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What is the best underrated weekend getaway in the US?

By YPB Team

Skip the big-name resort towns: these are the small American cities and former mining, mill, and fishing towns that reward a weekend without the crowds.

  1. Bisbee, Arizona — ranked #11
    Bisbee, Arizona
    A former copper-mining town in the Mule Mountains, now full of galleries and hillside stairways.
  2. Astoria, Oregon — ranked #22
    Astoria, Oregon
    A Columbia River port town of Victorian houses, a working waterfront, and the Goonies house.
  3. Duluth, Minnesota — ranked #33
    Duluth, Minnesota
    A Lake Superior harbor city known for the Aerial Lift Bridge and dramatic North Shore hiking.
  4. Bentonville, Arkansas — ranked #44
    Bentonville, Arkansas
    A former farm town reshaped by world-class art at Crystal Bridges Museum and miles of mountain-bike trails.
  5. Paducah, Kentucky — ranked #55
    Paducah, Kentucky
    A UNESCO Creative City on the Ohio River known for its floodwall murals and quilting museum.
  6. Port Townsend, Washington — ranked #66
    Port Townsend, Washington
    A Victorian seaport on the Olympic Peninsula with wooden-boat culture and waterfront bluffs.
  7. Silver City, New Mexico — ranked #77
    Silver City, New Mexico
    A high-desert mining town turned arts hub near the Gila Wilderness.
  8. Beaufort, South Carolina — ranked #88
    Beaufort, South Carolina
    A Lowcountry town of antebellum homes and marshland views along the Beaufort River.
  9. Galena, Illinois — ranked #99
    Galena, Illinois
    A 19th-century river town of preserved brick storefronts near the Mississippi bluffs.
  10. Ojai, California — ranked #1010
    Ojai, California
    A small inland valley town near Santa Barbara known for citrus groves and pink-sunset light.
  11. Marfa, Texas — ranked #1111
    Marfa, Texas
    A remote West Texas desert town known for minimalist art installations and mystery lights.
  12. Hood River, Oregon — ranked #1212
    Hood River, Oregon
    A Columbia River Gorge town built around windsurfing, orchards, and craft cideries.
  13. Woodstock, Vermont — ranked #1313
    Woodstock, Vermont
    A New England village of covered bridges and white church steeples in the Green Mountains.
  14. North Adams, Massachusetts — ranked #1414
    North Adams, Massachusetts
    A former mill city in the Berkshires now anchored by MASS MoCA's contemporary art galleries.
  15. Cannon Beach, Oregon — ranked #1515
    Cannon Beach, Oregon
    A Pacific coast town facing Haystack Rock, one of the most photographed sea stacks in the US.

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