If winter weather has you dreaming of warmer days or far-off adventures, travel trends for 2026 offer plenty of inspiration. This year’s biggest trips are about slowing down, reconnecting, and choosing experiences with meaning. Nostalgic Travel Is Back Especially on Route 66 One of the biggest travel trends for 2026 is nostalgic travel. Inspired … Continue reading
Perched above the Anacostia neighborhood, Frederick Douglass National Historic Site offers something many historic homes don’t. Touring his Cedar Hill home gives you an intimate look at the private life of a public giant. Cedar Hill is where Frederick Douglass spent the final 17 years of his life. It’s a smaller National Park Service site, … Continue reading
Any visit to Arlington National Cemetery is inherently somber. The landscape itself demands reflection with row after row of headstones, the silent precision of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and the eternal flame marking President John F. Kennedy’s gravesite. On a cold and dreary winter morning, I returned to Arlington Cemetery to visit the … Continue reading
Hiking Sandal Trail at Navajo National Monument in northern Arizona Continue reading
On a 24-hour trip to Omaha, Nebraska I checked off my 164th National Park Service site with a visit to Homestead National Historical Park in Beatrice. It’s about 1.5-hour drive from downtown Omaha. Since there are three parts to the park, give yourself at least an hour to visit and more if you want to … Continue reading
If you’re a history buff, especially of the American Revolution, this national park site should be on your travel list. About 30 minutes from Newark Airport is Morristown National Historical Park. It’s where General George Washington and the Continental army wintered from December 1779 to June 1780 in one of the harshest and coldest winters … Continue reading
From a distance Scotts Bluff National Monument is impressive. It towers above the surrounding plains and is 800 feet above the North Platte River. The enormous bluff has been a prairie pathway landmark for at least 10,000 years first for indigenous people and then for pioneers on the Oregon Trail during America’s westward expansion. The … Continue reading
It is doable to see Arches National Park and Canyonsland National Park two days with some planning. I’ve been to Moab multiple times, but never in winter until I recently took one of my besties’ sons for his first visit to Utah’s desert and canyon country. If you want no crowds, January and February are … Continue reading
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