Asheville Breweries + Buxton Hall Whole-Hog Weekend — Asheville, NC

Forty-plus breweries inside city limits. Wedge Brewing's River Arts District beer hall, Hi-Wire's RAD beer garden, Highland on the 40-acre hilltop with disc golf and sand volleyball — and Sierra Nevada's East Coast outpost in Mills River (the 'Disneyland of breweries'). Buxton Hall on the South Slope runs whole-hog Eastern Carolina BBQ that draws Southern Living. Day two: Sliding Rock in Pisgah National Forest (60-foot natural waterslide into an 8-foot pool) and a climbing afternoon at Rumbling Bald (1,500 boulders, 1,100 acres). Sleep at Hotel Indigo downtown for walkability or the Ritz-Carlton if the budget runs hot. Asheville (AVL) is direct from major hubs.