Where to take your suitcase in the new year

“There’s this kind of trend toward finding ‘The Real America,’” says Reid. This has been bolstered by Ken Burns’ “The National Parks” and HBO’s “John Adams.” “Whether it’s a quilt show, a Civil War reenactment, a folk-art show, or the bourbon trail around Kentucky, people are trying to find the back roads to see those little pieces of America.”