Looking to plan a last-minute escape this Labor Day weekend? These destinations are perfect for a weekend trip.
Surfers stay in a designated surfing area near 92nd Street at Rockaway Beach in New York. In recent years, Rockaway has gone from bedraggled to beloved by artists, surfers and Brooklyn and Manhattan hipsters. Rockaway Beach has had a certain cachet for natives of Queens, if only because it’s supposedly the largest urban beach in the United States. Kirsten Luce/For The Washington Post