Get back on the road in Big Sur, California
In California, the Pacific Coast Highway has reopened in Big Sur after a three-year closure due to landslides and the Palisades fire. Drives along this nearly seven-mile stretch between Los Padres National Forest and the Ventana Wilderness Area offer breathtaking ocean views and classic stops like cliffside restaurant Nepenthe and cozy Deetjen’s Big Sur Inn.
Love up on Lisa in Las Vegas, Nevada
The Hottest Ticket on the Vegas Strip This November the mononymous multihyphenate Lisa, of the South Korean girl group Blackpink, will headline her own residency, Viva La Lisa, at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, bringing to the Nevada metropolis a fresh, even more global audience.
Cruise via a new terminal in Pennsylvania
This April, for the first time in nearly two decades, a leisure cruise ship docked in Philadelphia, thanks to the new PhilaPort Cruise Terminal on the banks of the Delaware River. The new port boosts the profile of Pennsylvania as a stop on North American sailing itineraries. Currently Norwegian Cruise Line is departing from the City of Brotherly Love on its Norwegian Jewel and, come this November, Norwegian Pearl, ships that will ferry travelers to Maine’s Bar Harbor, Bermuda, the Caribbean, and beyond.
Watch World Cup history get made in New Jersey
All eyes will be on New Jersey as it prepares to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup’s finale at MetLife (called New York/New Jersey Stadium for the tournament) in East Rutherford on July 19. Though it’s too early to say whether Team USA will be one of the last two teams standing, the halftime show featuring Madonna, Shakira, and K-pop sensation BTS may even upstage the competition. If you’re not one of the 82,000 lucky ticket holders, there are ways to get in on the action: The official NYNJ World Cup 26 Jersey Fan Hub near Hoboken will broadcast live games, and various free-to-the-public events will take place across the state, including an Around the World Watch Party in diverse Jersey City.
The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association voted this year to move from Colorado to Cheyenne, Wyoming, in 2029. And with it goes the ProRodeo Hall of Fame and the Museum of the American Cowboy, which spotlights rodeo culture and its impact on our history. This news could mean big tourism business for the Cowboy State; there are already talks to develop a Western-themed entertainment, cultural, and shopping district around it.
