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When the heat loosens its grip and Syracuse begins to sharpen into autumn—brisk mornings, amber light on brick facades, lake wind skimming through the city—the place reveals itself with particular…

Summer may have bowed out with a flourish, but Naperville does not dim when the calendar turns. It simply changes costume. The big skies still hover over tree-lined streets; the river still…

When summer loosens its grip and the air turns crisp, Paterson becomes especially itself: a little rough around the edges, gloriously alive, layered with memory. This is not a city that performs…

Hollywood, Florida is one of those South Florida places that too many travelers simply skim past on the way to somewhere louder. That is a mistake. The city has an easygoing coastal confidence—sun…

Lakewood, Colorado can be misread at first glance as merely a broad suburban expanse west of Denver, all arterial roads and tidy roofs. But that is the lazy reading. The truer Lakewood is more…

Bridgeport is one of those cities that too many people drive past with a tired shrug, never realizing they’ve sped by a place with saltwater on its sleeve, steel in its spine, and a bright little…

When summer loosens its grip and the light turns honey-gold, Torrance becomes especially lovely for family roaming: less clamorous than its flashier neighbors, more generous than it first appears.…

Sunnyvale is one of those places that can be badly underestimated by anyone who only skims the surface. It is not a city that shouts; it hums. Beneath its tidy suburban calm and gleaming affluence…

Joliet is one of those places that too many people drive past with only an exit sign and a passing assumption. A mistake, really. This is a city with steel in its bones and music in its sidewalks:…

Kansas City, Kansas is one of those places that too many people drive through with their eyes half-closed. That is a mistake. A splendid mistake to correct.

This city—busy yet neighborly,…