No funds for a rendezvous in Paris? Get le fix in Québec City — closer to home and with a friendlier exchange rate.

Head north after reading our guide to Québec City.

With a getaway car (preferably something classic that requires driving gloves), you can make out like a robber baron in the colorful hillocks two hours north of New York City.

Live the good life with our road trip guide to Massachusetts.

Andy Warhol and Frank Lloyd Wright saw something in Pittsburgh that other artists (or, um, you) wouldn’t see for decades. Take a trip to this up-and-coming creative hub. Seriously.

Discover your new weekend destination with our Pittsburgh guide.

Sure, you can get your kicks on Route 66, but you’ll find kayaking, fried pickles, rummage sales, and more down 81 into the Shenandoah Valley.

Find out where to sleep, eat, and shop with our Shenandoah Valley travel guide.

Spend one weekend in Montreal, and all that Quebecois separatism talk starts making sense. The music is solid, the hipsters are laid-back, and the loonie goes a long way.

Grab a jacket and head to Canada with our Montreal travel guide.

If you haven’t been to Burlington since college, start packing. The come-as-you-are town has much more than hemp necklaces and Wavy Gravy.

You can already taste the maple syrup while flipping through our guide to Burlington.

Pack your picnic basket and bug spray for a gourmet getaway in the Southern Berkshires.

Check out our guide here.

You could give into a staycation, or you could splurge on a tank of gas and head to Portland where boho-chic meets hard-core granola.

Time to grab a lobster bib and our guide to Portland, Maine.

Pack your bags, your favorite tunes, and groove your way to the city on the shore of Lake Erie. From beef cheeks and beer to one of the best orchestras in the country, Cleveland rocks.

Get more from the Midwest in our Cleveland travel guide.

Detroit’s rap belies its many awesome alter egos (Motown, Motor City, Paris of the West). The city buzzes with energy, thanks to a recent revitalization. We tapped Meghan McEwen, a former CS Interiors editor who now calls the city home, for her picks for a perfect weekend.

Motor over to Motown with our Detroit travel guide.

All you want is a B&B experience free of doilies, curfews, awkward socializing, and egg-and-cheese casseroles. Zip two hours north to the mountains of Upstate New York for that and more.

Our guide to the Catskills is a breath of fresh air.

Sparkling blue water and sweet Southern smiles? Yeehaw. We’ll take us some of that. Time for a trip to North Carolina.

Ya’ll have fun with our guide to the Outer Banks.

Drop the hoop skirt and step away from the juleps. With a booming food scene and a subtropical climate that invites travel year-round, Charleston makes a Southern drawl seem cosmopolitan, from the shaggy East Bay to the snooty Battery.

Seek out Southern hospitality with our Charleston travel guide.

Yes, Virginia, there is a fun (historical, indie, artsy) weekend to be had in Richmond. Go old-school with vaudeville theater performances, Victorian home tours, and independent bookstores.

Mosey down to Richmond with our guide in hand.

Blow the dust off your driver’s license or take the Jitney, then ride the short ferry to the plot of land nestled between Long Island’s two forks.

Hoist the sails and take a look at our guide to Shelter Island.

Make an escape to cozy Vermont, where mountain fun is rivaled by a stellar locavore dining scene.

Go on a foodie road trip with our guide.

Discover a green getaway at Martha’s Vineyard, complete with an ecofriendly hotel, bike rentals, and local eats.

Explore the Vineyard in the off season.

Sometimes cars are more pain than pleasure. To see the Windy City without the use of four wheels, grab yourself an el map, our public transit-friendly guide, and hit our favorite cafes and shops — all within walking distance of a train stop.

Get shopping, dining, and drinking with our travel guide, or browse around our Chicago edition.

Already planning for the annual changing of the leaves? Try seeing the forest for the trees in Virginia, wild West Virginia, and Maryland.

Check your calendar before hitting the road with our leaf peeping guide.