DuPont Manual High School, a public magnet school, features five magnet programs, including a traditional college preparatory curriculum as well as math and science, journalism and communication, and visual arts. The school offers a number of AP courses and takes part in the Jefferson County School District’s rigorous Advanced Program. Eighty-nine percent of the students participate in AP courses and Read more...

Lowell High School’s rigorous curriculum features Honors level and Advanced Placement courses, including chemistry, calculus and economics, as well as a variety of foreign languages. 94 percent of the students take AP exams. Beyond classes, extracurricular offerings include more than 80 teams, organizations and student-interest clubs. The school’s speech and debate team is among the oldest in the nation. Economically Read more...

FATHER ANDREW P. KASHEVAROFF STATEThe best thing about Father Andrew P. Kashevaroff State Library, Archives and Museum (SLAM) is that its design is inspired by the culture and landscape of Alaska. Its curved roof references a bird’s protective wing, and its high windows keep visitors connected to the surrounding mountainous landscape as they’re reading inside. Read more...

Hertz Car Hire has more than 90 years’ experience in car and van rentals. Additionally, there are more than 1,600 airport locations across the United States. The company offers a great “NeverLost” GPS program with access to an online trip planner. You will also have access to downloadable city guides that are useful for travelers, especially when driving in more Read more...

Two years after Whole Foods went public in 1994, lucky Austin, Texas, hit the grocery store jackpot once more. This time, it came courtesy of the state’s best-known supermarket brand, H-E-B. With almost Europe-worthy retail design, an overwhelming amount of fresh produce and exceedingly good prepared foods, there should be Central Markets everywhere—sadly, you’ll have to travel to one of Read more...

Miami was slow to catch on to the specialty-coffee trend. But Joel and Leticia Pollock, roasters from Portland big guns Stumptown and Ristretto, came to the rescue in 2010 with a hulking pre-WWII Probat Perfekt Roaster in tow. Four years later, Panther fits right into its Wynwood neighborhood, its bold geometric exterior holding its own amid the surrounding blocks of Read more...

Gulf Coast Town Center touts a “village-like setting” and hosts a variety of anchor stores, specialty shops, and restaurants. Read more...

This Michigan-based coffee shop takes coffee seriously — really seriously. They taste about 3,000 coffees every year to find the best varieties to bring to their customers — as they have been since 2008. That painstaking decision-making results in one amazing cup of coffee that’s guaranteed to make the start to your morning great. Pair it with a gougère (bacon, Read more...

Try the Colombia Pastor with hints of red apple and caramel or the Seven Seeds-Guatemala Rosma espresso with notes of brown sugar and peach at this airy Financial District coffee shop. Start your day off right with scrambled eggs and guacamole or a slice of Tortilla Española with lemon aioli and frisee salad. Read more...