It’s New Year’s Eve. New year—new you. So, how about a new way to celebrate? If you’re seeking something different to ring in the new year, we’ve done the research for you. These seven U.S. destinations are not only beautiful in the winter, but they also offer some of the more untraditional ways to celebrate New Year’s Eve. From family friendly to urban cool, count down the final hours of the year creatively with one of these unique New Year’s Eve ideas.

Join in on a truly unique New Year’s mountain adventure with a midnight ride on the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway.

While much of Atlanta will be watching the ever-popular Peach Drop, you and your friends can be seated comfortably aboard a ride through the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest on the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway. You can listen to live entertainment and enjoy food, party favors, and a glass of bubbly to toast in the new year. Or, if New Year’s events that drop odd items like buzzards, gold nuggets and shamrocks are still your game, Georgia has you covered: Just about an hour away from Blue Ridge, you can celebrate the new year in German fashion with the “Dropping of the Edelweiss” event at Helen Festhalle, featuring food, music, dancing and the dropping of a large painted flower at midnight.

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Usher in the new year in your swimsuit with a New Year’s celebration at Epic Waters Waterpark, offering music, duck races and an optional prime rib buffet.

Worried about what to wear on your New Year’s Eve getaway? Drop that formal wear and throw on your swimsuit for a family-friendly New Year’s event at Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark in Grand Prairie, Texas, near Dallas. The event includes music, duck races and an optional prime rib buffet. Ball drops are featured at 3 p.m., 9 p.m. and midnight to accommodate all bedtimes. Of course, if you’re looking to dance the night away on your New Year’s Eve trip to Dallas, catch the fireworks at Happiest Hour’s rooftop bar New Year’s event, with 360-degree views from any seat. A reasonable cover charge includes dancing, a balloon drop and a Champagne toast at midnight.

You’ll want to wear your best flannel for the annual Flannel Ball and Art Show each New Year’s Eve in Phoenix’s Roosevelt Row Arts District.

While Flagstaff may be famous for dropping a giant pine cone for New Year’s, there’s plenty more to do for New Year’s Eve in Arizona. For example, the annual Flannel Ball New Year’s Eve Party and Art Show in Downtown Phoenix features plenty of beer, live music, art, food trucks, lawn games and a piñata drop (although it likely doesn’t hold candy). Don your warmest flannel to blend in at this laid-back event in the Roosevelt Row Arts District—plus, early admission is only a few bucks.

If you’re looking for a kid-friendly New Year’s Eve option earlier in the day, check out Noon Year’s Eve—featuring 30 tons of snow and snowball target practice—at the Phoenix Zoo. Young ones can delight in games, bounce houses and music until the stroke of noon, when the coming new year is celebrated with a cider toast.

This New Year’s Eve celebration at the organized-crime themed “Mob Museum” in Las Vegas is so much fun, you might call it criminal.

They don’t call Las Vegas “Sin City” for nothing. The famed desert oasis of casino hotels is also home to the National Museum of Organized Crime & Law Enforcement, or “The Mob Museum,” a restored former courthouse from 1933 that holds a New Year’s Eve celebration each year. Exhibits featuring one-of-a-kind mob and law enforcement artifacts tell the histories of organized crime in America and around the world. You can use the special password “Get zozzled!” at the side door to the museum’s basement bar, the Speakeasy, which replicates the Prohibition Era. Order a scandalous moonshine toast to ring in the new year. How’s that for the perfect New Year’s Eve getaway?

The great rushing waters of an icy Niagara Falls presents the perfect backdrop for a dazzling fireworks show you won’t forget.

Winter in Niagara Falls offers manageable crowds and several unique New Year’s Eve ideas. For spectacular views of the magical icy waters and festive fireworks, you can head to the falls, along with a Winter Festival of Lights display and a free concert in Queen Victoria Park. Or, for some “real” magic, check out the Greg Frewin Magic Theatre, where Greg Frewin, “The International Grand Champion of Magic,” will help you transform this year into the next. One more Niagara Falls New Year’s option is a reservation at Wine on Third for fantastic live music and Spanish tapas.

Pier 17 becomes a rooftop winter wonderland each New Year’s Eve, offering charming views of New York City and the iconic Brooklyn Bridge.

The Big Apple is certainly one of the best places for New Year’s Eve, but the crowds and noise of Times Square can be a bit much for some. For a fun alternative on your unique New Year’s trip, you can count down the ball drop at the annual Comedy Cellar New Year’s Eve event with numerous stand-up veterans at one of four shows in two locations.

For a romantic but unusual New Year’s evening under the lights of the New York skyline, also check out the city’s only rooftop ice skating rink, Winterland Rink, at The Rooftop at Pier 17. The iconic Brooklyn Bridge stretches just above this historic food, shopping and cultural center along the East River.

If you prefer warmer winter temperatures, head to Panama City Beach for some New Year’s Eve fun at this coastal destination’s annual beach ball drop.

With 27 miles of sugar-white beaches and temperatures in the low 60s, a Panama City Beach New Year’s Eve would certainly make for a pleasant and unusual New Year’s Eve destination. Mix it up with the thousands who will be attending the annual Beach Ball Drop with live music and fireworks, or you can avoid the crowds and still have fun beachside at the popular tiki-inspired Schooners, known as the “Last Local Beach Club,” which hosts its own New Year’s event and fireworks display each year.

Give one of these unique New Year’s Eve ideas a whirl, and you’ll return recharged and ready on the first of January. Just don’t forget to eat your black-eyed peas for good luck!