If hipster haven Portland isn't quite your scene, Salem and the Willamette Valley are ready and waiting — especially for wine lovers
Salem is also noted for its gorgeous gardens and flower nurseries. In April, the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm explodes into bloom; in May, Schreiner's Iris Gardens hit their colorful peak.
This gem on Lake Superior in northern Minnesota has tons to offer the active traveler: hiking, mountain biking, and, soon, even ice climbing at a downtown park.
The Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center is free and full of tidbits about how crucial Duluth is to the shipping industry.
This laid-back college town has been branded "Austin without the hype," and visitors will find a surprisingly robust music scene.
Knoxville's outdoorsy reputation is on full display at the 315-acre Ijams Nature Center, just southeast of downtown.
The secret might be out about Columbus by now: National Geographic says it's next in line for a hipster influx after Brooklyn, Portland, and Austin
Visitors to the Northeast often go straight to Boston for its historic sights, but Providence has enough going for it that Travel & Leisure readers once even voted it "America's Favorite City."