WHY GO: You’ve seen Boston. Now, delve in! This getaway exposes you to the Boston art scene: Good, Bad and Yours. Poke around one of the Granddaddy’s of the Art Museum world. Find avant-garde art in a waterfront box of glass. Talk to artists and gallery owners in Boston’s Art …
WHY GO: Hunt for fossilized shark teeth in Calvert County MD. Participate in an ongoing archeological dig, and watch watermen ply rivers, creeks, and the Chesapeake Bay for oysters and crabs. Southern Maryland on the relatively unexplored “Western Shore” of the Chesapeake, is a wonderland of unique and budget-friendly experiences. …
The Getaway Mavens take pride in finding the most obscure, insider’y, behind the scenes, Lesser Known New England Attractions. Find a very out of the way plant nursery/restaurant with a Little Red Riding Hood connection. Drive by Uncle Sam’s boyhood home. Tour a starchitect’s famous Glass House. Buy something cool …
WHY GO: You won’t find cornball or bombast in the Kennebunks Maine, which has managed to maintain a quiet presence between the more touristy Maine towns of Ogunquit and Old Orchard Beach. In the Kennebunks, you will find the Bush Family’s summer home, the freshest New England cuisine, the light, …
WHY GO: Many small American towns may boast that they bleed Red, White and Blue, but the little coastal town of Bristol RI really does. At least on its main street, where the center line isn’t white or double yellow, but striped in the colors of the American Flag. In …
WHY GO: Who can resist the “Birthplace of the Smiley Face?” Yes, graphic designer, Harvey Ball, lived and worked in the once-fading, now resurgent Worcester MA in mid-state Massachusetts. So did Esther Howland, the “Mother of the American Valentine,” who took an elaborate Victorian Valentine’s Day card and turned it …
WHY GO: Morning fog transforms the landscape into the hazy tableau of an impressionist painting in the very place considered the Birthplace of American Impressionism, Old Lyme CT. In the late 1890’s widow Florence Griswold opened her home to American artists fresh from studying in France. Thus, the country’s first …
WHY GO: This Getaway is all about Haunted Philadelphia PA. Explore the ghost tours, paranormal activity, strange historic sites, and scary attractions that encompass a Macabre Philly. When Charles Dickens visited the United States in 1842, he wished to see just two tourist sites: the venerable Niagara Falls in New …
Why Go? Some claim that Times Square represents New York: The City That Never Sleeps. But this Getaway Maven believes that the Southeast corner of Central Park – land of The Plaza Hotel, The Pierre Hotel, horse and carriages, Wollman Skating Rink and the Central Park Zoo – embodies New …
For the ultimate Connecticut Coast scenic drive along the shoreline, follow our turn-by-turn guide. It takes road-trippers to the charming towns of the Southern New England coast. Fans of country roads, seeking one of the best drives in the Eastern United States, will discover long tidal rivers, seeds of Yale …