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Winter is when the bald eagle stops being a symbol on a coin and becomes a living, hungry, quarrelsome bird sitting on a frozen branch above running water. The best places to see bald eagles in the USA are the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve in Alaska in November, the Skagit River in Washington in December and January, and the Klamath Basin on the Oregon and California border ...

The question behind every northern lights trip is the same: which dates give me the best chance of standing under a moving green sky, and how do I book a tour that actually puts me there? The Arctic does not hand out guarantees, but it does follow patterns, and once you understand them, choosing your week becomes a decision instead of a gamble.

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Savannah does not wait for Halloween to turn spooky. By late October the live oaks hang heavier with Spanish moss, the gas lanterns look a little more deliberate, and the squares fill with people holding tour tickets and looking up at windows. This year Halloween lands on a Saturday, so the city will be full from the Thursday before, and the smaller haunted inns of the Hist...

The first hour out of San Diego decides the whole trip, because Interstate 15 north and Interstate 8 east split the county into wine hills, pine mountains and open desert. This guide sorts nineteen drives by how long you will spend behind the wheel, so you can pick a Saturday or a full week.

Indiana punches well above its weight as a weekend escape. Sand dunes on Lake Michigan, a 19th-century mineral spring resort, one of the most preserved river towns in America, Amish farmland, a legendary motor speedway, and fall forests that rival New England. Here is where to go and exactly what to do when you get there.

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