Amy Virshup

This year, of the 52 destinations on our annual list, our writers and photographers touched down in 11 to capture their essence. Here’s what they found.

Is the Mob Museum on your list? The writer and illustrator sees his new guide to North America’s museums as a way to help families plan their summer vacations.

This Colorado enclave draws both die-hard snow lovers and those who don’t even dream of skiing, be they museum-goers, gourmands or influencers.

Ideas for escaping the cold — or embracing it.

As travel boomed again this year, we offered new takes on classic destinations, as well as surprising and delightful coverage of lesser-known places. Here are a few favorites.

What surprising amenities have you encountered at the terminal? Let us know.

We take our children on vacation to expose them to history, novelty and beauty.

Will the company’s all-inclusive approach work in the North American market? An avid skier puts the company’s resort at Québec’s Massif de Charlevoix to the test.

The author of best-selling rom-com novels, including this summer’s “Book Lovers,” likes to take her characters out of their comfort zones, and saw much of America from her family’s minivan.

Our annual list of destinations to visit this year looks at spots where visitors can be part of the solution to problems like overtourism and climate change.

After 57 weeks, with the pandemic easing in the United States, we bow out of the Sunday paper.

A world upended means taking a radically different approach to an annual tradition. This year we asked readers to nominate their most beloved spots.

There are so many places in the world, and only 52 spots. How do we choose? (Do you know all the synonyms for “argue”?)

Our Travel editor says the desk will buy carbon offsets in an effort to acknowledge and address the environmental impact of its coverage. “It’s a start,” she writes.

Getting to the slopes without driving was the dream. The Winter Park Express from Denver made it (almost) possible.

Our annual list combines destinations that are aspirational, newly intriguing and perhaps threatened. Here’s how it is put together.

Our new Travel editor, Amy Virshup, says she will be rebooting our travel journalism for the digital age. Send her your suggestions or ask a question here.

Lending your home in exchange for someone else’s is kind to your budget and offers a chance to act like a local.

Amy Virshup, editor of the Metropolitan section, said there are some things you just have to say yes to. Lydia Davis’s short story, “Traveling From Brooklyn,” was one of them.

Metropolitan Diary: The coming elimination of cash tollbooths on the Henry Hudson Bridge reminded a woman of a time when a toll-taker there came to her rescue.