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New Glarus, Wisconsin, is a village of 2,247 residents that takes pride in being known…
A farmer’s work never really ends, but there are a few breaks in the action,…
People have been knocking back beers together for 6,000 years. The planet’s oldest known recipe…
I went to Japan some 40 years ago to write travel articles but ended up…
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Perched at the edge of a precipitate drop, my first thought would NOT be, ‘Wouldn’t…
Diversity Plaza, in Jackson Heights in the New York borough of Queens, is a landmark…
Reviewed by Nancy Wigston Pack your bags, saddle your horses, load your stores of wine…
By Mark Orwoll Traveling every summer from New York to the Jersey Shore, my family…
By Jacqueline Swartz Whether it’s your first time, or you are returning, maybe for the…
By Jeff Book The Dixie Highway was a big deal in its day. Conceived in…
By Richard Varr I’m crawling on my hands and knees in the cramped and low-ceiling…
By John Gottberg Anderson The tuk-tuk driver reclined on a padded seat in the back…
By Karin Leperi Pezo Whether by air, water or land, an African safari can offer…
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The Great Barrier Reef is one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet. It…
Who are all these people who turn down wine in Italy, sake in Japan, cerveza…
In Lhasa’s Barkhor Square, the weathered Tibetan woman softly intoning a Buddhist mantra fell to…
By Teresa Bitler By the time we break for lunch at a reservoir in the…
Eight nervous travelers linked hands to form a human chain, then waded across the Zambezi…
Cycling California’s El Camino Real is an 800-mile (1,287 km) epic adventure. The appeal of…
The bifurcating channels of the Essequibo River that wind through Guyana’s Iwokrama rainforest are nature’s…
The river cruise market is expected to grow by $3,206 million over the next three…
By Beth Reiber The first thing you notice upon entering Herculaneum is how resplendent it…
By Richard Varr Corinthian columns stand double-stacked across a wide Roman stage, and although…
By John Poimiroo The sonorous tone of mission bells announced arriving travelers along California’s El…
By Charles Cecil I remember the first time I ever entered a mosque. It was…
Reviewed by Nancy Wigston Before Charles Dickens’s bones were laid to rest after his death…
San Miguel de Allende lies in the Eastern part of Mexico’s State of Guanajuato, about…
By John Poimiroo Sardines circle in a never-ending silver stream above the entrance to the…
Reviewed by Casey Fahrer What is adventure? Most American boys discover adventure in books like…
There are over 40,000 airports worldwide where passengers are likely to spend multiple hours before…
By MaryKate Keevins Sunset Boulevard, a 22-mile winding stretch of road, traverses a dozen neighborhoods…
By Teresa Bergen Jason Spoolstra stands with his back to a mural of Jesus welcoming…
By Casey Fahrer Premium economy seating is one of many options airlines offer passengers…
By Toby Saltzman What sounded like a pickup line turned out to be friendly banter…
By David DeVoss For the better part of three years Macau slumbered, its public squares…
By Nancy Wigston East of the wine-making capital of Bordeaux and north of the Canal…
When gold was discovered in a frigid creek running through the Sierra Nevada foothills in…
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By Teresa Bergen As I enter the Terror Ship, the captain tells me that he…
Romania conjures mysterious and sinister images of Count Dracula and the Transylvanian forests. The foreboding…
By Tom Adkinson As I navigated the International African American Museum’s intellectually challenging artifacts and…
By Richard Varr Boiling water shoots through a glass flask and into an upper chamber…
Southern California is renowned for picturesque beaches, iconic theme parks, Hollywood’s Walk of Fame and…
Tempranillo’s tale begins during the Middle Ages, a turbulent yet transformational period for Spanish viticulture.…
Petra’s fascination today lies not in its association with Indiana Jones but with lingering echoes…
Airline loyalty programs and their banking partners have begun waging war in airport hubs around…
Travelers often find themselves seeking unusual items while on the road. These curios may…
New Orleans is not the only French city in America. From the cafes near the…
By Teresa Bitler A flight of five bourbons sits on the thickly varnished wooden bar…
By John Gottberg Anderson A colossal figure in alabaster rising majestically from a hilltop…
In April 1904, Chinese Prince Pu Lun, the 32-year-old heir apparent to the throne of…
