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Explore curated recommendations by city, category, or vibe. Every Free Five narrows hundreds of options down to the five places actually worth your time.
Explore curated recommendations by city, category, or vibe. Every Free Five narrows hundreds of options down to the five places actually worth your time.
PopularDrinkOne for every kind of night: the big occasion, date night, the photo op, the group, and the easy coastal wind-down.
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DrinkSecret doors, better drinks. The five San Diego speakeasies worth the hunt, ranked by vibe, from candlelit to live-jazz loud.
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OutdoorsFrom a 30-minute escape to a ferry ride that feels like another country, five coastal getaways within reach of San Diego.
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PopularFoodThe five classic New York bites every first-timer should hit, the slice, the bagel, the pastrami, the soup dumpling, and the black-and-white cookie.
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ExperiencesFive iconic New York experiences that cost nothing, the Staten Island Ferry, the High Line, Central Park, the Brooklyn Bridge, and museum free hours.
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ExploreFive New York neighborhoods that reward an aimless afternoon, the West Village, SoHo & Nolita, DUMBO, the East Village, and Williamsburg.
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FoodThe five best fish tacos in San Diego, battered Baja-style and grilled, from Oscar's and Mariscos German to Blue Water, The Taco Stand, and TJ Oyster Bar.
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DrinkThe five San Diego breweries worth visiting, Stone, AleSmith, Societe, Modern Times, and Ballast Point.
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OutdoorsThe five best beaches in San Diego, La Jolla Cove, Coronado, La Jolla Shores, Mission Beach, and Torrey Pines.
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FoodThe five best pizzas in New York, Lucali, L'Industrie, Prince Street, Di Fara, and Scarr's, plus Joe's classic slice.
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ExperiencesThe five best museums in New York, the Met, MoMA, the Natural History Museum, the Guggenheim, and the Whitney.
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ExploreThe five best parks in New York, Central Park, Prospect Park, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Washington Square, and Fort Tryon.
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PopularFoodThe five classic San Francisco foods, the Mission burrito, real sourdough, Dungeness crab, Chinatown dim sum, and cioppino.
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ExperiencesFive San Francisco experiences that cost nothing, the Golden Gate Bridge on foot, Golden Gate Park, Lands End, the Painted Ladies, and the Cable Car Museum.
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ExploreFive San Francisco neighborhoods that reward an aimless afternoon, the Mission, North Beach, Hayes Valley, the Castro, and Chinatown.
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ExploreThe five best views in San Francisco, Twin Peaks, Coit Tower, Lands End, Bernal Heights, and Battery Spencer.
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FoodThe five best Mission burritos in San Francisco, La Taqueria, El Farolito, Taqueria Cancún, El Castillito, and Papalote.
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ExploreThe five best views in San Diego, Sunset Cliffs, Mount Soledad, Cabrillo National Monument, the Coronado ferry landing, and the Torrey Pines Gliderport.
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ExperiencesThe five best museums in San Diego, the Natural History Museum, the Fleet Science Center, the Museum of Us, the San Diego Museum of Art, and the USS Midway.
Read Free Five →ExperiencesThe five best things to do in Balboa Park, the Zoo, the Botanical Building, the Japanese Friendship Garden, Spanish Village, and the free Spreckels Organ concerts.
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ShoppingFive San Diego hidden gems, the Sunny Jim Sea Cave, the Spruce Street Suspension Bridge, Harper's Topiary Garden, the Salk Institute courtyard, and the Whaley House.
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OutdoorsThe five best beaches near New York you can reach without a car, Rockaway, Coney Island, Long Beach, Jones Beach, and Fire Island.
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ShoppingFive New York hidden gems, the Roosevelt Island Tram, Greenacre Park's waterfall, City Island, the Elevated Acre, and Grand Central's Whispering Gallery.
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ShoppingThe five best shopping neighborhoods in New York, SoHo, Fifth Avenue, Williamsburg, Nolita, and the Lower East Side.
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StayFive iconic New York hotels worth seeing even if you're not staying, the Plaza, the Carlyle, the Beekman, the Bowery, and the Chelsea Hotel.
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DrinkThe five best rooftop bars in San Francisco, Charmaine's, 620 Jones, Starlite, Cavaña, and Shelby's.
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ExperiencesThe five best museums in San Francisco, SFMOMA, the de Young, the California Academy of Sciences, the Exploratorium, and the Legion of Honor.
