There’s a turquoise and pink building in Carolina Beach that looks like a birthday cake had a baby with a beach house, and inside, people are willingly waiting in line for pancakes the size of dinner ...

DeSoto State Park in Fort Payne, Alabama is exactly that kind of revelation, sitting pretty atop Lookout Mountain like nature’s best-kept secret. When fall decides to show off at DeSoto Falls, even ...

An abandoned amusement park in West Virginia, described by the Mercer County Convention and Visitors Bureau as "one of the world's most haunted places," sits on land shaped by violence, tragedy and ...

Some lakes were pretty. This one was unforgettable. I had seen my fair share of lakes, but nothing quite prepared me for the moment I first laid eyes on this sparkling Michigan beauty. The water ...

March in Illinois refuses to settle down. Sunshine one hour, a cold lake wind the next. That restless weather keeps most travelers away, which makes the timing perfect. The shoreline feels wide open, ...