Getting there We'd love to give you the same amazing travel experiences as you read about in our blog! To visit the destinations and attractions mentioned in this post - and to discover a few new highlights along the way - check out these recommended Nordic Visitor tours. ...
2 cost of living:88.3 unemployment rate:4.3% crime rate:20.3 located near the pennsylvania border, binghamton, new york is a town of just under 50,000 residents. it is home to binghamton university, a state university of new york. the top college town is sometimes referred to as the “...
Area 2 - Loire - Central FranceTownArea / DepartmentBrief description Amboise near Tours Centre Val de Loire Indre et Loire Standing on the south bank of the Loire, Amboise is remarkable for having three chateaux, including the great Château Royal, once the best defended site in western ...
Kicking Horse River near Golden, BC The interior of BC has more than a few small, laid-back mountain towns that are all worthy of a place on this list, but Golden wins our gold medal. In terms of geography, Golden has got it all: two major rivers (Columbia and Kicking Horse), three...
Italy was a powerful country in medieval times and much from those days is still intact near Florence and Tuscany, hinting at the remnants of secrets left from the middle ages. Walking through these ancient lands today, you can still feel the echoes of medieval life in every stone and tower...
:uncomfortable seats, anxiety-inducing bathrooms, and near-abandonment stories left me scarred. But hey, budget travel! Trains:Convenient and comfy, they whisk you city to city, with bathrooms onboard (squat or broken western, be warned!). Booking at stations or through agents (no online optio...
This small town near Cádiz is so famous because its many building are, quite literally, built underneath a rock. Located along the a river gorge of the Rio Trejo, Setenil de las Bodegas was built with the gorge’s rock serving as an external roof wall. For thousands of years, locals ha...
and deep blue waters. Kids will love climbing284 feet to the topof the sand dunes at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (about 40 minutes outside the city, but totally worth the drive!). Or, stay near town and head to the popular Cinch Park Beach to enjoy the city’s splash pad,...
“I think when the town is driven by the college, that really makes something special,” says Alex Boylan, executive producer and host of The College Tour, an internet-based television show that provides free virtual tours of college campuses. “When it’s a real college town, what happens...
With rich seams of gold to be found, people flocked to the Californian town, positioned near the Nevada border, to make their fortune, with an incredible 65 saloons, a Wells Fargo bank and even a Chinatown replete with Taoist temple. But Bodie’s appeal had faded by the early 20th cent...