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CELEBRATING AMERICA’S 250TH ANNIVERSARY

My small team and I run around to all manner of far-flung foreign locales, but we take special pleasure in traveling in our own backyard. Americans can explore an astonishingly diverse range of places without a passport. To celebrate our country’s 250th anniversary, we returned to destinations where some of the most important founding events occurred. Standing where the Declaration of Independence was signed, or where soldiers fired the first shots of the Revolutionary War — it’s awe-inspiring. These are the places that helped shape the United States: a country based on a creed dedicated to individual liberty, equality before the law and democratic republican government. What a remarkable and wonderful thing.

July 2026

Boston

Review

Liberty and Luxury in Boston

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Review

Six Noteworthy Boston-Area Restaurants

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Experiences

Three Tours That Bring the Revolutionary War to Life

Virginia

Review

Reassessing a Classic Hotel in Virginia

Experiences

The Virginia Estates of Our Founding Fathers 

Washington, D.C.

Review

A New Hotel Inside the Beltway

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Experiences

Foundational Museums Around Washington, D.C.

Upstate New York

Review

Revolutionary Road Trip in New York

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Review

Destination Dining in Upstate New York

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE

Experiences

Battlefield New York

Philadelphia

Review

Defining Luxury in Philadelphia

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Review

Philadelphia’s Best Omakase Restaurants

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Favorites

Five Memorable Philadelphia Speakeasies

Columns

Favorites

America the Beautiful: National Park Hotels

Last Word

Editor’s Note: Good Ambassadors