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America's Coolest Small Towns

  1. Highway 1 near Cayucos, Calif. (Amanda Friedman)
  2. Jacksonville, Ore. (John Clark)
  3. Maison Des Amis B&B in Breaux Bridge, La. (Chris Granger)
  4. Main Street in Lexington, Va., lined with 19th-century storefronts. (Courtesy Nathan Beck)
  5. Tubac, Ariz., and the Santa Rita Mountains. (Jeff Topping/The New York Times/Redux)
  6. Route of the Hiawatha, a trail outside Wallace, Idaho. (Tegra Nuess)
  7. Our Bookshop, one of Saugerties, N.Y.,'s three bookstores. (Brad DeCecco/braddececco.com)
  8. Breakwater Lighthouse in Rockland, Maine. (Courtesy rpjwalter/myBudgetTravel)
  9. Artist Mark Benesh's version of American Gothic, on a barn outside Mount Vernon, Iowa. (Sandy Dyas)
  10. Central Avenue in Whitefish, Mont. (Janie Osborne)

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