Top 25 Places To Visit In The U.S. If You’re On A Budget And A Lover Of The Arts
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Road trip season is nearly here and we’ve got a list of 25 cities to consider when you want to experience fine arts & culture, but DON’T want to deal with the crowds of major cities like NY & LA.
Preply analyzed 48,000 establishments on Google Places to determine which were the most popular, most highly rated cultural attractions in the U.S. and which mid-sized U.S. cities are the best cultural hubs.
Key Takeaways:
- With 252 cultural establishments per 100,000 residents, Asheville, NC is the best mid-size city for cultural experiences in America.
- Pasadena, CA & Charleston, SC take the #2 & #3 spots respectively.
- Many of the best mid-size cities for cultural experiences are college towns like Cambridge, MA and Berkeley, CA.
- Some cultural experiences in mid-size cities, like the Bellagio Conservatory & Botanical Gardens in Paradise, NV, the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation in Dearborn, MI, and Charleston City Market in Charleston, SC, rank among the popular attractions of any city – small or large – nationwide.
- Peter James Photography Gallery (Bellingham, WA), LePrince Fine Arts Galleries (Charleston, SC) & Villa Ceramics Pottery Studio (Orem, UT) are 3 of the highest-rated cultural attractions of the mid-size cities on our list.
- Out-of-the-way attractions like Turtle Bay Exploration Park in Redding, CA, Red Hills Desert Garden in St. George, UT, and Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springfield, IL draw huge crowds relative to the size of their surrounding city.
