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Santa Fe, New Mexico

Check out our brand-new featured town: enchanting Santa Fe!

New Braunfels, Texas

It's nearly time for Schlitterbahn to open for the season! Last year's new rides included The Falls, the world's longest water ride at 3,600 feet in length From its innovative aquaveyer to its scenic vistas (and its delightful drops!), this is a must-do for your summer vacation.

Durango, Colorado

While you're planning your summer adventures, be sure to include another adventure that will provide a lifetime of memories. May 18 commences the season for Soaring. This unique trip will provide a bird's-eye view of treetops in a state-of-the-art set-up that is fun for all ages.

Big Bear, California

A new nine-segment zip-line course offers a three-hour tour above the San Bernardino National Forest. Speeds up to 45 mph can be achieved; the longest run is 846 feet. See bigbear.com for details.

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Great Towns are the nation’s most favored communities, enjoying both urban charms and unforgettable settings. Some are well known, like Key West and Aspen. Others — like Green Lake, Wisconsin and Spearfish, South Dakota — haven’t yet been fully discovered. Each great town is a fun-filled getaway with ideal recreational and cultural highlights to make it a worthy vacation town, or as the best place for you to call home.

David and Joan Vokac personally visited more than two hundred towns during two years of travel and 90,000 miles of research. The result is the second edition of The Great Towns of America — the only detailed travel and relocation guide to America's 100 top towns, the most scenic and civilized alternatives to the nation's cities. All major attractions, restaurants, and lodgings are detailed, along with livability ratings for each town.

GREATTOWNS.COM will continuously update the guidebook on these website pages, and showcase all of the follow-up books and eBooks that explore these special locales in even more detail.