If you're looking for a destination to embrace winter for a family getaway, couple's escape or girlfriends' retreat, the Adirondacks region of Lake Placid will not disappoint. Scenic mountain views, Olympic heritage spirit running through, award-winning lodging & dining options and opportunities to immerse in the wintry outdoors galore, Lake Pl...

Nantucket Chamber will stage its 46th Annual Daffodil Weekend. More than three million daffodils across the island should be in full bloom at this time, further brightening the Weekend! Events during the weekend will include an Antique Car Parade and Tailgate Picnic, Children's Beach Bike Parade, Daffodil Festival Hat Parade and Daffy Dog Parade. T...

Add a memorable stay at "Kellerman's Mountain House" in Pembroke, Virginia to your family travel bucket list!  You'll have the time of your life! Stay at The Real Life "Dirty Dancing Resort" – Mountain Lake Lodge ("Kellerman's Mountain House") (*Originally published in 2017; updated for 2022) My love of the "Dirty Dancing" movie has been ...

The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) has reopened the Whaling Museum, with free admission. The museum's interpretive programming includes : The NHA's mission is to preserve and interpret the history of Nantucket. The Essex Gam, which retells the tragedy of the whaleship Essex, stove by a whale in 1820 in the Pacific Ocean, and The Hunt, explo...

​From boom to rust...at the head of the old Texas Trail ​Pine Bluffs, Wyoming - The town the Interstate left behind.  Straddling the Nebraska/Wyoming state line, Pine Bluffs was a boomtown in the 1880's. With vast herds of cattle moving up from Texas, Pine Bluffs became the largest cattle shipping point on the Union Pacific railroad-...

Named one of the best horror tales, Stephen King's 'The Shining' celebrates its 45th anniversary this year. While living in nearby Boulder, the hotel was recommended to King and his wife but, on arrival, they found they were the only guests staying that night. This created an eerie feel which served as inspiration for the Overlook Hotel. Located in...