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    Summer Travel Destinations

    Summer travel guides covering peak-season destinations — heatwave-proof itineraries, festival calendars, and how to find quiet corners when everyone else is on the same beach.

    • Front of Sonoma Valley Museum of Art building in Sonoma, California

      Sonoma Valley

      Napa gets the headlines, but Sonoma is where winemakers actually want to drink. The tasting rooms are smaller, the pours are more generous, and nobody is rushing you out.

    • Group on a Amazing Indianapolis Scavenger Hunt Adventure

      Indianapolis

      Indianapolis gets underestimated constantly. The Motor Speedway alone justifies the trip, but the neighborhoods are what made me stay longer.

    • Lookout and cliffs of the Kalaupapa in Molokai, Hawaii

      Molokai

      Molokai has no traffic lights, no high-rises, and no resort strip. That’s the point — and exactly why it feels like Hawaii used to.

    • Between Vail & Denver a Smartphone Audio Driving Tour

      Vail

      Vail’s back bowls are the reason serious skiers reroute their entire trip — 2,700 acres that most resorts can’t touch.

    • Aerial view of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria

      Bulgaria

      Bulgaria does Thracian ruins, Orthodox monasteries, Black Sea beaches, and ski resorts — all for a fraction of what Greece or Croatia will cost you.

    • captain j's miniature golf in Wisconsin

      Wisconsin

      Wisconsin’s supper clubs, frozen custard stands, and Lake Michigan shoreline don’t get enough credit. This state rewards the curious traveler.

    • Architecture in Helsinki, Finland

      Helsinki

      Löyly’s smoke sauna opens to the Gulf of Finland. Suomenlinna is a World Heritage site you reach by €10 ferry. Helsinki rewards slow.

    • Breathtaking view of Edinburgh cityscape from Arthur's Seat

      Edinburgh

      Arthur’s Seat costs nothing and outperforms every castle view in the city. Give it two hours and go early.

    • Birmingham Christmas Markets Scenery

      Birmingham

      The Jewellery Quarter alone justifies a detour — 700 independent businesses in one neighborhood, and most tourists never make it past the Bullring.

    • Toronto, Ontario

      Toronto

      Toronto has 200 neighborhoods and most visitors see three. Start in Kensington Market, then let the city pull you somewhere unexpected.

    • Breathtaking View of Castle de Haar in Utrecht, Dutch Gothic Architecture and Cultural Heritage.

      Utrecht

      Utrecht has canals like Amsterdam but none of the crowds. The wharfside cafes sit a full level below street — it changes how the whole city feels.

    • Aerial view of turquoise bay of San Sebastian or Donostia with beach La Concha, Basque country, Spain

      San Sebastian

      San Sebastian has more Michelin stars per capita than almost anywhere on earth — and the pintxos bars in Parte Vieja cost just €2 a bite.

    • Lardarina Stairway in Corniglia Cinque Terre Italy

      Cinque Terre

      The train between Riomaggiore and Monterosso costs under €5 and beats the ferry on time. Save the boat for Vernazza.

    • Tranquil city park with weeping willows in Alkmaar, Netherlands, serene nature escape

      Alkmaar

      The Friday cheese market is real — guild members, wooden stretchers, giant Gouda wheels. Get there before 10AM or fight the tour groups.

    • Achilleion palace in Corfu Island, Greece

      Corfu

      Corfu’s Old Town isn’t just pretty — it’s Venetian, French, and British all layered on one island. That mix is what makes it different.

    • nebraska destination image

      Nebraska

      Nebraska’s Sandhills cover 20,000 square miles and most people drive past them. That’s the whole point — and exactly why you shouldn’t.

    • Captain Kid Amusement Oregon

      Oregon

      Oregon’s coast, forests, and food scene pull in opposite directions — and that tension is exactly what makes it worth the trip.

    • Belfast Aerial View

      Belfast

      Belfast’s peace walls are still standing, the murals are still painted — and somehow the city turned all of it into something worth seeing.

    • Town Hall in Palermo, Italy

      Palermo

      The Palatine Chapel’s Islamic muqarnas ceiling sits directly above Byzantine mosaics and Latin texts. No other room in Europe looks like this.

    • Iconic Christiania Entrance Sign and Sculpture Against Blue Sky in Copenhagen, Denmark

      Denmark

      Tivoli Gardens took half my day and I regret nothing. The real Denmark, though, is cycling past half-timbered houses to a sand-buried lighthouse.

    • Acquario di Genova Building

      Genoa

      Genoa’s caruggi pull you in fast — narrow, loud, and layered with 800 years of port city life most Italy itineraries completely skip.