If you have or will visit Beaufort during 2012 or if you do any research on Beaufort, you will definitely come across reference to the coolest small town in America.

We have always thought of Beaufort as one of the coolest places anywhere, but earlier in the year, Budget Travel magazine readers voted Beaufort the coolest small town in America.

You can read all about it on Budget Travel’s site.

The photo above is a banner that hung for a while from the Dockhouse Restaurant in Beaufort. The Dockhouse is a great place for a beer and hands down the best people watching spot in Beaufort.