If you really want to get away, the vacation-within-a-vacation is Moloka'i, profiled by Robert Reid in "Hawaii's hush-hush getaway".

BBC: This is Hawaii week

Middletown Mayor Robert Reid still keeps a working Geiger counter in his office, a few miles upstream from the plant.

NPR: Despite Meltdown, Three Mile Island May Power On

Comparable in scale to Cambodia's Angkor Wat, currently "you can get huge parts of it all to yourself, " says Lonely Planet's USA editor, Robert Reid.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Finally, Robert Reid's Ten great Caribbean secrets includes non-yachting ideas like hiking in Dominica, biking in Cuba, and attending "Voudou rock" concerts in Haiti's Port-au-Prince.

BBC: This is Caribbean week