Houseboats lure thousands of families to rivers and lakes for unique, get-away-from-it-all vacations. The slow-moving…
In 1972, mathematician Edward Lorenz coined the phrase ‘the butterfly effect.’ He used the term…
World attention remains focused on the ill-fated voyage of the deep-sea submersible Titan, a tear-drop-shaped…
By Byron Kennerly No joke, I’m embarking on a quest to perform an improv comedy…
By Mark Orwoll “Have you ever closed Wolski’s?” That’s not an uncommon question in…
Want to relax on interminable transoceanic flights? Today you have to buy a business class…
Vietnamese love their coffee. Credit the French. Although Vietnamese have little love for France’s colonial…
You won’t find these hotels in a guidebook of great getaways. Amenities are woeful. Rooms…
By Cathie Gandel Beer, wine, or mead? You’re kidding, right? Who wants to drink a…
We’d been climbing for three days, traversing upward across the stony face of the mountain,…
A chilly breeze blowing across the Great Lakes separating the U.S. from Canada greeted passengers…
By John Gottberg Anderson I had crocodile for dinner the other night. Not the whole…
Ever since the pilgrims’ arrival in 1620 America has dreamed of expanding westward. A Promised…
Washington politicians love to talk about the 2021 federal infrastructure plan that includes $7.5 billion…
We’re standing in the equatorial sun on Fernandina Island’s Punta Espinosa, staring at a mostly…
By Amanda Morris “The overhead lights shut off and red lights began flashing. An automatic…
The Mediterranean seaside playground of the Cote d/Azur has long been known for its exclusive…
By John Gottberg Anderson I celebrated my first Tết holiday, as Vietnamese call the lunar…
By Jian Huang Shopping is as important to the Chinese as baseball is to Americans.…
By Nancy Wigston On a bright autumn afternoon, Rob Smith of Footprints of London waits…
By Tom Adkinson Ancient Babylonians and Greeks peered into a dark night sky and started…
By Liz Campbell The room is full, and every foot is tapping. One musician plucks…
By Chuck Cecil America’s newest National Park in West Virginia’s New River Gorge offers an…
Last week, two old friends stopped by for a visit. French President Emmanuel Macron dropped…
Saalfelden Leogang is not all up-and-down peaks and deep gorges. Much of the region comprises…
By Teresa Bergen Vendors selling rosaries and huge striped lollipops line the steep hill down…
By Mira Temkin Among Jewish people, Jerusalem’s Western Wall is the holiest place on earth.…
Gone is the presumption of “roughing it” when it comes to vacation travel in a…
It’s the first Saturday in October at Bauman’s Harvest Festival in Gervais, Oregon and dozens…
What images come to mind when you think of Vietnam? A peasant in the conical…
Airport lounges are now an essential part of travel. Virtually every major airline opened clubs…
There’s a small brick basement in Philadelphia that is to mystery and horror fiction what…
Nearly half of all American vehicle trips are under three miles, according to the Federal…
Modern trends in airport design focus on passenger experience more than ever before. The pandemic…
It’s been said that Canadians speak like Americans, spell like the British, and throw in…
When American lawyer Jamie Bowman took on an overseas contract to build a strife-torn African…
It was pure good fortune that enabled me to arrive in Santo Domingo de la…
After two years of pandemic-induced inactivity, the War of 1812 erupts anew the first weekend…
By Jian Huang Subiaco, Arkansas is small even for a small town. Located about 100…
Count me among the droves of disappointed summer travelers whose vacations were devastated by long…
Internet travel agencies turn the customer into the travel agent, requiring him to scroll through…
There is something about expansive green lawns, towering trees, and sunshine that create a sense…
When I first moved to Portland, Oregon, in the early 1990s, one of my first…
In 2013, when Detroit declared bankruptcy it was plagued by violent crime and racial division.…
Pilot shortages, rising fuel costs, constantly changing schedules and erratic weather have lessened the enthusiasm…
The best children’s museums transfix kids, introducing them and their attentive parents to the surrounding…
Chances are, wherever you travel, you’ll find an Agatha Christie paperback. With eighty detective novels…
Ah, college. Four years of meeting people you know will be friends for life. Going…
Why has the elephant population of Africa decreased by 40% in the past ten years…
Birdwatchers stroll through forests hoping to catch a glimpse of an elusive bird. Plane spotters…
New Mexico is a land defined by its culture of green and red chiles. Chiles…
Asian Americans have been part of American history dating as far back as the 17th…
