Robert Cross

HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Ark.--On Saturday nights the Pickup Parade takes over Central Avenue--Chevys, Fords, mighty red Rams, cute Toyotas and unrecognizable tricked-up low-riders with hydraulics that jiggle fenders in...

1. Bathhouse Row Eight structures remain from the long string of bathhouses that began popping up in the 1870s to take advantage of the surrounding natural hot springs. The buildings...

GETTING THERE From Cleveland?s Hopkins International Airport, take Interstate Highway 480 east to Interstate Highway 77 south. Exit at Rockside Road and proceed east to Canal Road and the Canal...

1. Lock 38 The only lock still operating in the park, it allows visitors to see how the canal people maneuvered their boats down a waterway that dropped nearly 400...

GETTING THERE In case you forgot Winona, you'll find it along Interstate Highway 40, just east of Flagstaff, where the ghost of old Route 66 still lurks. I-40 passes right...

GETTING THERE To visit all four Cascade Range parks in one trip, you might begin with a flight to Seattle. From SeaTac International Airport, take Interstate Highway 5 north to...