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Bloomington’s Week of Chocolate festivities atone for indulgence by benefiting charity.

With legwork and willingness to brave the elements, you can stage a hit weekend without much fuss.

With the leaves down, winter is a good time to see Hocking Hills State Park, when the water that seeps, drizzles, and cascades down the rock walls in warmer months freezes, frosting the landscape with fairytale-quality icicles

Ski Magazine proclaimed Crystal Mountain the “number one resort in the Midwest.” Nearly 60 trails offer a mix of downhill exhilaration for skiers of all skill levels.

Every once in a while—and specifically, this weekend—we binge on new aesthetic ideas in Chicago.

Billed as the “Quilt Capital of the World,” Paducah shreds homey preconceptions of the folk art, showcasing new-wave materials and eye-popping pieces that are solidly 21st century.

More proof that Brown County epitomizes down-home Hoosierama.

Next to the scenery, the ruts, bumps, and potholes are what a lot of folks like about the drive—it feels like quintessential Brown County. By this time next year, though, the ride should be smoother.

A trained artist steeped in Impressionism’s celebration of plein air painting and vivid colors, Selma Steele brought a designer’s sensibility to the landscaping and planting of hillsides and meadows on the property.

Come fall, the property at Kelp’s Greenhouse and Pumpkin Patch becomes a russet-hued Bob Ross painting, with pumpkins and gourds arranged in tidy stacks according to shape, size, and color.

Pamela Keech lives upstairs from her Nashville antiques store, The Emerald Pencil, and rents out a sweetly appointed guest room in the Victorian Gothic cottage.

Need a weekend getaway? Time to rethink Detroit.

Kohler Waters Spa guests pitter-pat around in slippers and robes all day, sipping cucumber water and champagne.

Looking for your next fix of “photon bombing”? Here’s where to go.

A cluster of rental tinies in Bloomington invites you to experience the trend without committing.