While North Coast Oregon towns like Cannon Beach tend to steal the spotlight, some of the state’s most scenic shoreline sits in Coos Bay.
North Carolina is chock-full of powdery, white-sand beaches, but only in Swansboro can you watch Osprey landings while you tan.
Think soaring redwoods, vintage lighthouses, scenic byways, and windswept shorelines as far as the eye can see.
College students loiter on the pier and ride the SkyWheel too much in March in Myrtle Beach, which has a kitschy, busy spring break image.
It might be easy to overlook this little town of about 12,000, which sits an hour from Houston and 45 minutes from Galveston.
Sandwiched between the Chesapeake Bay and Hampton Roads Harbor, this coastal Virginia hideaway is bursting with history.
Though a home by the Great American Race costs nearly twice what it might have five years ago, compared to a lot of Florida, it’s still pretty darn cheap.
It might be fresh water we’re talking about, but it has tides, waves, and sand—and, most importantly, not a single shark.