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A crowd wearing cowboy hats gathers near a brightly lit concert stage on Fremont Street at night. — Fremont Street Experience.

Start rodeo week in downtown Las Vegas

Las Vegas, NevadaMusic & rodeo

Begin NFR week with a free downtown concert on December 2. Then find your way through Cowboy Christmas, Western craftsmanship and the December 3–12 rodeo.

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Visitors stand among colorful modified cars displayed under green lighting in an exhibition hall. — AutoMobility LA/LA Auto Show 2026

Take a detour through the LA Auto Show

Los Angeles, CaliforniaCars & culture

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Several people play table tennis across brightly colored tables with maritime flags on a beach. — Timothy Schenck, courtesy of Public Art Fund, NY.

Play your way into Miami Art Week

Miami Beach, FloridaArt & play

The lit Rockefeller Center Christmas tree above a crowd near the West 49th Street sign. — JJonahJackalope

After the lights come down

New York, New YorkNew York in winter

A giant yellow SpongeBob balloon floats over handlers dressed in yellow on a Manhattan avenue. — Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Macy’s, Inc.

Look up for Felix the Cat

New York, New YorkStreet culture

Illuminated fountains at Bellagio stand beside the floodlit Las Vegas racing circuit at night. — LVCVA

Pick your night in Vegas race week

Las Vegas, NevadaMusic & race week

Guests sit around a living room with gift bags and pink tissue paper. — Pasha is Home

Bring the thing you swear by

Across the United StatesGatherings & culture

Turntables and a mixer sit below shelves of records. — DONT MATTER

Someone else has the next record

Across the United StatesMusic & culture

Participants perform medicine-ball exercises inside a fitness center. — Sgt. Justin Rachal / U.S. Army

Follow a friend into HYROX

Across the United StatesSport and community

A published Krampus event graphic incorporating a photograph of costumed performers in a Leavenworth Krampuslauf image. — Krampus Bremerton page / source image

Before Krampus reaches the street, someone has to make the night

Across the United StatesWinter culture

Guests hold small plates beside a counter of food samples in a bright commercial kitchen. — The Commissary

You don’t have to bring the whole dinner

Across the United StatesFood & gathering

Hands arrange loose decorative papers and journal pages, with scissors, tape and other scraps on the table. — Found and Flowered

Keep the ticket

Across the United StatesMaking & everyday life

Four people sit facing one another around a small restaurant table, with two more people standing behind them. — Timeleft

Dinner is the easy part

Across the United StatesFood & company

Readers with different open books sit around a wooden table with bottles, pencils and reading materials. — Reading Rhythms

The book is yours. The evening is shared.

Across the United StatesBooks & community

X&ND performs in an orange outfit with an open fan, a microphone and musicians behind. — Jason Denison, courtesy of WHO’S DANCING? / Time Out

A night out without the evidence

Across the United StatesCulture & nightlife

A seated maker guides a tufting gun along a heart-and-flame drawing on stretched cloth. — Sense 7 Tufting

Make a rug worth taking home

New York CityCraft & design

An attendee in a sailor-style costume poses on a checkered floor between two lines of spectators. — Touch Grass Entertainment

You already know the chorus

San Francisco & beyondMusic & fandom

People sit at several mahjong tables in an outdoor space beneath hanging lights. — Green Tile Social Club

Find your place at the mahjong table

New York CityGames & community

A visitor looks at a small piece above trays of charms at the shop counter. — Charm Bar Chicago

A night out with something to keep

ChicagoMaking & community

People dance with raised arms outside a glass building in daylight. — Bob Krasner / amNewYork

Coffee, then the dance floor

Washington, DC & New YorkDance & community

The City Museum warehouse rises behind a long curving sculptural form, trees and an elevated airplane. — Gregg Goldman / Explore St. Louis

A second life you can climb into

St. Louis, MissouriArt & making

Three cranes fly above a reflective wetland with trees and mountains beyond. — Jon Orris / Friends of Bosque del Apache

The work behind a winter flock

San Antonio & Socorro, New MexicoWildlife & working landscapes

A participant lies across the infield in front of players with raised arms. — Banana Ball / Fans First Entertainment

The crowd gets a turn

On the Banana Ball tourSport & performance

A wide grassy vendor area with tents and shoppers on one side and parked vehicles on the other. — 127YardSale.com / Historic Jordan Motel

A little room in the trunk

The 127 corridorObjects & small towns

Spectators watch a rocket rise beyond the Max A. Brewer Bridge in Titusville. — NASA

Make a day of liftoff

Florida’s Space CoastScience & the coast

A visitor examines gravel in his hands beside a wet-sifting table. — Elliot Williams / Pursuits with Enterprise

Before you dig, learn to look

Murfreesboro, ArkansasOutdoors & discovery

A visitor examines a brightly patterned bag on a grocery shelf, with rows of colorful products and detergent bottles around her. — Meow Wolf

Read the fine print at Omega Mart

Las Vegas, NevadaArt & making

A slice of tomato-topped deep-dish pizza is lifted from a round pan, with strands of cheese stretching from the remaining pizza. — Lou Malnati’s

