Frankfort, Michigan launched the first Great Lakes railcar ferry in 1892. About 1,252 residents live year-round on Lake ...

Westport, Massachusetts was a whaling port with 18 ships by 1857 and its own namesake turnip. About 16,339 residents now live ...

Sunrise Beach, Missouri sits on the Lake of the Ozarks, which has more shoreline than the California coastline. About 431 ...

Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, feels like a real-life Stars Hollow, with a gas-lit Main Street, diner, theater and town events.

Walker, Minnesota sits on Leech Lake, the state's third-largest lake, near the site of the 1898 Battle of Sugar Point. About ...

Ocean Springs, Mississippi was founded in 1699 as Fort Maurepas, French Louisiana's first capital. About 18,429 residents ...

Charlestown, Rhode Island dug a permanent channel to the ocean in 1904 to save its oyster beds. The Breachway it created is ...

Zephyr Cove, Nevada has welcomed visitors to Lake Tahoe since 1862, when a silver-rush-era inn first opened. About 679 ...

Frank and Lola’s in Bartlesville, OK is where locals go for green chili when the weather turns cold. Here’s what to order.

Bayou La Batre, Alabama is a real Gulf Coast fishing town where locals have worked the water since 1786. See what makes it a ...

Cayucos, California is a Central Coast beach town of about 2,500 people, built around a pier Captain Cass raised in 1872.

The Busy Bee in Atlanta, Georgia has been making fried chicken from scratch since 1947. Here’s what to order and when to go.