Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, feels like a real-life Stars Hollow, with a gas-lit Main Street, diner, theater and town events.

Charlestown, Rhode Island dug a permanent channel to the ocean in 1904 to save its oyster beds. The Breachway it created is ...

Sunrise Beach, Missouri sits on the Lake of the Ozarks, which has more shoreline than the California coastline. About 431 ...

Ocean Springs, Mississippi was founded in 1699 as Fort Maurepas, French Louisiana's first capital. About 18,429 residents ...

Walker, Minnesota sits on Leech Lake, the state's third-largest lake, near the site of the 1898 Battle of Sugar Point. About ...

Frankfort, Michigan launched the first Great Lakes railcar ferry in 1892. About 1,252 residents live year-round on Lake ...

Westport, Massachusetts was a whaling port with 18 ships by 1857 and its own namesake turnip. About 16,339 residents now live ...

Zephyr Cove, Nevada has welcomed visitors to Lake Tahoe since 1862, when a silver-rush-era inn first opened. About 679 ...

Ogallala, Nebraska was once called the Town Too Tough for Texas during its wild 1870s cattle-drive days. About 4,878 ...

Polson, Montana sits on Flathead Lake, the largest natural freshwater lake in the western U.S. About 5,148 residents live ...

Frank and Lola’s in Bartlesville, OK is where locals go for green chili when the weather turns cold. Here’s what to order.

Looking for fall foliage in Florida without the biggest crowds? Try these five local swaps for festivals, springs, and color.