
6 Underrated US Small Towns That Are Worth the Detour
Mysterious desert lights, an entire downtown on the National Register, and the self-declared Center of the Universe. Skip the big city — these tiny towns deliver.
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Mysterious desert lights, an entire downtown on the National Register, and the self-declared Center of the Universe. Skip the big city — these tiny towns deliver.

Tristan da Cunha has 240 residents, no airport, and a six-day boat ride to the nearest continent. Life there is stranger — and cozier — than you'd think.

From a Michigan island that outlawed 'horseless carriages' in 1898 to a Spanish city with zero traffic deaths, car-free life is less crazy than it sounds.

A Nevada 'republic' still at war with East Germany. A sea fort off England. These self-declared nations aren't recognized — but you can visit them anyway.

In Giethoorn, the streets are water, the buses are boats, and the loudest sound is a duck. Here's how the Dutch village with no roads actually works.