You’ll never run out of things to do in the city that never sleeps, from the bright lights of Broadway and Times Square to the city’s world-renowned museums, shopping, and vast culinary choices. It’s an incredibly diverse and active place, consisting of an intricate patchwork of neighborhoods, each with its own character and history, yet seamlessly coexisting.

A thriving seaport in colonial days, then a summer playground for wealthy 19th-century families, Newport, Rhode Island, lies on the north-east coast of the United States, just south of Boston and north of New York City.

Halifax, capital of Nova Scotia, has considerable charms. The beautifully restored waterfront buildings recall the city’s centuries-old maritime heritage. Halifax is also the gateway to Nova Scotia’s picturesque landscapes and rugged natural beauty.

Hailed as the “Cradle of American Independence,” Boston is filled with historic sites. Boston was America’s first great city. In the 19th century, Boston was rightly described as the “Athens of America.” Today this city of 800,000 retains its vitality, combining historic districts with revitalized urban centers while remaining faithful to its venerable roots. It is a city every American should visit at least once. Follow the Freedom Trail along three of the most historic miles in the country. See the site of the Boston Tea Party, trace the route of Paul Revere’s famous ride, and stand on the bridge where Minutemen fired “the shot heard ’round the world.” In the old Charleston Navy Yard you can see the USS Constitution, the nation’s oldest commissioned warship.

Charleston prizes its heritage and has superbly preserved the colonial and antebellum architecture, old gardens and narrow cobbled streets. Located on a peninsula between the confluence of the Cooper and Ashley Rivers, the city was the first English settlement in South Carolina.

You’ll never run out of things to do in the city that never sleeps, from the bright lights of Broadway and Times Square to the city’s world-renowned museums, shopping, and vast culinary choices. It’s an incredibly diverse and active place, consisting of an intricate patchwork of neighborhoods, each with its own character and history, yet seamlessly coexisting.