WHY GO: Historic Boston will be forever linked to America’s revolutionary stirrings. Tea Party, anyone? The Old State House celebrated its 300th anniversary in 2013. The Paul Revere House, built in 1680, is even older than that. Even if you snoozed through history class in High School, there are plenty …
WHY GO: Even Bostonians don’t know about some of these little spots, lanes, speakeasies, and trivia. You’ve done the Freedom Trail and other big tourist attractions, now come explore hidden Boston. 1) TOUR: Fenway Park I know what you’re thinking. Fenway Park is the opposite of hidden. It is perhaps …
WHY GO: Newport RI has a flair for the dramatic. The town is both paean to the America’s Cup Yacht Race and the conspicuous consumer lifestyle of the Gilded Age, with lots of shopping thrown in. As the “Sailing Capital of the World,” Newport hosted the America’s Cup from 1930 …
WHY GO: So, you think you’ve seen all there is to see in Plymouth MA. You’ve taken photos of “The Rock” and most likely have engaged with some of the original Pilgrims at Plimoth Plantation. But did you make it up to the National Monument to the Forefathers? To the …
WHY GO: Stand on the banks of Croton Point Park in Croton-On-Hudson NY and you are inside a sublime landscape painting. Witness the looming forested bluffs of the Palisades, the graduated fingers of land extending into the Hudson River, the sun’s reflection on steely waters merging into a familiar tableau. …
WHY GO: Billed as “America’s Town, America’s Story,” Historic Deerfield MA in Western Massachusetts is a treasure trove of early American history. If you are into stories of harrowing French-Indian attacks, the Revolutionary War, small (actually, miniscule) town life on the fringes of civilization, architecture, American History, fashion through the …
This year, I was invited on a fall foliage cruise aboard one of American Cruise Line’s newest ships, the American Constitution, from New York City up the Hudson River. Here’s how it unfolded: A Few Things About Me For the record, I’m a road-trip travel writer – happy to do …
WHY GO: Whose official motto remains “Duty, Honor, County”? Hint – it’s the same institution that upholds its unofficial motto: “Sink Navy.” That’s right. It’s our country’s preeminent military academy, West Point. And yes, you can tour this Revolutionary War stronghold and actually stay in relative luxury on base. This …
WHY GO: If the website Etsy was an actual place, it would be Hudson NY, an artsy town on the Hudson River that has managed to out-Brooklyn Brooklyn in cutesie-pie-ity. Etsy in fact, did open a brick and mortar office here in 2013, following an area resurgence that began over twenty …
WHY GO: Delaware’s Quaint Villages – Smyrna, Bowers Beach, Harrington, Dover, and Milford – are hardly, if ever, on an Instagram influencer’s GO List. And therein lie their quiet charms. Let the pretty people deal with the crowds and posturing in overblown flashy destinations. Visitors to these small Kent County …