Travel Articles by Jay Gentile

United States

• THE PEOPLE’S PALACE — WASHINGTON POST
• A LOCAL’S GUIDE TO CHICAGO — THE GUARDIAN
• OLYMPIC SKIERS OF LAKE TAHOE (PRINT VERSION) — CHICAGO TRIBUNE
• OLYMPIC SKIERS OF LAKE TAHOE — BALTIMORE SUN
• OLYMPIC SKIERS OF LAKE TAHOE — ORLANDO SENTINEL
• OLYMPIC SKIERS OF LAKE TAHOE — ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
• LAKE TAHOE (VIDEO) — CHICAGO TRIBUNE
• BEST BARS IN NEW ORLEANS (PRINT VERSION) — CHICAGO TRIBUNE
• PEOPLE’S PALACE (PRINT VERSION) — WASHINGTON POST
• MONTANA HOT SPRINGS CRAWL — OUTSIDE MAGAZINE
• DOOR COUNTY INSIDER’S GUIDE — LONELY PLANET
• DOOR COUNTY INSIDER’S GUIDE — LONELY PLANET MAGAZINE (PRINT VERSION)
• AWESOMELY BIZARRE PIT STOPS ON THE ROAD TO COACHELLA — LONELY PLANET
• THE GREAT COLORADO MOUNTAIN ROAD TRIP — LONELY PLANET
• REAL NEW ORLEANS ART & CULTURE — LONELY PLANET
• CHARLESTON VS. SAVANNAH — LONELY PLANET
• DO-IT-YOURSELF MONTANA GUIDE — LONELY PLANET
• WHY ASHEVILLE IS AMERICA’S NEXT MUSIC CITY — LONELY PLANET
• CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA & BIG SUR ART SCENE — LONELY PLANET
• WHY INDIANAPOLIS IS NOW COOL — LONELY PLANET
• ZION VS. BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK — LONELY PLANET
• INSIDE THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA — LONELY PLANET
• SECRETS OF LAKE TAHOE — LONELY PLANET
• BEST SKI RESORTS IN CALIFORNIA — LONELY PLANET
• HOW TO THROW YOUR OWN PARADE IN NEW ORLEANS — FROMMER’S
• SANIBEL ISLAND: FLORIDA’S NATURE ESCAPE — FROMMER’S
• UNDER THE RADAR U.S. ROAD TRIPS — AOL
• A LOCAL’S GUIDE TO CHICAGO (PRINT VERSION) — THE GUARDIAN
• MOST BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS IN AMERICA — HUFFINGTON POST
• HIDDEN GEMS OF THE AMERICAN WEST — HUFFINGTON POST
• TRINIDAD, COLORADO: “WEED TOWN USA” — HIGH TIMES
• MEET MONTANA’S DIVE BAR MERMAIDS — THRILLIST
• IS THIS THE COOLEST SMALL TOWN IN AMERICA? — THRILLIST
• THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK — THRILLIST
• THE GALAPAGOS OF NORTH AMERICA — THRILLIST
• HOW GREENVILLE BECAME SOUTH CAROLINA’S CAPITAL OF COOL — THRILLIST
• BEST STATE PARKS IN AMERICA — THRILLIST
• BEST NATIONAL FORESTS IN AMERICA — THRILLIST
• BEST NATIONAL MONUMENTS IN AMERICA — THRILLIST
• BEST OUTDOOR GETAWAYS NEAR BIG CITIES — THRILLIST
• BEST STATE PARKS IN UTAH — THRILLIST
• BEST NUDE BEACHES IN AMERICA — THRILLIST
• COOLEST INDIAN RESERVATIONS IN AMERICA — THRILLIST
• BEST MOUNTAIN TOWNS IN AMERICA — THRILLIST
• BEST OUTDOOR MUSIC VENUES IN AMERICA — THRILLIST
• COOLEST WATERFALLS IN AMERICA — THRILLIST
• SECRETS OF THE GREAT PLAINS — THRILLIST
• BEST MOUNTAINS IN COLORADO — THRILLIST
• DISCOVER FLORIDA’S LAID-BACK “ANTI-FLORIDA” — THRILLIST
• MOST ROMANTIC CITIES IN AMERICA — THRILLIST
• UNDERRATED ROCKY MOUNTAINS TOWNS — THRILLIST
• EXPLORING THE WORLD’S LARGEST TRUCK STOP — THRILLIST
• AMERICA’S WORST-DESIGNED CITIES — THRILLIST
• WEIRDEST SUMMER FESTIVALS IN AMERICA — THRILLIST
• MOST UNDERRATED MUSIC CITIES IN AMERICA — THRILLIST
• THE ULTIMATE CAMPING CHECKLIST — THRILLIST
• BEST MOUNTAIN LAKE TOWNS IN AMERICA — THRILLIST
• MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES IN UTAH — THRILLIST
• DRUNKEST CITIES IN AMERICA — THRILLIST
• BEST YOUTUBE TRAVEL SHOWS — THRILLIST
• ESTES PARK, COLORADO TRAVEL GUIDE — CULTURE TRIP
• CULTURE SEEKER’S GUIDE TO RENO/TAHOE — CULTURE TRIP
• COOLEST NEIGHBORHOODS IN AMERICA — MARRIOTT TRAVELER
• BEST FALL FOLIAGE ROAD TRIPS — MARRIOTT TRAVELER
• TELLURIDE GONDOLA FOOD & DRINK CRAWL — 5280 MAGAZINE
• NEW ORLEANS ALLIGATOR SELFIES — HEMISPHERES
• BEST HOTELS IN NEW ORLEANS — ROUGH GUIDES
• HOW TO DRINK IN MONTANA — LIQUOR.COM
• HOW TO DRINK IN UTAH — LIQUOR.COM
• HOW TO VISIT KENTUCKY — THE TELEGRAPH (SPONSORED)
• COOLEST SKI RESORTS TO VISIT IN SUMMER — PASTE MAGAZINE
• MOST INTERESTING STOPS ALONG ROUTE 66 — PASTE MAGAZINE
• UNDERRATED U.S. ISLANDS — PASTE MAGAZINE
• MOST AMAZING NATIONAL MONUMENTS — PASTE MAGAZINE
• DOOR COUNTY, WISCONSIN TRAVEL GUIDE — PASTE MAGAZINE

