Lori Erickson

Cruising the scenic Dalmatian Coast offers stunning turquoise waters to swim in and historical towns to explore.

If you’re a fan of L.M. Montgomery books, visiting Prince Edward Island, Canada is likely the fulfillment of a long-held dream.

Every fall Custer State Park’s annual buffalo roundup showcases the animals strength, agility and speed. Despite their bulk, bison can run up to 35 miles per hour.

The crown jewel of this revitalization is Promenade Park, a $20 million project on its waterfront. With a pavilion, restaurants and a Treetop Canopy Trail that winds high above the water, the park has become a magnet for visitors and locals alike.

Standing on the edge of Kilauea Volcano crater on the Big Island in Hawaii, we had spectacular views of bubbling and steaming lava, a peek into the primordial forces of the earth.

For more than two decades Franklin D. Roosevelt found relief in the soothing mineral waters of a resort in Warm Springs, Georgia, a place that shaped his life and political career in significant ways.

My husband and I flew to Fairbanks, Alaska, eager to see the dazzling light display officially known as the aurora borealis. Fairbank’s generally clear winter skies and low levels of light pollution, make it one of the best places in the world to see the northern lights.

For passionate lovers of trees, camping and hiking beneath the California redwoods is the experience of a lifetime.

There’s just one disadvantage of a trip to the Ozark National Scenic Riverway in southeast Missouri: it’s going to spoil you for kayaking anywhere else. With water so clean and clear that you can see all the way to the bottom of its rivers and a landscape of rugged, thickly forested hills, this 80,000-acre park has some of the best canoeing and kayaking in the nation.

Savannah is even more genteel, quirky and captivating than its fictional counterpoints.

Experienced travelers know that there’s something special about towns connected to water, whether they’re sleepy river towns or busy ports. …