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OutdoorsThe five best beaches near San Francisco, Baker Beach, Ocean Beach, Crissy Field, Stinson Beach, and Half Moon Bay.
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ShoppingFive San Francisco hidden gems, the 16th Avenue Tiled Steps, the Wave Organ, the Seward Street Slides, the Camera Obscura, and the Sutro Baths ruins.
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ShoppingThe five best shopping neighborhoods in San Francisco, Hayes Valley, Valencia Street, Union Square, Fillmore Street, and Chinatown.
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StayFive iconic San Francisco hotels worth seeing even if you're not staying, the Fairmont and its Tonga Room, the Mark Hopkins, the Palace, the Clift, and the Beacon Grand.
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PopularFoodThe five classic Chicago foods, deep-dish pizza, Italian beef, the Chicago-style hot dog, the jibarito, and the Maxwell Street Polish.
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DrinkThe five best rooftop bars in Chicago, Cindy's over Millennium Park, LH Rooftop at LondonHouse, Z Bar, Cerise, and the J. Parker.
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ExploreFive Chicago neighborhoods that reward an aimless afternoon, Wicker Park, Logan Square, Pilsen, Lincoln Park, and Andersonville.
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ExperiencesThe five best museums in Chicago, the Art Institute, the Field Museum, the Museum of Science and Industry, the Shedd Aquarium, and the Adler Planetarium.
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ExperiencesFive Chicago experiences that cost nothing, Millennium Park and the Bean, the Lincoln Park Zoo, the 606 trail, the Lakefront Trail, and the Chicago Cultural Center.
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OutdoorsThe five best beaches in Chicago, North Avenue Beach, Oak Street Beach, Montrose Beach, 12th Street Beach, and Ohio Street Beach.
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ShoppingFive Chicago hidden gems, the Garfield Park Conservatory, the Rookery light court, the Chicago Pedway, Palmisano Park, and the Bahá'í House of Worship.
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ShoppingThe five best shopping neighborhoods in Chicago, the Magnificent Mile, State Street, Wicker Park, the West Loop, and Andersonville.
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StayFive iconic Chicago hotels worth seeing even if you're not staying, the Palmer House, the Drake, the Chicago Athletic Association, the Blackstone, and the Chicago Motor Club.
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PopularFoodThe five classic Miami foods, the Cuban sandwich, stone crabs, café cubano, croquetas, and the frita cubana.
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DrinkThe five best rooftop bars in Miami, Sugar at EAST Miami, Serena in Wynwood, Rosa Sky in Brickell, Juvia in South Beach, and Watr at the 1 Hotel.
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ExploreFive Miami neighborhoods that reward an afternoon, Wynwood, Little Havana, the Design District, Coconut Grove, and Coral Gables.
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ExperiencesThe five best museums in Miami, the Pérez Art Museum (PAMM), the Frost Science Museum, the Rubell Museum, the Bass, and the ICA Miami.
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ExperiencesFive Miami experiences that cost nothing, the beach, the Art Deco District, the Wynwood street murals, Little Havana's Calle Ocho, and the free ICA Miami.
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OutdoorsThe five best beaches in Miami, South Beach, Mid-Beach, Bal Harbour, Crandon Park on Key Biscayne, and Matheson Hammock.
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ShoppingFive Miami hidden gems, the Ancient Spanish Monastery, the Venetian Pool, Vizcaya, Coral Castle, and the Barnacle in Coconut Grove.
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ShoppingThe five best places to shop in Miami, the Design District, Lincoln Road, the Bal Harbour Shops, Wynwood's boutiques, and Aventura Mall.
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StayFive iconic Miami hotels worth a stay or a drink, the Fontainebleau, the Biltmore, the Delano, the Setai, and the Betsy.
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PopularFoodThe five classic Nashville foods, hot chicken, a meat-and-three, Nashville hot fish, Southern biscuits, and the Goo Goo Cluster.
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DrinkThe five best rooftop bars in Nashville, L.A. Jackson, White Limozeen, Rare Bird, Butterfly atop the W, and lou/na at the Grand Hyatt.
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ExploreFive Nashville neighborhoods that reward an afternoon, East Nashville, the Gulch, 12 South, Germantown, and Hillsboro Village.
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ExperiencesThe five best museums in Nashville, the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Frist, the National Museum of African American Music, the Johnny Cash Museum, and the Parthenon.
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ExperiencesFive Nashville experiences that cost nothing, honky-tonking on Broadway, Centennial Park and the Parthenon, the pedestrian bridge, Percy Warner Park, and the Farmers' Market.
