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Explore adventure guides and design a custom itinerary for the destination of your choice in and around the city.

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New Yorkers complain about snow as if they were the only ones in the country that get any.

The State With One of the Worst Winters Is the Most Fun Place to Be This February

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Summer will always be the most popular time to visit our national parks.

These National Parks Are Actually at Their Best in the Winter

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This holiday season, like every other, we’ll all participate in the unspoken public charade that we know what’s going on with the day after Christmas.

Here’s the Deal with Boxing Day, a Mysterious but Very Real Holiday

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Last year around the holidays we had to get creative, sticking to small gatherings close to home, some of us learning how to cook large poultry for the first time (defrosting is key!).

Here’s Everything You’re Entitled to If Your Flight Gets Canceled This Holiday Season

Alaska Railroad

Alaskan winters are something most Americans might find interest in, but may never appreciate in full for a variety of reasons: the potential for frozen digits, bear encounters, et cetera.

Catch the Northern Lights on This Gorgeous Alaskan Train Journey

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When you consider the ideal vacation, the mind usually drifts into a dreamy coastal village or a cottage by the lake.

The Best Mountain Towns to Visit in America

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Just like enneagrams and zodiac signs, there’s a national park for everybody, whether you’re looking to inch your car through a bison herd, scale colossal mountain peaks, traverse craggy desert expanses, or just straight-up take a great bath.

America's 20 Most Popular National Parks, Ranked

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Get Spooky in These Halloweentowns Around the U.S.

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad

When it comes to taking in fall colors, trains have infinite advantages: There are no traffic jams.

Catch Some Fall Foliage on These Beautiful Train Rides Across the U.S.

Beneath the Surface

From touring restaurants in actual caves to myth-busting urban legends of the underground, Beneath the Surface will connect you to the most unexpected and curious experiences our world has to offer, providing a holistic—and surprising—look at the literal and figurative world of underground culture.

Beneath the Surface: Going Deep Into Caves & the Underground

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Everyone’s chasing riches in the Land of Opportunity.

Abandoned Towns Across America You Can Actually Visit

Star Tripping

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Star Tripping: Best Places to Travel for Stargazing

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Imagine being able to see billions of stars in the Milky Way, just with your naked eye, from your own backyard.

The Best Places to Stargaze in the U.S. Right Now

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At the risk of sounding like we’re turning into our parents (hey, maybe we are), we kinda secretly pine for the magical time of year when cider’s everywhere, the air chills, and we make fun of people for leaf-peeping while simultaneously planning drives using fall-color maps.

Kastalia’s Recent Articles

The State With One of the Worst Winters Is the Most Fun Place to Be This February

Three festivals come together to create the ultimate winter event.

These National Parks Are Actually at Their Best in the Winter

All the wonder, none of the crowds.

Here’s the Deal with Boxing Day, a Mysterious but Very Real Holiday

Now's a good time to move beyond your vague idea of what Boxing Day's all about.

Here’s Everything You’re Entitled to If Your Flight Gets Canceled This Holiday Season

Your airline might owe you up to $1,350. (Yes, actually.)

Catch the Northern Lights on This Gorgeous Alaskan Train Journey

Seeing the northern lights is one thing. Seeing them aboard this train is a quite another.

The Best Mountain Towns to Visit in America

Time to embrace the high life.

America's 20 Most Popular National Parks, Ranked

The best of the best places to get outside.

Get Spooky in These Halloweentowns Around the U.S.

All the Jack-O-Lanterns you could ever ask for.

Catch Some Fall Foliage on These Beautiful Train Rides Across the U.S.

All aboard!

Abandoned Towns Across America You Can Actually Visit

Once bustling with riches and rascals, these 14 hamlets are now eerily desolate.

The Best Places to Stargaze in the U.S. Right Now

Planning a camping trip? Consider these big-sky destinations.

America's Best Places to See Fall Colors (That Aren't in New England)

Leaf peeping knows no borders.