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Philly’s Food Revolution
Weekend warriors can relish the city’s beloved cheese steaks—and so much more.
Candy Is Dandy
Hershey celebrates chocolate every day, but especially during the sweet month of February.

The Hotel Hershey spa booklet calls this treatment "Whipped Cocoa Bath." Seriously? Will I be immersed in a huge mug of milky hot chocolate, with a saucer to catch the overflow?

When the attendant here in Hershey, Pennsylvania, beckons me to my deep, one-person hot tub, it's awash in creamy bubbles. "That's from the milk powder," she says. She sprinkles fragrant cocoa powder over the...

Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda
For generations of Jewish Baltimoreans, summer means Camps Airy and Louise.

Sylvia Carmel is 66 years old, and she still goes to sleepaway camp every summer.

Carmel, who grew up in Baltimore and now lives in Glyndon, is a nurse at Stoneleigh Elementary School in Towson for most of the year. But every summer, she attends Camp Louise, an overnight camp with a Jewish focus in Washington County. She first went there when she was 6 years old, and now, as an adult,...

A Hidden Island (That's Easy to Find)
Anna Maria on Florida's West Coast promises a sunny escape for the winter weary.

Definitely come here for the sunsets, but plan to stay for the sunrises, too. Anna Maria Island—a wisp of a seven-mile island along Florida's West Coast—is a place that revels in the end of day. As the sun slips spectacularly past the horizon, bongs clang, music plays, cameras click, and viewers try to guess the exact time of daylight's finale. Yes, it's a nightly celebration not to be missed...

Dashing Through the Snow
Forget winter doldrums. Head to nearby hills and trails for outdoor fun on skis, sleds, or skates

Every winter, Dave Karczmarek sets a goal for himself of skiing at least 20 days. "If I hit 30, I'm real happy," he says. "Last year, I hit 31."

As trip director of the 60-year-old Baltimore Ski Club, Karczmarek, 52, who lives in Abingdon, makes his task easy by scheduling trips to Colorado, New England, and even Europe. But he also enjoys skiing in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Some days...

Capitol Trio
Three nearby statehouses (including our own) and lots of history await visitors—for free.

While all eyes focus on the soon-to-be new occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., let’s not forget the Union’s 50 other centers of political power. You remember them, those cities whose names have been sealed in your brain since fourth grade.

Granted, state capitals aren’t always glitzy places. As vacation destinations, they probably can’t touch, say, Orlando or the...

The Un-Poconos
Luxurious retreats trade funky for refinement.

In the northern ranges of the Pocono Mountains are provinces stubbornly referred to as the Delaware Highlands and Lake Wallenpaupack. They are sans crowds and mercifully without the kitschy, old-time, family-style resorts, thus sustaining their natural beauty and exclusivity. It is here that you will find three getaway retreats only four hours from Baltimore. Their innkeepers have just one...

Girls Gone Wild
All-women safari pursues the beasts—and culture—of South Africa without the guys.

Wielding one of the more out-of-place objects you'll find in South Africa's Kruger National Park—a cell phone—Karen Ashley was describing to a colleague back home days six and seven of a two-week "she-fari." If it's possible to sound utterly relaxed and terribly excited in the same breath, the fearless leader of an adventurous group of women did.

"I'm sitting under a tree with a glass...

The Berkshires Revisited
Massachusetts region abounds with art, theater, and history in a bucolic setting.

It would be inaccurate to call the Berkshires—the rural, mountainous region of western Massachusetts—an undiscovered vacation spot. After all, the Berkshires has been a popular summer hideaway for well-heeled New Yorkers and Bostonians since the mid-19th century, when city folk flocked to the area in the summer for its restorative mountain breezes and natural springs. But compared to...

Grand Dame of The South
Charleston beckons with history, architecture, and lots of charm.

With more than five million visitors a year, Charleston locals like to say in their sweetest Southern patois that “Yankees are the people who come to visit, while damn Yankees are the ones who come and stay.”

Indeed, from the very first sight of this historic town, settled in 1670, even the most seasoned travelers will find themselves instantly intoxicated by the spires and steeples...

Room With A Boo
For hotels old and new, fear of the 13th floor endures.

Thanks to the multi-million-dollar renovation of the Tremont Park Hotel, the staid, traditional, aesthetic is long gone. Now there are 58 modern, well-appointed suites with down comforters, fully equipped kitchenettes, and wireless Internet access. But one old custom stayed behind. At the front desk, there is no mention of the 13th floor. Instead, it's known as the "penthouse level."...