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OutdoorsThe five best outdoor escapes near Nashville, Radnor Lake, Cheekwood, Percy Priest Lake, Cummins Falls, and the Harpeth River.
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ShoppingFive Nashville hidden gems, Marathon Village, the Lane Motor Museum, the Bluebird Cafe, Printer's Alley, and the mosaic 'Dragon' park.
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ShoppingThe five best places to shop in Nashville, 12 South, Hillsboro Village, East Nashville, the Gulch, and Lower Broadway for cowboy boots.
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StayFive iconic Nashville hotels, the Hermitage, Union Station, the Noelle, the Bobby, and 1 Hotel Nashville.
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FoodThe five classic Austin foods, breakfast tacos, Texas barbecue brisket, queso and Tex-Mex, kolaches, and migas.
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DrinkThe five best rooftop bars in Austin, Nido at the Loren, P6, Edge at the JW Marriott, Upstairs at Caroline, and Azul.
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ExploreFive Austin neighborhoods that reward an afternoon, South Congress, East Austin, Rainey Street, the Domain, and Hyde Park.
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ExperiencesThe five best museums in Austin, the Blanton, the Bullock Texas State History Museum, the Harry Ransom Center, the Contemporary Austin, and the LBJ Library.
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ExperiencesFive Austin experiences that cost nothing, the Congress Avenue bats, the Texas Capitol, Zilker Park and the lake trail, the murals, and Mount Bonnell.
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OutdoorsThe five best swimming holes in and near Austin, Barton Springs, Hamilton Pool, Krause Springs, the Barton Creek Greenbelt, and McKinney Falls.
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ShoppingFive Austin hidden gems, the Cathedral of Junk, Mayfield Park and its peacocks, the Elisabet Ney Museum, the Museum of the Weird, and the Umlauf Sculpture Garden.
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ShoppingThe five best places to shop in Austin, South Congress, the Domain, East Austin, the 2nd Street District, and Waterloo Records & BookPeople.
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StayFive iconic Austin hotels, the Driskill, Hotel San José, the LINE Austin, the Commodore Perry Estate, and Austin Proper.
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FoodThe five classic New Orleans foods, gumbo, a po'boy, beignets, char-grilled oysters and a muffuletta, and exactly where to get the real thing.
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DrinkThe five best rooftop bars in New Orleans, Hot Tin, Above the Grid, Rosie's on the Roof, Catahoula and Monkey Board, with the view and the drink to order.
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ExploreThe five New Orleans neighborhoods worth wandering, the French Quarter, the Garden District, Faubourg Marigny, Bywater and Treme, and how to do each one.
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ExperiencesThe five best museums in New Orleans, the National WWII Museum, NOMA, the Ogden, the Historic New Orleans Collection and Mardi Gras World.
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ExperiencesFive free things to do in New Orleans, Jackson Square, live music on Frenchmen Street, the Garden District walk, the Mississippi riverfront and the sculpture garden.
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OutdoorsFive outdoor escapes in and around New Orleans, City Park, Audubon Park, the Barataria swamp, Crescent Park and Bayou St. John.
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ShoppingFive New Orleans hidden gems beyond the Quarter, the Music Box Village, Bacchanal Wine, Longue Vue, the Backstreet Cultural Museum and City Park's Singing Oak.
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ShoppingThe five best places to shop in New Orleans, Magazine Street, Royal Street, the French Market, the Frenchmen Art Market and the Julia Street galleries.
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StayFive iconic New Orleans hotels, the Roosevelt, Hotel Monteleone, the Pontchartrain, Hotel Peter and Paul and the Columns, each with real history and character.
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FoodThe five classic LA foods, a French dip, tacos al pastor, an In-N-Out Double-Double, Korean BBQ and a Pink's chili dog, and exactly where to get the real thing.
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DrinkThe five best rooftop bars in LA, Spire 73, Perch, Harriet's, Cara Cara and Mama Shelter, with the view and the drink to order.
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ExploreThe five LA neighborhoods worth wandering, Venice, West Hollywood, Silver Lake, Los Feliz and the Downtown Arts District, and how to do each one.
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ExperiencesThe five best museums in LA, the Getty Center, LACMA, the Broad, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures and the Huntington.
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ExperiencesFive free things to do in LA, Griffith Observatory, the Getty Center, the Venice Boardwalk, the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a Runyon Canyon hike.
