
The pieces at Cummer Museum will pull you in, and the pristine grounds will leave you wanting to stay all day. There’s also a more counterculture face to the state, and you’ll find it in Jacksonville. Jacksonville, Floridaĭon’t let it fool you: Florida isn’t all sultry, sizzling clubs, and glistening, tanned beach worshippers. Here’s our list of the coolest towns in America: 21.

The cities on this list landed on our radar for interesting festivals, thriving art scenes, young and fresh demographics, and a hunger for the hipper things in life-from foodie districts to contemporary galleries. America’s small and mid-size cities are stepping up, giving the big metropolises a run for their trend-setting money.

NYC, LA, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco-we recognize your cool cred. When it comes to cool, we already know that the major cities have it on lock.