International

• AFGHANISTAN’S GRAND CANYON — CNN TRAVEL
• BEST TRAVEL SHOWS ON NETFLIX — VANCOUVER SUN (PRINT VERSION)
• BEST ONLINE TRAVEL SHOWS — VANCOUVER SUN (PRINT)
• INSIDE ALBERTA, CANADA’S CRAFT DISTILLING BOOM — THRILLIST
• CROATIA TRAVEL GUIDE — THRILLIST
  
• CRAZIEST PLACES ON EARTH TO SKI — THRILLIST
• BEST HOSTELS IN EUROPE — THRILLIST
• I MEDITATED IN THE MOUNTAINS OF AUSTRALIA — THRILLIST
• THRILLIST GUIDE TO GETTING MARRIED ABROAD — THRILLIST
• BEST TRAVEL DOCUMENTARIES ON NETFLIX — THRILLIST
• LAKE COMO, ITALY TRAVEL GUIDE — PASTE MAGAZINE
• SMALLEST COUNTRIES IN EUROPE — PASTE MAGAZINE
• WORLD’S HIGHEST CAPITAL CITIES — PASTE MAGAZINE
• BEST CITIES FOR CHINESE NEW YEAR — MARRIOTT TRAVELER
• KO LANTA, THAILAND — RUNDOWN.COM
• FRASER ISLAND, AUSTRALIA — RUNDOWN.COM
• BARILOCHE, ARGENTINA — RUNDOWN.COM
• MURREN, SWITZERLAND — RUNDOWN.COM
• THAILAND TRAVEL GUIDE — ESTES PARK TRAIL-GAZETTE
• HIKING THE ANNAPURNA CIRCUIT, NEPAL — ESTES PARK TRAIL-GAZETTE