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OutdoorsThe five best beaches in LA, Santa Monica, Venice, Zuma in Malibu, Manhattan Beach and the dramatic coves of El Matador.
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ShoppingFive LA hidden gems beyond the obvious, the Museum of Jurassic Technology, the Bradbury Building, Watts Towers, the Last Bookstore and San Pedro's Sunken City.
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ShoppingThe five best places to shop in LA, Abbot Kinney, Rodeo Drive, Melrose Avenue, the Grove and Original Farmers Market, and Larchmont Village.
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StayFive iconic LA hotels, the Beverly Hills Hotel, Chateau Marmont, the Hollywood Roosevelt, Hotel Bel-Air and Shutters on the Beach.
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FoodThe five classic Charleston foods, shrimp and grits, she-crab soup, a Lowcountry oyster roast, soul food and a hot buttermilk biscuit, and where to get the real thing.
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ExploreThe five Charleston neighborhoods worth wandering, South of Broad, the French Quarter, Upper King, Cannonborough-Elliotborough and Shem Creek.
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ExperiencesThe five best historic house museums in Charleston, the Nathaniel Russell House, Aiken-Rhett House, Edmondston-Alston House, Drayton Hall and the Calhoun Mansion.
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ExperiencesThe five best museums in Charleston, the Charleston Museum, the Gibbes Museum of Art, the International African American Museum, Fort Sumter and Patriots Point.
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ExperiencesFive free things to do in Charleston, Rainbow Row and the Battery, Waterfront Park, the historic district walk, Marion Square and the Ravenel Bridge.
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OutdoorsThe five best beaches near Charleston, Folly Beach, Sullivan's Island, Isle of Palms, Kiawah's Beachwalker Park and Edisto Beach.
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ShoppingFive Charleston hidden gems, the Angel Oak Tree, the wild Unitarian churchyard, Philadelphia Alley, the Pitt Street Bridge and McLeod Plantation.
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ShoppingThe five best places to shop in Charleston, King Street, the City Market, the Lower King antique district, Upper King and the Broad Street galleries.
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StayFive iconic Charleston hotels, Charleston Place, the Wentworth Mansion, the Dewberry, Planters Inn and the Vendue art hotel.
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FoodThe five classic Savannah foods, family-style fried chicken, shrimp and grits, Lowcountry soul food, pralines and Southern biscuits, and where to get the real thing.
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ExploreThe five Savannah neighborhoods worth wandering, the Historic District, River Street, City Market, the Starland District and the Victorian District.
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ExperiencesThe five best squares and green spaces in Savannah, Forsyth Park, Chippewa, Monterey, Lafayette and Johnson Square.
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ExperiencesThe five best museums in Savannah, the Telfair Academy, the Jepson Center, the SCAD Museum of Art, the Owens-Thomas House and the Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum.
Read Free Five →ExperiencesFive free things to do in Savannah, Forsyth Park, the squares walk, River Street, Colonial Park Cemetery and the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist.
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OutdoorsThe five best beaches near Savannah, Tybee Island's South Beach and pier, North Beach and lighthouse, Back River Beach, wild Little Tybee and Jekyll's Driftwood Beach.
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ShoppingFive Savannah hidden gems, Bonaventure Cemetery, Wormsloe's oak avenue, Isle of Hope, the Pin Point Heritage Museum and the Mercer-Williams House.
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ShoppingThe five best places to shop in Savannah, Broughton Street, City Market, River Street, the Starland District and shopSCAD.
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StayFive iconic Savannah hotels, the Marshall House, the Perry Lane Hotel, the Bohemian Riverfront, the Kehoe House and the Mansion on Forsyth Park.
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FoodThe five classic Seattle foods, fresh oysters, wild salmon, Seattle-style teriyaki, Pike Place clam chowder and a Dick's Deluxe, and where to get the real thing.
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DrinkThe five best rooftop bars in Seattle, The Nest, The Mountaineering Club, Frolik, the Fog Room and the Smith Tower Observatory Bar.
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ExploreThe five Seattle neighborhoods worth wandering, Pike Place and the waterfront, Capitol Hill, Ballard, Fremont and Pioneer Square.
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ExperiencesThe five best museums in Seattle, Chihuly Garden and Glass, the Museum of Pop Culture, the Seattle Art Museum, the Museum of Flight and the Burke Museum.
