“Pittsburgh is a favorite city of mine in America,” says Lump. “It’s an easy long weekend.” This postindustrial city in Pennsylvania has a young, creative population and buzzing arts scene thanks to being a university town. Lump recommends its “fantastic” museums and “fun neighborhoods” with lots of quirky, independent shops.
Medellín in Colombia and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil are the publisher’s South American picks. Medellín is a great “comeback story,” says Lump, with thriving art and culture, beautiful gardens and is “a really vibrant destination.” Rio, meanwhile, has new museum openings on the horizon and a new hiking trail up to the Christ the Redeemer statue.