It’s 1:00 am under a brooding Alaska sky in February. The temperature’s a few degrees…
Should you visit America this summer? Though statistically rare, violence against overseas guests has led…
By Amanda Morris I love traveling. I love the freedom it gives me to explore…
People living in cramped urban apartments are discovering they can earn just as much money…
Mardi Gras is on again! New Orleans’ signature event, with its floats, marching bands and…
Walking through Ålesund in the Sunnmøre region of Norway is necessarily a slow stroll; there’s…
Author and biologist Douglas J. Futuyma takes readers through the evolutionary history of birds in…
By Jacqueline Swartz Back in 2020, a pandemic swept over much of the globe. People…
Want to learn the real history of Hollywood? Then skip the freak show along the…
Winning seasons pack arenas in every sports town, but that’s only the start of the…
The Underground Railroad brought thousands of escaped African slaves to Chatham, Ontario during the early…
Yorkshire is the United Kingdom’s largest county–about 3.6 million acres—and boasts a turbulent history that…
Lebanon is a theoretical country, cobbled together from shards of the Ottoman Empire following World…
Why visit Santa Catalina Island at the onset of winter when it’s too cold to…
By Mira Temkin Mother Nature has pummeled Galveston repeatedly since 1900, but the Gulf Coast…
Europe’s Christmas markets are magical places. Bundled up in warm jackets with woolen scarves and…
When the London train pulls into York’s Victorian Station, doors open onto an earlier time.…
North of the market town of Ubud, Bali’s tourist resorts and handicraft markets give way…
Around the world, cemeteries are recognizing the importance of inviting the public inside graveyard gates.…
Cycling the lightly traveled backroads of West Ireland affords time to intimately experience the country,…
The Irish have suffered Viking slavers, the Norman conquest, oppressive British landowners and famine. Despite…
By Mark Orwoll Fall just knocked on our door and didn’t wait for an invitation…
Havana was just what I expected. A city blended with images of vintage cars, cigar-smoking…
By David DeVoss We live in a disconnected age where colors define politics and words…
By Rich Grant At just 36 miles in length, the Niagara is one of the…
Many Western texts say Dutch East India Company explorer Abel Tasman discovered New Zealand in…
Dining at quirky cafes near the city’s oldest farmer’s market, dancing in a music festival…
The taxi driver greets me with, “How’s she gettin’ on?” (How are you?), then introduces…
“If there’s one question rocking our wanderlust these days, it’s this: is it morally acceptable…
Summer travel is in full swing. The days of open middle seats are fading fast.…
By Mark Orwoll The autumn afternoon could not have been more pleasant. My wife and…
The gyms are finally opening up. At Calistoga Pilates they are taking appointments for Pilates…
Be a kid again at Changi, which features an enormous 12-meter slide for the amusement…
Keep your knapsack close around this fellow. The capuchin monkey is an unrepentant pickpocket, who…
Cheesecake and an Egg Cream. Ah, pure bliss. Cheesecakes from Juniors and S&S Cheesecake are…
Old and New Philadelphia. Built in 1747, Independence Hall has been the focal point of…
Much like the Eiffel Tower in Paris or the Parthenon in Athens, Hagia Sophia is…
The Civil War formally ended on April 9, 1865 when Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered…
When the coronavirus pandemic began in early 2020, it sent airlines scrambling. All airline companies…
By John Gottberg Anderson Angkor is a city that haunts the imagination. For those of…
By Tyler Melito It happens every spring. Thirty Major League Baseball (MLB) teams take the…
The Tunisian suburb of Sidi Bou Said, a welcoming hilltop village about twelve miles north…
By Mark Orwoll The summer of 2021 is full of hope and promise. If vaccinations…
By John Gottberg Anderson My first semi-permanent home in Saigon, better known to many by…
By Alexander Eisman America’s first traffic-protected, coast-to-coast biking and hiking trail will link both sides…
By Karin Leperi It’s not often you arrive in town and your first thoughts are,…
By Tyler Melito Black History Month is a time to remember the significant contributions Afro…
Fairies are said to calm the horses living at the Irish Stud, so ethereal sprites…
By Nancy Wigston Argentines know it as Salta la Linda “the beautiful one.” Situated 3,400-ft…
By Barbara Beckley “This is the spot! Here on the tarmac where William Shatner, Christopher…
By Liz Campbell More than Chicken Wings Once one of the country’s most prosperous cities…
By Rich Grant “Wild Bill” Hickok, of Dakota’s most boisterous boomtown, was such a romantic…
