After what felt like the longest Wisconsin winter ever, summer is finally here. I’m looking forward to sunshine and finding new places to explore in the Dairy State. Discovery ma ...

SPRING GETAWAYS Do you have a favorite place to usher in spring? Where do you head for spring break? Share your favorite trips to destinations that help us awaken from winter. YOUR ...

What’s the best aspect of being a Field Editor? Introducing readers to people and places they never thought of visiting or cannot get to. Do you have a favorite national or state ...

Enter the impressive wooden gate and stroll gently curving paths past tranquil koi ponds, tumbling waterfalls and lush plantings to find an unexpected moment of Zen in Rockford, Il ...

SOUND AND GONG BATHS One Thursday a month from May through October, “bathe” in the sound and vibrations of singing bowls, drums, gongs and more as you rest, meditate and achiev ...

IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS just outside North Conway, New Hampshire, my friend Deborah and I stumbled upon Diana’s Baths. An easy trail led to three levels. The two lower levels were ...

KINGWOOD, WV COOPERS ROCK HAS SOME OF THE BEST CLIMBING IN THE U.S. Coopers Rock State Forest gets its name from an old folk legend about a fugitive who hid from the law in the rug ...

CAMP Sleep in comfort under the stars. Coopers Rock has a few Tentrr sites deep in the forest. You can rest up on a memory foam mattress in a canvas tent on a wooden platform, gril ...

RELIVE THE LIFE OF AMERICA’S EARLY SETTLERS. JACKSON, WYOMING Relive the Old American West as you ride in an updated covered wagon or on horseback right into the pristine backcou ...

EVERY SUMMER TOURISTS come from all over to explore the Painted Hills of central Oregon. While many online reviews suggest staying in big cities like Bend or Redmond, my father, si ...