The Ohio River city is about to get back in the game.

  Courtesy The Ford Center Evansville Convention and Visitors Bureau 401 S.E. Riverside Drive Evansville, IN 47713 800-433-3025 or 812-421-2200 812-421-2207 (fax) www.visitevansville.com What’s new: A new convention center hotel is expected to be announced in...

Visitors to Evansville can board and tour an LST, a transport ship considered the workhorse of the Navy.

The Capital Hotel stands out as a venue that lacks pretension but exudes graciousness.

The Oxford American’s fund-raising event in 2010 showed how versatile the Capital Hotel can be.

Courtesy the Capital Hotel 111 West Markham Street Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 374-7474 www.capitalhotel.com Historic tidbits: President Ulysses S. Grant was an early guest; it is said that the hotel’s oversized elevator was designed to accommodate his horse. The...

Being a college town adds to this West Virginia city's energy.

Locals say fresh air, wide vistas and the looming Colorado Front Range open eyes and minds.

One tour requires a hairnet and an appreciation for steeped herbs. The other demands an appetite for adventure.

  Courtesy St Julien Boulder Convention and Visitors Bureau 2440 Pearl St. Boulder, CO 80302 800-444-0447 or 303-442-2911 visitor@bouldercvb.com www.bouldercoloradousa.com What’s new:  Avery Brewing plans to build a larger operation near Celestial Seasonings’...