Laguna Beach, California, one of the 20 best small towns in the USA according to Smithsonian Magazine

• Smithsonian Magazine ranks the 20 best small towns in America

• Google’s Project Glass video featuring the company’s proposed, technologically-advanced glasses of the future that just might change the way we see the world forever (above)

• Garden & Gun‘s guide to Greenville, South Carolina

• Rachel Jones shares her favorite shops and eats from a recent trip to Portland, Oregon at Black Eiffel

• A recipe for some of the best looking Eggs Benedict you’ve ever seen from Ree Drummond at Pioneer Woman

• An insider’s guide to West Texas via Southern Living

• One writer’s road trip across the U.S. with his favorite pooch on The Daily Beast