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The Best Small Towns in America

While big cities may get mentioned more often in travel guides and on Instagram feeds, small towns offer distinctive opportunities to interact with history, navigate lesser-known pathways, and even post pictures to social media that everyone hasn’t already seen. Here are 12 small towns (most with a population under 10,000) that are worth turning off…

The Best Small Towns in California

Many Californians love to boast about how they’re located just a short drive from the beach and the mountains. But if you travel to Los Angeles, San Francisco, or one the state’s other major cities with expectations of experiencing nature, you’ll likely spend hours sitting in traffic rather than lying on sand or scaling peaks.…

8 Hidden Towns in California That Should Be on Your Radar

A lot of travelers will have already experienced the pleasures of California’s big four destinations — Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento and San Diego — but the state is so varied and diverse that there is plenty of adventure to be found in breaking out to the smaller towns that dot the Golden State. From…