I like to recommend attractions that are most certainly not just down the road. Make you work for it a little.
The Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center is not reason enough to travel to Alaska, but if your adventures do one day take you to Anchorage (and I hope that they do), this stunning, modern, inventive [...]
Sometimes I get the impression that an otherwise perfectly good science museum just threw in a couple interactive elements so they could justify an extra five to ten on the ticket price. Not so the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, California. If you’re traveling the West Coast with kids this summer, drive down to [...]
Welcome to the Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica, California’s only public beach club. No membership required, no monthly or yearly fee, no snooty better-than-thou attitude. Just a charming place for anyone to come, make friends, have a splash and forget the cares of the daily grind.
If there’s one place they need a world-class water park, it’s Phoenix, Arizona. So can you believe it took until July 1, 2009 for them to get one? Get your towels ready, because the wait is over: Wet ‘n’ Wild Phoenix is open for business.
The largest water park in Arizona, and clean as it will [...]
We’re headed back to the east coast and Hampton, Virginia this September for Hampton Bay Days. This lively waterfront festival is celebrating its 27th year of good music, delicious seafood, awesome kids’ programming, education, fireworks and whatever else they can pack in. And as always, they’re doing it for free.
The Big Bear Cowboy Gathering has got nothing if not pride in what they do. At this festival-like-thing, they don’t hold anything back. Like a beatnik café hosted by John Wayne, this is a place to hear authentic cowboy music, poetry and fireside stories for people who believe in the culture and live it for real.
As my wife would say, it’s time to chillax. Dig out your tie die, throw a couple braids in your hair and prepare for a music festival that’s all about community spirit and old-school charm: Gathering of the Vibes in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Gathering of the Vibes comes from a very specific place, but the appeal of [...]
I don’t know if there’s a place in this country USA Travel Guide has raved about more than San Diego. Incredible attractions, variety to spare, good deals everywhere you turn and, of course, sublime weather – there’s just a lot to brag about. Yet, we have gone all this time without so much as mentioning [...]
The Chicago Air & Water Show is the oldest and largest show of its kind in the nation, and at well over 2 million live attendees, it is one of the largest spectator events in the world. Aerial acrobatics, death defying parachute maneuvers, water ski tricks that even the Fonze wouldn’t risk – the show is a tribute to spectacle.
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Flashlight Tours at Desert Botanical Garden – Phoenix, Arizona
Seems like every time we head to Phoenix we talk about something to do at night. I assure you, this is no coincidence. This is cold, calculated strategy, and “cold” has everything to do with it.