Florida

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Amazing Cities:
Miami, Orlando

Attractions

Discovery Cove - Orlando
Gatorland - Orlando
Giant Head Statue - Miami
Plaza of the Americas (Gainesville, Florida) - Gainesville
Spaceship House - Penscaloa Beach
Wynwood Walls - Miami

Battlefields & Military

Fort Matanzas National Monument - St. Augustine
Fort Pickens - Pensacola Beach

Beaches

Main Beach Park - Fernandina Beach
Nature Conservancy Blowing Rocks - Hobe Sound
South Pointe Park - Miami Beach

Bridges

Bridge of Lions

City Parks

Bayfront Park - Miami
Brickell Key Park - Miami
Dickson Azalea Park - Orlando
Don Dudley Park - Orlando
Kanapaha Botanical Gardens - Gainesville

Historic Places

Castillo de San Marcos - St. Augustine
Fort Matanzas National Monument - St. Augustine
Fort Pickens - Pensacola Beach
Nombre de Dios (mission) - St. Augustine

Lighthouses

St. Augustine Lighthouse - St. Augustine

Museums

Ripley's Believe It or Not! - Orlando
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens - Miami

National Monuments

Fort Matanzas National Monument - St. Augustine

National Parks

Parks & Forests

Bayfront Park - Miami
Biscayne National Park
Brickell Key Park - Miami
Caladesi Island State Park - Dunedin
Dickson Azalea Park - Orlando
Don Dudley Park - Orlando
Dry Tortugas National Park - Key West
Everglades National Park - Homestead
Kanapaha Botanical Gardens - Gainesville
Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park - Micanopy

Roadside

Spaceship House - Penscaloa Beach

Rock Formations

Nature Conservancy Blowing Rocks - Hobe Sound

Scenic Areas

Nature Conservancy Blowing Rocks - Hobe Sound

State Parks

Caladesi Island State Park - Dunedin
Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park - Micanopy

Tourist

Discovery Cove - Orlando
Gatorland - Orlando
Giant Head Statue - Miami
Plaza of the Americas (Gainesville, Florida) - Gainesville
Wynwood Walls - Miami

Badwater Basin

Visit the National Parks Virtually Through Amazon Prime
If you already pay for Amazon Prime, you may not realize that you have access to some awesome National Parks content on their streaming service.

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Governor DeSantis Asking Travelers to Return to Florida Tourism
Airline travel has been devastated by the Covid-19 outbreak, but as numbers start to slowly drop, aviation leaders and governors alike are encouraging tourists to reconsider flying for their next vacation.

Las Vegas

Las Vegas Always Delivers at Night
Las Vegas is amazing 24 hours a day, but it's a little more special at night.

Waterfalls along the trail at Catwaba Falls

Asheville Outdoors: Exploring Catawba Falls and Chimney Rock State Park
I spent a recent weekend in the area in search of hiking spots and photo opportunities in the Asheville, North Carolina area, and hit the jackpot with two obvious choices: Catawba Falls and Chimney Rock State Park.

Path along the alpine meadows of the Pacific Crest Trail

How To Prepare to Hike the Pacific Crest Trail
Who’s up for a 2,650-mile trek across the United States? Whether you choose to thru-hike or section hike, you’ll be blown away by the scenery from the deserts of southern California to the rugged vistas of northern Washington.

Kentucky Horses

Kentucky: The Most Underrated Road Trip State?
Whether you like hiking, horse racing, bourbon—or all of the above—Kentucky has so much to offer.

San Francisco

Leave your heart, not your laptop, in San Francisco
There's no shortage of amazing tourist destinations in San Francisco, and unfortunately, there's an overabundance of crime at these locations now.

Rocks off the coast of Indian Beach at Ecola State Park in Clatsop County, Oregon on October 4, 2020. Photo by Peter Stringer

Wandering the Pacific Northwest for a Weekend Roadtrip
On a recent long weekend, I wandered the PNW with a fantastic drive around the region highlighted by stops at Mt. Rainier, the Columbia River Gorge, Mt. Hood, before a fantastic day on the breathtaking Oregon Coast.

A close up look at snow on the canyon walls at Yellowstone National Park

Snow Squalls and Close Calls: Off-Peak Season in Yellowstone National Park
Despite a substantial amount of experience visiting National Parks, I nearly found myself stranded overnight in Yellowstone National Park last Monday.

Diamond Head

Underrated Hawaii Road Trips: Big Island and Maui
If embarking on an epic road trip adventure is on your list of things to do, Hawai‘i is not usually the first place to come to mind, a place famously known for having ‘interstate highways’ that never leave the state.

The view from Sharp Top Mountain / Photo by Isaac Wendland on Unsplash

A Driving Loop Through the Heart of Virginia
This epic route through the middle of the state includes Founding Fathers, stunning mountain ranges, natural and man-made bridges, and so much more.

Portland Head Light

Roaming Coastal Maine: Lobster, Lighthouses and Acadia National Park
Shoulder season National Park visits can be a fruitful travel hack, if you don’t mind a little risk. I gambled on a mid-March weekend to make my first trip to Acadia National Park, following up on last spring’s Maine lighthouse tour.