Away for the Weekend (Paperback: Revised and Updated: 336 pages)

Here New York-based travelers and readers will find guidance for their weekends in historic Cooperstown and beautiful Dutchess County, in Albany, or Mystic, or the Poconos. Eleanor Berman explores the pleasures to be had staying at an elegant 1807 Georgian country inn surrounded by stone walls and meadows with hand-painted murals in each room; inner tubing with the kids down a river at the Sesame Street theme park; visiting a stone castle with seven towers and a moat; touring the family home and presidential library of Franklin Delano Roosevelt; and seeing the largest private collection of Impressionist art. There are casinos to discover, microbreweries with fascinating tours, farms for apple and pumpkin picking, and more.

In each new edition of these perennially popular travel guides, Berman updates crucial information like phone numbers, hours, and locations. Driving directions and listings of restaurants and accommodations for every budget are included. Icons mark which destinations are great for kids and which make a perfect long weekend.