Michael Vecchio

Hot summer weather is typically much sought after, especially for those who live in cold northern climates. This article looks at the 11 Cool US Towns for Escaping the Summer Heat.

Heat waves are becoming an unfortunately common occurrence. This article looks at the 11 Worst Heat Waves in History.

Pennsylvania entered the Union in 1787 as one of the original 13 states. The eleven Pennsylvania towns below cover the full range of the state's small-town identity.

Connecticut does not make visitors choose between coast, river country and colonial town greens for long.

The covered bridges of Vermont still carry traffic across rivers they have spanned since the 1800s. Eight towns scattered across the Green Mountains hold onto that older version of the state.

Every one of the ten highest mountains in the United States sits in Alaska . Not most of them, all ten.

Nevada’s off-the-grid towns pair mining history, Lake Tahoe views, mountain trails, desert parks, and quirky stops like Tonopah’s Clown Motel.

New Hampshire towns such as North Conway and Meredith are the perfect destinations for a memorable summer vacation free from crowds.

Ohio does not lack for the stuff of fairy tales once you leave the highway. A World War I veteran spent half a century building a stone castle by

A skyline looks the same from any hotel window. A copper camp built up the wall of a canyon does not, and neither do the coquina walls of a Spanish fort finished in 1695.