Winter Haven, Florida
The Chain of Lakes City — lakes linked by canals, and water ski shows that put a small Florida town on the map.
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Lockhart, Texas
The Barbecue Capital of Texas. Saturday at Kreuz Market, the line out the door, and the smell of post oak smoke over the whole town.
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Ventura, California
A surf town without the pretense — the pier, the point breaks, and a laid-back downtown between the mountains and the sea.
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Encinitas, California
A North County beach town where the day starts with a surf check and ends with the sun dropping into the Pacific.
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Lakeland, Florida
Swan City — a ring of lakes, swans downtown, orange blossom in the spring air, and a shuffleboard club still going strong.
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Bentonville, Arkansas
A town square, Ozark trails, and more mountain bike singletrack than you can ride in a weekend. Bentonville kept its square and its front porches.
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Driftwood, Texas
Barely a dot on the map, and that's the point. Country roads, barbecue smoke, and the darkest skies in the Hill Country.
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Dripping Springs, Texas
The Gateway to the Hill Country — Mercer Street, a dance hall that's the town's living room, and a name the locals say their own...
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Plant City, Florida
The Strawberry Capital of the World — red fields, a festival the whole town plans around, and sweetness you don't forget.
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Pagosa Springs, Colorado
Hot springs steam, the San Juan River, and a town that showed up for itself this year. Pagosa Springs, in its own words — and...
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Wimberley, Texas
Coffee on the square, cold water at the Blue Hole, and a town that just took a hit. Wimberley is where Small Town Locals started...
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