Its one of my favorite ways to count my blessings and find travel inspiration for the coming year.

Here are 10 places our editors visited for the first time in 2024 and absolutely loved.

Plus, the scenery is really as gorgeous as they say!

St. Augustine

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Sadik says shes hoping to return to see the famed foliage next year.

Athens, Georgia

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Deputy editor Lisa Cericola rediscovered Athens, Georgia, this year.

galleries at theGeorgia Museum of Art; and stuffed myself silly with croissants atIndependent Baking Co, she recounts.

Spy Coast Farm in Kentucky

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Barton Springs Pool

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Freedom Monument Sculpture Park

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Duluth, Georgia

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High Hampton Inn in Cashiers, North Carolina

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Athens, Georgia

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Myriad Botanical Gardens

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Courthouse Rock during fall at Red River Gorge, Kentucky

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St. Augustine

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