Small town main street aesthetic

From coast to coast, AD ranks the nation’s most visually stunning locales

Photo about a small town main street in Maryland during fall. Image of fall, brick, berlin - 14026714

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Savor the scenery (and some stellar cooking) at these bucolic restaurants and inns.

Sometimes small-town life can get you down. Everyone’s going to West Elm, or Anthropologie, or heck — even Target, and you can only dream about being close enough to one of those stores to be able to casually drop by. Well, I’m here to remind you of ten reasons why living in a small town can really rock.1. Trendy design is hard to find.

After Parade readers nominated more than 2,000 Main Streets, editors selected 16 based on the criteria for a successful downtown, according to our research.

Visitors exploring Northern California may drive along the coast, head inland to wine country, or explore the mountains, and along the way, find plenty of quaint towns. With a list including Carmel-by-the-Sea, Pacific Grove, Tahoe City, and several others, each charming town on this list has its own story it’s waiting to share with visitors.