travel beyond the obvious
Travel guides, information, photographs, and stories to help you explore the USA. Start your American travel adventure at https://explorationvacation.net/exploring-usa/
Hill Annex Mine State Park preserves northern Minnesota iron mining history. Park tours show visitors part of a former open pit iron ore mine, complete with vintage buildings and equipment. But go see it now. Read More …
For gardens that show off a wide variety of plants, the best gardens in Minneapolis are hidden in a quiet neighborhood just north of Lake Harriet in Lyndale Park. While the lake draws many visitors, Read More …
Fargo, North Dakota, may seem far from the center of the art world, but the Plains Art Museum presents a wide range of contemporary artwork filled with meaning and beauty. It’s a museum deeply connected Read More …
Lake Minnetonka is well-known to boaters in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Metropolitan Area. But fewer people are aware of the spectacular garden that hides just beyond the shore. With 16 acres of formal plantings and manicured Read More …
Think Memphis, Tennessee, is just Graceland? Then you’ll be pleasantly surprised by the wide variety of great things to do in Memphis!
The Memphis Blues Hall of Fame celebrates, preserves, and supports blues music. In the Hall of Fame’s Blues Museum, visitors are introduced to some of the most significant people and moments in blues history.
Are you flying out of the Phoenix Sky Harbor airport on Delta airlines? If so, you’re in for a treat because you will be using the new Terminal 3 concourses. This recently-opened terminal is well-designed, Read More …
January is your last chance to see Yua: Henri Matisse and the Inner Arctic Spirit, a stunning exhibit of historic Alaskan Yup’ik masks and Matisse drawings influenced by them, at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Read More …
Celebrating Christmas in Arizona? Each year the Chandler tumbleweed Christmas tree adds a bit of desert style to holiday celebrations in the Phoenix area.
The Dennos Museum in Traverse City Michigan is hosting Homage: Inspired by Outstanding Canadian Women featuring art necklaces by Canadian jeweler Donald Stuart. Homage: Inspired by Outstanding Canadian Women Most Americans probably struggle to name Read More …