Jersey shore weekends may start with the beach, boardwalk and plenty of fried food but there's also fine dining, history and one of America's most iconic rock clubs.
You can still have a fabulous spring break without going broke even if you don't have the luxury of being a trust-fund baby, and if lavish island holidays simply aren't on your radar.
Having received what some locals call a bad rap as the “Scruffy City,” Knoxville is, in fact, anything but. Often overlooked while traveling on I-40 west toward Nashville or east to Asheville, NC, Knoxville is tucked away in the rolling hills of Tennessee, less than 1 hour from the Great Smoky Mountains.