Midwest

• UNIQUE STATES OF AMERICA (BOOK) — LONELY PLANET
• BEST MIDWEST VACATIONS FROM CHICAGO — THRILLIST
• BEST FALL ROAD TRIPS FROM CHICAGO — THRILLIST
• BEST WINTER ROAD TRIPS FROM CHICAGO — THRILLIST
• BEST ROMANTIC GETAWAYS FROM CHICAGO — THRILLIST
• THE TOP 10 SKI RESORTS IN THE MIDWEST — THRILLIST
• BEST BEACHES IN THE MIDWEST — THRILLIST
• UNDERRATED MIDWEST TOWNS — THRILLIST
• WEEKEND GETAWAYS FROM CHICAGO — TRIVAGO
• TOP WISCONSIN SKI RESORTS — RUNDOWN.COM
• INDY 500 — RUNDOWN.COM
• BOYNE MOUNTAIN, MICHIGAN — RUNDOWN.COM
• MOUNT BOHEMIA, MICHIGAN — RUNDOWN.COM
• LAKE GENEVA, WISCONSIN — RUNDOWN.COM
• SAUGATUCK, MICHIGAN — RUNDOWN.COM
• MILWAUKEE SUMMERFEST — RUNDOWN.COM
• GRAND BEACH, MICHIGAN — RUNDOWN.COM
• TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN — RUNDOWN.COM
• MACKINACK ISLAND, MICHIGAN — RUNDOWN.COM
• NEW GLARUS, WISCONSIN — RUNDOWN.COM
• LAKE MICHIGAN LUXURY CRUISE — RUNDOWN.COM
• SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN — RUNDOWN.COM
• TWO RIVERS, WISCONSIN — RUNDOWN.COM
• WARREN DUNES STATE PARK — RUNDOWN.COM

Illinois

• ILLINOIS CITIES RANKED BY THEIR FOOD & DRINK — THRILLIST
• UNDERRATED ILLINOIS TOWNS — THRILLIST
• GENEVA, ILLINOIS ROAD TRIP — ALASKA BEYOND MAGAZINE
• ILLINOIS LANDMARKS YOU NEED TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE — THRILLIST
• BEST SMALL TOWNS IN ILLINOIS — THRILLIST
• WEIRDEST THINGS YOU CAN DO IN ILLINOIS — THRILLIST
• BEST BREWERIES IN ILLINOIS — THRILLIST
• BEST PIZZA PLACES IN ILLINOIS — THRILLIST
• BEST BURGERS IN ILLINOIS — THRILLIST
• BEST BARS IN ILLINOIS — THRILLIST
• BEST DINERS IN ILLINOIS — THRILLIST
• GALENA, ILLINOIS — RUNDOWN.COM
• GENEVA, ILLINOIS — RUNDOWN.COM
• WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS — RUNDOWN.COM
• SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS — RUNDOWN.COM
• STARVED ROCK STATE PARK — RUNDOWN.COM

Chicago

• CHICAGO INSIDER’S GUIDE — ROUGH GUIDES
• CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS GUIDE — THE TELEGRAPH
• BEST MUSIC VENUES IN CHICAGO — LONELY PLANET
• BEST PARTY BOATS IN CHICAGO — MARRIOTT TRAVELER
• COOLEST NEIGHBORHOODS IN CHICAGO — MARRIOTT TRAVELER
• TOP THINGS TO DO IN CHICAGO — TIME OUT CHICAGO
• CHICAGO’S 606 TRAIL — ALASKA BEYOND MAGAZINE
• BEST CHICAGO DAY TRIPS (PRINT) — WHERE MAGAZINE
• BEST CHICAGO STREET ART (PRINT) — WHERE MAGAZINE
• SECRET THINGS TO DO IN CHICAGO — THRILLIST
• UNDERRATED THINGS IN CHICAGO — THRILLIST
• THE OVERLY TRUTHFUL MAP OF CHICAGO — THRILLIST
• THINGS YOU’LL NEVER HEAR A CHICAGOAN SAY — THRILLIST
• WHY LIVING IN CHICAGO RUINS YOU FOR LIFE — THRILLIST
• THE CHICAGO BUCKET LIST — THRILLIST
• WAYS CHICAGO IS TRYING TO KILL YOU — THRILLIST
• CHICAGO FACTS THAT ARE LIES — THRILLIST
• GROSSEST THINGS IN CHICAGO — THRILLIST
• WHY CHICAGO IS BETTER THAN YOUR CITY — THRILLIST
• POLL: WHO’S MORE CHICAGO — THRILLIST
• CHICAGO WINTER SURVIVAL GUIDE — THRILLIST