Photos: Cruising the USA
Coastal and inland cruises allow travelers to see domestic sights from a fresh angle. In Alaska, smaller vessels get closer to the state’s natural wonders.
| September 22, 2012
Orca on watch in the cold Pacific Northwest waters.
Monika Wieland
| September 22, 2012
Lake Superior beckons on a Great Lakes itinerary.
| September 22, 2012
Small charters and big ships explore coastal Maine.
| September 22, 2012
Hiking on Molokai is playtime off a cruise ship.
Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff
| September 22, 2012
The American Queen plies the Mississippi River.
| September 22, 2012
One Chesapeake Bay bounty is soft shell crabs.
| September 22, 2012
Intracoastal sailors may see a shrimp boat in Georgia.
Patricia Borns for the Boston Globe
| September 22, 2012