Read Free Five →ExperiencesFive free things to do in Seattle, Pike Place Market, Kerry Park, the Olympic Sculpture Park, Gas Works Park and the waterfront walk.
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OutdoorsFive outdoor escapes near Seattle, Discovery Park, Mount Rainier, Snoqualmie Falls, Alki Beach and the Washington Park Arboretum.
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ShoppingFive Seattle hidden gems, the Fremont Troll, the Gum Wall, the Ballard Locks, the Volunteer Park Conservatory and the Georgetown arts district.
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StayFive iconic Seattle hotels, the Fairmont Olympic, the Edgewater, the Thompson Seattle, the Inn at the Market and the Hotel Sorrento.
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FoodThe five classic Portland foods, a Voodoo doughnut, a food-cart lunch, Salt & Straw ice cream, a local IPA and Stumptown coffee, and where to get the real thing.
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DrinkThe five best rooftop and sky-high bars in Portland, Departure, Xport, the Roof Deck at Revolution Hall, Altabira City Tavern and Portland City Grill.
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ExploreThe five Portland neighborhoods worth wandering, the Pearl District, Alberta Arts, Hawthorne, Mississippi Avenue and Downtown and Old Town.
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NewExperiencesThe five best museums in Portland, the Portland Art Museum, OMSI, the Oregon Historical Society, Pittock Mansion and the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum.
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NewExperiencesFive free things to do in Portland, Powell's City of Books, the International Rose Test Garden, Tom McCall Waterfront Park, the Saturday Market and the Tilikum Crossing.
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NewOutdoorsFive outdoor escapes near Portland, Forest Park, Washington Park's gardens, the Columbia River Gorge, Mount Hood and Sauvie Island.
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NewShoppingFive Portland hidden gems, Mill Ends Park, Cathedral Park under the St. Johns Bridge, the Lan Su Chinese Garden, the Grotto and the Shanghai Tunnels.
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Editor's PickStayFive iconic Portland hotels, the Heathman, the Nines, Hotel deLuxe, the Sentinel and the Ace Hotel Portland.
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Editor's PickStayFive iconic Portland hotels, the Heathman, the Nines, Hotel deLuxe, the Sentinel and the Ace Hotel Portland.
Read Free Five →NewShoppingThe five best places to shop in Portland, Powell's City of Books, the Pearl District, NW 23rd Avenue, Hawthorne Boulevard and the Portland Saturday Market.
Read Free Five →NewShoppingFive Portland hidden gems, Mill Ends Park, Cathedral Park under the St. Johns Bridge, the Lan Su Chinese Garden, the Grotto and the Shanghai Tunnels.
Read Free Five →NewOutdoorsFive outdoor escapes near Portland, Forest Park, Washington Park's gardens, the Columbia River Gorge, Mount Hood and Sauvie Island.
Read Free Five →NewExperiencesFive free things to do in Portland, Powell's City of Books, the International Rose Test Garden, Tom McCall Waterfront Park, the Saturday Market and the Tilikum Crossing.
Read Free Five →NewExperiencesThe five best museums in Portland, the Portland Art Museum, OMSI, the Oregon Historical Society, Pittock Mansion and the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum.
Read Free Five →ExploreThe five Portland neighborhoods worth wandering, the Pearl District, Alberta Arts, Hawthorne, Mississippi Avenue and Downtown and Old Town.
Read Free Five →DrinkThe five best rooftop and sky-high bars in Portland, Departure, Xport, the Roof Deck at Revolution Hall, Altabira City Tavern and Portland City Grill.
Read Free Five →PopularDrinkOne for every kind of night: the big occasion, date night, the photo op, the group, and the easy coastal wind-down.
Read Free Five →PopularFoodThe five classic New York bites every first-timer should hit, the slice, the bagel, the pastrami, the soup dumpling, and the black-and-white cookie.
Read Free Five →PopularFoodThe five classic Chicago foods, deep-dish pizza, Italian beef, the Chicago-style hot dog, the jibarito, and the Maxwell Street Polish.
Read Free Five →PopularFoodThe five classic Nashville foods, hot chicken, a meat-and-three, Nashville hot fish, Southern biscuits, and the Goo Goo Cluster.
Read Free Five →PopularFoodThe five classic Miami foods, the Cuban sandwich, stone crabs, café cubano, croquetas, and the frita cubana.
Read Free Five →PopularFoodThe five classic San Francisco foods, the Mission burrito, real sourdough, Dungeness crab, Chinatown dim sum, and cioppino.
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