Palm Springs, CA

Travel experts have ranked the top 10 best cities for culture in the US and Palm Springs ranked 1st.

The research by The Family Vacation Guide analyzed factors such as number of cultural attractions, US searches for museums and art galleries, and culture-related Instagram posts to reveal the top 50 cities for culture in the US.

To help identify the best places in the United States for a cultural vacation, the group looked at a range of factors in 100 US cities including the above aforementioned, and compiled this data into a single culture score to reveal the best cultural destinations in the country.

Palm Springs came in as the top US city for culture, having earned a score of 9.27 in the study. Our artistic enclave in California’s Sonoran Desert is known as a popular resort destination and famous for our stylish hotels, hot springs, and spas, as well as the large number of celebrities that make a home here.

While Palm Springs did not come top in any one category, the city performed well across the board, boasting a large number of cultural attractions for its relative size. The city also had the sixth-highest rate of culture-related Instagram posts per 1,000 people at 1322.26.