What It Was Like Inside This Year’s Newport Folk Festival
Around 5 p.m. on my first day at Newport Folk Festival, I received a text from a music manager who was also there: Rumor has it James Taylor is showing up. And soon. By 5:30, ...
13 Best Food and Drink Fests Coming in Oct, Nov
It's still August, but fall will be here before you know it, and so will these stand-out festivals. National Fried Chicken FestivalSeptember 30-October 1, New OrleansA two-day fete for fried chicken lovers, fried dough lovers ...
8 Places to Visit This October
If you haven't already, here's your nudge to plan that October weekend away. Some of these picks have to do with unique experiences in the fall — yes, there's mention of foliage below — but ...
As Good as Wilderness Gets in the East
“Almost heaven, West Virginia,” opens the classic, often-misquoted John Denver song “Take Me Home, Country Roads.” West Virginia may be heaven to Denver, but, if you ask the average American about the state, they may ...
50 Things to Do in 50 States
Every American state has a defining feature, something that makes it stand out from the other 49 and gives it a certain allure. Sometimes it’s cliche and overdone, yes, but there’s a reason people always ...
Coolest New Hotels That Opened In Spring 2023
We’re into the heart of vacation season in America, where sunny weather and summer temperatures have us all wondering where we can go and explore. Over the past few months, lots of new hotels opened ...
Solo Travel Statistics: California, Florida, Colorado Top Destinations in Solo Travel Survey Results
“I wanted to attend the yearly shiatsu convention and couldn’t find a travel partner." That's a comment left by a Fifty Grande reader in our first-ever solo travel survey and, believe it or not, a variation ...
An Oral History of The Orange Peel, Asheville’s Marquee Music Hub
This story is part of our first-ever music special, which includes the results of our music survey, the resulting top music cities ranking and an in-depth look at the most travel-worthy music cities across the ...
Best National Parks to Visit in the Spring
The gnarled branches of bare trees will soon flourish with bright green leaves. Daffodils, tulips, sweet peas and daisies will start to line my favorite streets, and the sun will occasionally rear its ugly but ...
A Very Merry Visitor’s Holiday Guide to New York City
If you’ve seen any of the classic holiday movies, from “Miracle on 34th Street” to “Home Alone 2” to “Elf,” you know there is no place to spend the holidays like New York City. It ...