Why locals call this Alaska town squeezed between mountains and water the Emerald: Authorities confirm
Shutterstock Where the Kenai River Turns Turquoise Cooper Landing sits where Kenai Lake spills into the Kenai River, in the middle of…
Shutterstock Where the Kenai River Turns Turquoise Cooper Landing sits where Kenai Lake spills into the Kenai River, in the middle of…
Shutterstock Where California’s Central Coast gets it right Halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles, Pismo Beach sits on a long stretch…
Wikimedia Commons/Harrison Keely Brevard’s oddest claim to fame You can walk downtown Brevard end to end in about five blocks, covering Main,…
Shutterstock Telluride’s frozen-in-time streets You can walk the whole thing in an afternoon. Telluride sits at the dead end of a box…
Shutterstock Where two rivers meet history Fewer than 400 people live in Nenana, but the whole state knows the name. You find…
Wikimedia Commons/Ahill.laurel Laurel’s lumber money still shows You can walk the whole thing in an afternoon. Laurel’s Historic District sits near the…
Wikimedia Commons/Idawriter St. Marys’ best-kept secret sits offshore St. Marys sits in Georgia’s far southeast corner where the St. Marys River bends…
Shutterstock Alaska’s wildest town sits on the edge Nome clings to the Seward Peninsula where western Alaska meets the Bering Sea. No…
Wikimedia Commons/McGhiever McGregor’s pocket valley runs deep McGregor sits on the Mississippi River in Iowa’s far northeast corner, squeezed into a narrow…
Shutterstock One of West Virginia’s Oldest Towns Shepherdstown sits along the Potomac River in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle, about a 90-minute drive…