// Southeast · 5–7 days
Carolina Coast & Lowcountry
Outer Banks dunes, Cape Hatteras lights, and Congaree's old-growth swamp.
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- Stop 01Outer BanksNorth Carolina · 3 days · best may–october
Barrier islands of wild horses, towering lighthouses, and the dunes where flight was born.
Cape Hatteras LighthouseJockey's Ridge dunesWright Brothers Memorial 
Stop 02Blue Ridge ParkwayVirginia & North Carolina · 3 days · best october (foliage)America's longest linear park — 469 miles of ridgeline driving through the southern Appalachians.
Linn Cove ViaductMabry MillCraggy Gardens
Stop 03CongareeSouth Carolina · 1 day · best fall & springOne of the tallest old-growth hardwood forests left in North America.
Boardwalk LoopCedar CreekSynchronous fireflies
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Brown bears, tidewater glaciers, and the tallest peak in North America.
- Amalfi & Southern Italy8–12 days · 3 parks
Cliff-clinging Amalfi villages and the Dolomite spires of the north.
- Andes & Amazon12–16 days · 3 parks
Machu Picchu sunrise, Huayhuash glacier ridges, and Tambopata jungle nights.
- Appalachian Heritage6–9 days · 4 parks
Blue-misted ridges, deep caves, and the wildest gorge in the East.