The covered bridges of Vermont are often found on postcards, in books and stories about the state and on many different social media sites. They’re the settings for idyllic, scenic drives, weddings, and ghost tales.

The most popular thing to do at the luxury Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia isn’t being pampered at the spa, playing a round of golf on one of its world-class courses, or indulging in its legendary fine dining.

Celebrated as the birthplace of reggae and highly regarded for its full-bodied rums and flavorsome cuisine, Jamaica is a destination that lends itself equally to cultural pursuits as it does to relaxing under swaying palms on a picture-perfect beach.

Formerly a small fishing village on the Tokaido road, Yokohama, now Japan’s second largest city, was first made a treaty port in 1859. Then followed an influx of traders, especially Chinese and British, making it the biggest port in Asia by the early 1900.

One of the most desolate places on earth starts just across the border from where I live in San Diego, the approximately 760 miles/1200-kilometer-long Baja Peninsula.

In this short roadtrip, we traversed America.

With travel opening again, let us start with hidden gems like Clay County, Florida. It sits south of Jacksonville and west of St. Augustine.

This is a city of fallen women. It’s also a city of fallen men. There are more ways to stub your toe and take a tumble on the cobblestone streets of this magnificent little town than there are art galleries – and there are an incredible number of art galleries

Often there are ties with locations that we never thought connected us to a place.