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Ocean Edge Resort & Golf Club in Brewster has made it a mission to bring winter fun to a largely seasonal section of the state.

First-time visitors to the Volunteer State, with its deep wellspring of musical heritage and Black history, will find flavors of both throughout Tennessee, but no place rivals Memphis for its evocation of Black musical traditions and the struggle for equal rights.

Amelia Island stretches just 13 miles along the coast of Northern Florida, bordering Georgia. Rich in history and boasting a thriving contemporary food scene, the island blends the Southern charm of Savannah, Georgia with the tropical scenery of a coastal community.

As temperatures cool and foliage paints itself across the Massachusetts landscape, Ocean Edge Resort & Golf Club on Cape Cod is rolling out its fire pits and dusting off comforters. For the well-known resort, staying open year-round on a coastal peninsula requires finesse — and cranberries.

Nestled off a quiet residential street in Falmouth sits an army of shiny, retrofitted Airstreams offering up a coastal getaway for urbanites who like the idea of camping but would prefer not to sleep on the ground. AutoCamp Cape Cod is Massachusetts’s newest glamp-site, renting the luxury campers and similarly styled tents just one mile from the Cape Cod coastline.

The travel and tourism industries are big business in the United States. In 2017, the U.S. travel industry alone generated $2.4 trillion and supported 15.6 million American jobs, according to the U.S. Travel Association.