http://www.cottageliving.com/cottage/travel Travel - CottageLiving.com http://i.timeinc.net/cottage/images/hub/template/logo_footer.gif http://www.cottageliving.com While other Gulf Coast towns try to recapture the Old Florida spirit, Apalachicola and St. George Island never lost it. In a weekend visit, it's easy to share their connection to land, water, and the country's freshest seafood<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cottageliving/travel/~4/cpazTaLz1Jc" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.cottageliving.com/~r/cottageliving/travel/~3/cpazTaLz1Jc/0,21135,1841215,00.html Apalachicola, Florida Apalachicola, Florida, St Geor Buff Strickland http://www.cottageliving.com/cottage/travel/article/0,21135,1841215,00.html Features editor David Hanson takes his mom to Harbor Springs, Michigan, to discover the setting for a generations-old family cottage escape.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cottageliving/travel/~4/IX63opl1ius" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.cottageliving.com/~r/cottageliving/travel/~3/IX63opl1ius/0,21135,1831540,00.html Harbor Springs, Michigan Harbor Springs, Michigan, fall Matthew Gilson http://www.cottageliving.com/cottage/travel/article/0,21135,1831540,00.html Our list celebrates the best places to enjoy life just right - communities where neighborly houses and pedestrian-scaled streets aren't a thing of the past.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cottageliving/travel/~4/HAcRQsdEhG4" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.cottageliving.com/~r/cottageliving/travel/~3/HAcRQsdEhG4/0,21135,1808929,00.html NorthWest Crossing NorthWest Crossing, Bend, Oreg Andrew Geiger http://www.cottageliving.com/cottage/travel/article/0,21135,1808929,00.html Drive your cares away on a weekend road trip from Miami to the tip of America's subtropical island.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cottageliving/travel/~4/r8RAZqm_AQ8" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.cottageliving.com/~r/cottageliving/travel/~3/r8RAZqm_AQ8/0,21135,1738774,00.html Kona Kai Resort Kona Kai, Key West, Florida Buff Strickland http://www.cottageliving.com/cottage/travel/article/0,21135,1738774,00.html Carmel's cottage romance owes itself to the whimsical genius of Hugh Comstock, the most famous would-be architect few have ever heard of.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cottageliving/travel/~4/9PUzM21frUA" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.cottageliving.com/~r/cottageliving/travel/~3/9PUzM21frUA/0,21135,1688075,00.html Comstock Carmel Carmel, Comstock, California Roger Davies http://www.cottageliving.com/cottage/travel/article/0,21135,1688075,00.html