By Larry Bleiberg Everyone, it seems, has a theory about Peru’s Nazca Lines. The mysterious…
Four of our greatest presidents. Or two slave owners, a racist and an Indian killer?…
By Nancy Wigston Famously long and narrow—2,653-miles long with an average width of only 110…
By Thomas DeVoss As an architect I often get asked, “What are your architectural…
A wave of terror washed over me as I squinted through the windshield and drove…
Toronto’s skyline is dominated by its signature structure, the CN Tower. At 1,750 feet high,…
By Mark Orwoll New York’s five boroughs often inspire instantaneous (though not always correct) reactions…
Built in 1936 to mark the quadricentennial of the city’s founding, The Obelisk is located…
Not every guest at White Stallion Ranch schedules an equine-intensive day, but for me,…
By Peter Greenberg The hospitality industry is hurting because of the coronavirus, but despite lower…
By Charles Cecil Gum Arabic? No, it’s not a Saudi Arabian chiclet. Technically, it’s an…
By Justin Noah and David DeVoss No structures better captured the spirit of America than…
The Greatest Show on Earth may be the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, as seen…
By David DeVoss When California architect Robert Steinberg opened an office in Shanghai twelve years…
Tibetan prayer flags flying in wind in Shangri-La. By Scott Busby It was a crisp…
Across the broad Rio de la Plata from Argentina is the 17th century village of…
By Ben Oleksinski There are some places in the world where political boundaries don’t prevent…
By Karin Leperi Most travelers coming to Peru head immediately to Machu Picchu, a 15th-century…
“Three cities, two countries, one region”, remarked former Texas State Senator Jose Rodriquez referring to…
By Kirsten Hahn This is not the summer for elaborate, extended vacations. Expensive family outings…
By: Susan McKee Yerevan is disconcerting. At first glance, Armenia’s largest city looks like any…
By Collin Gwin Summer is normally the time when families across the nation pile into…
By: David DeVoss “In the Arctic half-light of the canyon all existence fades to a…
Not your average Mardi Gras. Malta’s pre-Lenten Carnival emphasizes history and culture over skin and…
Silk vendor at D. Popli & Sons in Mumbai displays high-quality yet reasonably priced silk.…
By Kirsten Hahn Jennifer Payne seemingly had it all. A 40-year old stay at home…
By Jacqueline Swartz I am floating like a cork on the salty Dead Sea, 1,400…
For the Burmese, the Irrawaddy River is a laundry, bath, source of food, and major…
Tourists landing at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport too often are focused on starting their safaris in Kenya, and…
Driving slowly down the narrow road bordering the Kaziranga Wildlife Preserve in north eastern India,…
Australian Harry Seidler (1923-2006) is revered in the architecture world as an articulate exponent of…
Are you ready to travel after months of confinement and looking for a great alternative…
No matter where you live chances are you want to get out of the house…
By Susan McKee Roman ruins surrounded me as I stood, looking out at the clear…
Baden-Baden, the idyllic spa town at the foot of Germany’s Black Forest, draws spa-goers to…
By David DeVoss When travel began to plummet in mid February airlines responded in…
Freelance members of the Society of American Travel Writers interested in agritourism in the Tohoku…
By David DeVoss If baseball is played in Heaven it probably resembles spring training in…
Spring Training baseball opens in Arizona this week with 15 teams playing more than 200…
by David DeVoss Sinitic cultures are famed for their hard work. From Shanghai to San…
The greatest journey in life is the one we all take to the grave. It’s…
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Because of its fertile soil, abundant water and temperate climate, Jiangsu Province is known as…
Revisionist history once was associated with Soviet Russia, where leaders repeatedly erased the names of…
By David DeVoss: We rose before dawn and began driving across Rwanda, a densely populated…
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California Declares War By David DeVoss To hear governor Jerry Brown tell it, California is…
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Secrets of the Solomon Islands By Julie L. Kessler For World War II history buffs,…
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The Japanese, stuck in a deadly epidemic of Covid-19, confronted by an unpopular Olympics end…
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By David DeVoss When the baseball season begins anew in April most Americans living in…
By David DeVoss After being forced to flee the chaos of Lebanon to the island…