Quaint Americana

Flying through Dulles may not be your best way to finding Quaint Americana, but if you're willing to withstand a cancelled flight (which does come with a free stay at Hyatt Regency Crystal City), then it's not such a bad stopover. (And there's a Dunkin' Donuts every 30 feet.)

OK, maybe not 30 feet, but close. And as incredible as this trip has been, it also has made me want to go back home—home to where my heart is. I just needed to remind myself that that's where I belong.