Visit one of the nation’s most celebrated Maritime Museums, where you tour and even sail on historic ships that span the nautical heritage of the U.S.
The Indianapolis Zoo is a modest institution compared to the many mega-zoos we’ve featured in the past, but with that modesty comes an effortless charm that us folks at USA Travel Guide always appreciate. If nothing else, it’s proof that you don’t have to be a car nut to get your kicks in Indiana.
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When you visit Gadsby’s Tavern in Alexandria, Virginia, you join the likes of George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Well, sort of…
It’s a children’s museum that a parent can love, it’s a nationally accredited zoo, it’s a top downtown Dayton, Ohio attraction, and it has a name you can set your watch by: the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery brings a whole lot of “yes” to the Midwest. Let’s check it out together.
The history of the Boonshoft [...]
Maybe it’s the romantic idealist in me, but I always like to imagine Mark Twain lounging on a rickety steamboat somewhere along the Mississippi. Peppery white hair frizzing every which way. Pipe hung low from his lips. Scrawling out the last few lines of Huck Finn.
Truth is, Twain was a thousand miles away from the [...]
If you’re anything like me, you didn’t much care about the La Brea Tar Pits until Arnold Schwarzenegger took a face plant into them in Last Action Hero. Turns out there’s, like, a whole museum and stuff. Do something different the next time you cruise L.A.’s Miracle Mile and visit the Page Museum and La [...]
Not even back on the grind a month and already some school districts have recess in their eyes. Here in Texas we don’t have that. You’ve got your winter break, your spring break and that’s it! This whole “February Recess” that some states do is downright scandalous.
Massachusetts has a February Recess coming up, and families [...]
With highs in the 20’s and nearby Dollywood closed for the season, you might think Pigeon Forge, Tennessee is no place to be. On the contrary, there’s still plenty going on in this cozy resort destination at the foot of the Great Smoky Mountains. One of our favorite area attractions is inside and open year-round. [...]
We’ve featured a few car museums and shows in the past – from Florida to Michigan to the warm coast of California – but you wrangle up some experts and chances are they’ll agree that America’s Packard Museum in Dayton, Ohio is one of the best. Car Collector magazine even said so, naming it one [...]
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The Getty Museum in Los Angeles
A USA Travel Guide double-feature. We write-up both the Getty Center and the Getty Villa and provide hotel recommendations for both.