Great Getaways

Flamboyant, energetic, academic, and artsy only begin to describe the cultural richness and diversity of this famous California city...

Lost in the clutter of TV pundits screaming about debt ceilings and who should marry who is the seemingly quaint idea of the American Dream. Does it still live from sea to shining sea?

One place it certainly lives is just under two hours from Bakersfield in Simi Valley at The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library...

It seems like we're always making excuses not to go out of town for the weekend. After all, breaking free of the hustle and bustle of city life can be hard. You've got household chores to do, paperwork to catch up on, and a new week to plan. But what if, for one weekend, you threw aside those things and made a pact with your family to get out of Dodge? You'd discover that there are lots of places to visit within a two-hour drive that can put a little zest back in your life...

We could wax poetically on the history and romance of trains for days and days, but we’d much prefer to spend those days actually riding the rails; you know, experiencing the majestic feeling that comes from traveling across the land by way of a steam-powered locomotive...

What more can be said about a city that’s been immortalized in countless songs and movies? Sure, it did seem that, for a while, everything famous about Las Vegas had to do with leaving it (thank you, Fools Rush In)...

When the weather outside is frightful (foggy and rainy), it’s nice to go somewhere delightful. Like, say, a place where snowy mountains are not just off in the distance, but underneath your feet...

Step into the past in a city that, in many respects, feels like a 1950s seaside village.

Our sumptuous list of nine coastal restaurants to tantalize you.

If a Mediterranean trip is not on you summer schedule this year, be thankful the American Riviera is just a couple of hours away...

Visit a quaint, quiet town just a few hours drive from Bakersfield that will show you just how “Swede” it can be.