From the coast to the mountains, New England features some wonderful scenery and this information focuses on the best cheap travel destinations that offer picture-perfect scenes.
Here are 50 fun, affordable New England fall travel ideas that can be done on a tank of gas, starting from Boston, Mass. 1. Take a mini-train ride into the apple orchards at Belkin Family Lookout Farm in Natick, Mass. What a nice “apple” twist on picking your own...
The Berkshire Mountains of Western Massachusetts receive a lot of travel attention and rightfully so — the mountains, rolling hills, lakes, picture-perfect towns and plenty of culture make for appealing destinations. The Berkshires’ popularity, however, takes away from some other nearby areas that, in their own right, offer peaceful,...
Burlington, Vt., is a lively city, given its prominent college town genes and Church Street Marketplace, a four-block outdoor pedestrian shopping and dining mall with so many good restaurants, independent shops and great historical character in its diverse architecture. What truly brings Burlington to life, though, resides a few...
Nantasket Beach in Hull, Mass., serves as a terrific low-cost day trip, just a half-hour south of Boston. Best known for its glory days when Paragon Park provided a wonderland of amusements by the sea from the early 20th century until its closing in 1984, Nantasket Beach might not...
Halibut Point State Park and Halibut Point Reservation in the North Shore town of Rockport, Mass., offer some of the finest ocean views in all of Massachusetts. This is simply the type of place you’d be dreaming of seeing when envisioning a New England coastal vacation. Made of 440...
The one-of-a-kind Bridge of Flowers in Shelburne Falls, Mass., is a must-see New England travel attraction as this former trolley bridge features 400 ft. of more than 500 varieties of flowers, shrubs and vines! The best times to see the Bridge of Flowers: the spring when flowers bloom, summer...
Did you know today, Aug. 10, is National Lazy Day? I don’t know who comes up with these wacky “National Days,” but the person coming up with this one clearly had slacking off in mind for a day. Where would I go for National Lazy Day? I worked hard to think...