Chicago pizza has more than one good side

Chicago, IllinoisFood & craft

Alcatraz Island sits in San Francisco Bay, with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background. — Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy

Alcatraz has more than one story to tell

San Francisco, CaliforniaHistory & landscape

View from Sphere’s seating bowl toward a large curved screen displaying an image of Earth. — Populous / Sphere project collection

The room is part of the show at Sphere

Las Vegas, NevadaArchitecture & performance

Close view of curved red, pink and pale bands in sandstone. — Earth Trekkers

The desert changes color in Valley of Fire

Overton, NevadaDesert & landscape

Illuminated fountain jets rise across the foreground with the Bellagio hotel behind them at night. — WET

Stay for the next song at the Bellagio fountains

Las VegasArt & free things to do

Flowering grasses and yellow and purple blooms grow beside a steel High Line railing above a New York street with a yellow taxi. — Friends of the High Line

Let the garden lead you along the High Line

New York CityGardens & city walks

Readers sit at tables beneath the vaulted ceiling of Bates Hall at the Boston Public Library. — Boston Public Library

Take a seat at Boston Public Library

BostonArchitecture & public life

Pedestrians walk the Brooklyn Bridge promenade beside its cables and stone tower, with Manhattan’s skyline beyond. — Marques Jackson

New York opens up on Brooklyn Bridge

New York CityArchitecture & city walks

Three people walk along a paved path towards a tall red sandstone formation at Garden of the Gods. — Visit Colorado Springs

Walk between the walls at Garden of the Gods

Colorado SpringsLandscape & walking

The Gateway Arch rises above the glass visitor center and a reflecting pool under a blue sky. — Cooper Robertson / Corgan

Take the long way around the Gateway Arch

St. LouisArchitecture & American history

Travelers move through the Main Concourse beneath the celestial ceiling at Grand Central Terminal. — Beyer Blinder Belle

There’s time to look up at Grand Central

New York CityArchitecture & city life

A Roosevelt Island Tram cabin crosses above the Queensboro Bridge beneath a clear blue sky. — Lichtwolke / Shutterstock / Time Out

Take the tram and spend an afternoon on Roosevelt Island

New York CityCity journeys

Downtown San Antonio River Walk, with shaded dining terraces, pedestrians and a river boat. — City of San Antonio

Follow the bends of San Antonio’s River Walk

San Antonio, TexasWater & city life

Empty rows of Red Rocks Amphitheatre descend toward the stage, with sandstone formations and the plains beyond. — Heaton.Photography

Find your place at Red Rocks

Morrison, ColoradoMusic & landscape

A Dyker Heights house outlined in white lights, with gingerbread figures, candy canes and large red ornaments across the front yard. — Scott Lynch / Brooklyn Magazine

Every house has its own Christmas in Dyker Heights

New York CityNeighborhoods & traditions

Stairs descend from a market passage beneath a glowing “MORE SHOPS” sign, with people walking below. — Michael Matheny / A Sense of Travel

Go downstairs at Pike Place Market

SeattleMarkets & neighborhood life

The restored Botanical Building and its reflection in the reflecting pool under a clear blue sky. — Dllu / Wikimedia Commons

A day among the gardens and galleries of Balboa Park

San DiegoArchitecture & public life

The Mall’s broad walkway recedes beneath autumn trees, with statues and lamps lining the route. — Anthony Quintano from Mount Laurel, United States / Wikimedia Commons

Central Park, made by hand

New York CityLandscape & memory

Griffith Observatory illuminated at night, with downtown Los Angeles behind it. — IIP Photo Archive / Wikimedia Commons

Looking up from Griffith Observatory

Los AngelesScience & the city

Shoppers and diners share a central aisle lined with food counters and seating inside Reading Terminal Market. — Dough4872 / Wikimedia Commons

Reading Terminal Market still feeds Philadelphia

PhiladelphiaFood & city life

Shoppers queue at outdoor market stalls beside the Ferry Building and its clock tower. — Suiren2022 / Wikimedia Commons

At Ferry Plaza, follow the food back

San FranciscoFood & the waterfront

The interior of Old South Meeting House, viewed down the central aisle toward the pulpit, with pews and galleries on both sides. — NateBergin / Wikimedia Commons

Whose Boston does the Freedom Trail remember?

BostonHistory & public life

A stall display of painted glass Christmas ornaments in varied shapes and sizes. — Marit & Toomas Hinnosaar / Wikimedia Commons

A Chicago Christmas, small enough to take home

ChicagoCraft & winter rituals

A brass band plays among participants at a Revolution social club second line in New Orleans. — David & Karyn / Wikimedia Commons

The work behind New Orleans’ second lines

New OrleansMusic & community

A water feature and sculpture in the courtyard at Phoenix Art Museum. — WendyAvilesR / Wikimedia Commons

First Friday in Phoenix

PhoenixArt & the city

A display of colorful handmade holiday ornaments and gifts at the Craftspring booth. — Marc A. Hermann / MTA

The makers behind New York’s Christmas markets

New York CityMakers & markets

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