosis patients up here…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1049+ words) WorldAtlas Every upstate New Yorker knows the lake clean enough that Syracuse pipes its drinking water straight from it, and Skaneateles, the village at the top of that lake, is the one you already have a story about. Maybe it…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1503+ words) WorldAtlas The ski resorts and the big names pull most of the traffic in Vermont. The towns worth slowing for are usually the ones nobody tells you about. Grafton turns out award-winning cheddar and boils its own maple syrup in…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1109+ words) WorldAtlas What makes a New York town feel idyllic is rarely the scenery alone. It is having the ocean or the mountains a short walk from downtown. You can surf at dawn in Montauk and browse a bookshop by lunch....

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (590+ words) Centered around the crystal-clear waters of Skaneateles Lake, the town offers an inviting mix of boutique shopping, waterfront dining, and peaceful scenery. An easygoing weekend can be spent strolling Genesee Street, where the John D. Barrow Art Gallery and the Skaneateles…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (814+ words) WorldAtlas Salt marsh, Revolutionary War massacre sites, and the oldest seaside resort in the country sit along a single stretch of southern New Jersey road. The Bayshore Heritage Byway runs about 122 miles along the main route, or closer to 142 with…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (1134+ words) WorldAtlas New Hampshire is home to some of the most magnificent mountains, forests, and lakes in the entire United States. Much like its New England neighbors, the state's small towns hold the key to its true beauty. These towns are…...