Dollywood's Splash Country closes for the winter after Sept. 21. Soaky Mountain closes for the season after Sept. 28. Wilderness at the Smokies has a year-round indoor water park. As summer comes to a ...

Families looking for summer fun in the middle of winter should consider a road trip to a nearby indoor water park. Some amusement sites offer slides with crazy twists and turns, surf simulators, lazy ...

There’s a quiet magic that settles over the world when winter arrives. It’s a season that takes the thunderous applause of a waterfall and replaces it with a hushed, crystalline silence. We spend our ...

1. Acadia National Park, Maine The first light of the new year in the U.S. shines on Acadia National Park ‘s Cadillac Mountain, and the neighboring family vacation spot of Bar Harbor has plenty of kid ...