Highlands High School, a large suburban public school, prepares graduates for college or a career. Enrollment includes a population of five percent minority students and 12 percent students identified as economically disadvantaged. Highlands High School offers 26 Advanced Placement courses; 70 percent of its students enroll in AP classes. Students may also enroll in dual credit courses through Western Kentucky Read more...

Boxing is typically not seen as female friendly. With the majority of WTF’s clientele being female, there is an underlying sense of reassurance that this is something that you can excel at—and be badass at. Unlike most places, WTF does not believe in sticking you with a punching bag for an hour and call that boxing. They combine real boxing Read more...

The Hillary Rodham Clinton Children’s Library and Learning Center was built in 2013 as a place to foster imagination and appreciate nature. But this library’s not just about the books — it also has a performance space, a teaching kitchen, a greenhouse and vegetable garden, and an arboretum. Read more...

They’re expanding rapidly out into the Southeast, as far north as Virginia, even, but if you ask us, the best examples of this employee-owned brand are easily found in the parts of Florida where people appreciate Cuban food the most, because who doesn’t love a few crispy croquetas, or the odd potato ball, before tackling their weekly shopping? Which highlights Read more...

Founded in 1995 in Chicago, Intelligentsia holds a place of pride among the specialty-coffee big guns. The buying team cumulatively racks up 365 days a year with their growers, working alongside farmers to develop crops specifically for the company. But what we like most is the expertise and creativity of their baristas. They’ve got training labs in Atlanta, L.A., and Read more...

Founded in Portland in 1999, Stumptown helped pioneer what has now become an industry practice for real-deal roasters—traveling the world to develop direct relationships with coffee farms, paying fair trade prices (and often higher) for good beans, and shortening the time from farm to roaster to cup. Read more...

Iced coffee is courtesy of mad-scientist-style contraptions imported from Kyoto. And even your standard cup of joe takes a minimum of five minutes, as the beans are ground and individually filtered when you order. But all that care has paid off. In January the company scored $25.75 million in funding from techy A-listers like Instagram cofounder Kevin Systrom and Twitter Read more...

This precariously perched restaurant is located atop a towering 282-foot waterfall. The Dining Room serves up fresh seafood caught locally in the Pacific Northwest and offers stunning views of Snoqualmie Falls below. Visit for brunch and dine on house-made biscuits with honey from their own hives, or enjoy locally foraged mushrooms and butter roasted black cod. After dining, guests can Read more...

Giving a Southern California twist on the traditional Chicago deep-dish pizza, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse offered great pizza and a family-friendly menu when it opened in 1978. By 1996, the franchise had seven locations and experienced a pivot: craft beer. In the 20 years since, BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse has been given more than 150 awards for its craft brews, Read more...