North America
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (12 days ago)
A favorite destination in America's most famous Civil War battlefield faces an uncertain future as its owners are retiring and putting the building up for sale.
The American Civil War Wax Museum at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, was opened in 1962 and is selling for $1.7 ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (13 days ago)
As Memorial Day approaches, travelers are taking advantage of some special offers and events exclusive to the three-day weekend that officially begins on Friday, May 24. Discounts, special offers and events this year are available at a number of locations around the United ...
by Libby Zay (RSS feed) (13 days ago)
Twenty-five to 30 goats will soon start grazing at Chicago O'Hare Airport. The animals will help landscape 120 acres of foliage, including space near creeks and hill areas that are difficult for groundskeepers to maintain, CNN is reporting.
According to the news outlet, ...
by Elizabeth Seward (RSS feed) (13 days ago)
The traffic of New York City is behind me now. The trees to each side are becoming increasingly taller; the sky is growing darker. We're heading up to a friend's house in a small town upstate called Germantown. He moved out of Queens and up there a few years ago with his ...
by Rob Annis (RSS feed) (13 days ago)
Before a 15-year-old Tim Gravenstreter hopped on a Trailways bus for his first solo trip to the Windy City, his father gave him a piece of advice he still follows.
"Don't stand on a street corner looking at a map trying to figure out where you are," the elder ...
by Elizabeth Seward (RSS feed) (14 days ago)
Today's Photo of The Day is a photo shot from the rear-view mirror of a car in the elusive Greenwood Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, which borders Gowanus. Along the industrial 2nd Ave. that borders the waters of the Gowanus Bay, abandoned lofts and factories are ...
by Libby Zay (RSS feed) (14 days ago)
Famous for its no-frills approach (and for being the first airline to charge for carry-on bags), Spirit Airlines has decided it no longer needs a toll-free customer service line, the Los Angeles Times is reporting. In lieu of a 1-800 number, Spirit quietly replaced all its ...
by Megan Fernandez (RSS feed) (14 days ago)
Bolsas de mandados translates to "errand bags," and they were fixtures at Mexican markets long before the BYO grocery-bag trend arrived on this side of the border. You see styles all over Mexico (and online), especially multicolored mesh bags, some with the image of the ...
by Anna Brones (RSS feed) (14 days ago)
There's a lot of talk about bikes these days. From single speeds in New York City to nighttime tours in Guatemala City and the bike share in Paris, the discussion of bicycles as a real means of alternative transportation is taking hold in a big way.
But talking about ...
by Libby Zay (RSS feed) (14 days ago)
A proposal to rename San Francisco International Airport after Harvey Milk has been scrapped by a California lawmaker, the Associated Press is reporting. Instead, there is a possibility one of the airport's terminals will be named after the politician and gay rights leader ...
by Dave Seminara (RSS feed) (14 days ago)
I'm not a smoker but I can't resist unusual town names so when I saw an exit off of Interstate 5 in Northern California for a town called Weed, I pulled over, eager to find out how the town got its name. This being California, I imagined that some hippies moved into the town ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (15 days ago)
The idea of "adventure travel" is hot and those who sell travel know it. Travelers who lead an active lifestyle as a big part of their everyday life want to continue that focus when traveling. Local adventurers who might camp, hike, hunt, ski or bike around where they live, ...
by Rob Annis (RSS feed) (15 days ago)
The only thing Sonya Looney racks up faster than victories on the international mountain bike circuit is frequent flier miles.
Between racing and her day job – she works in sales and marketing for Ergon, one of her cycling sponsors – Looney's on the road two ...
by Don George (RSS feed) (15 days ago)
Legendary travel writer Jan Morris is making a very rare visit to the U.S. next week to appear in an onstage conversation with me in New York City on Wednesday, May 8. The Wales-based author of more than 30 books, ranging from the masterful essay collections "Journeys," ...
by Dave Seminara (RSS feed) (15 days ago)
After writing eight travel books that took him around Britain on foot, through the Pacific on a kayak, across Latin America, Europe and Asia on trains and up and down Africa by his wits over the last 30 years, one might think that Paul Theroux would be hard pressed to find ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (15 days ago)
Are you one of those adventure travelers who has pretty much gone everywhere and done everything? Have you already climbed Kilimanjaro, trekked the length of the Himalaya and run an ultramarathon in the Sahara Desert? Are you looking for a new challenge that will motivate ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (16 days ago)
It's been nearly two years since scientists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) warned that Alaska's Cleveland volcano could erupt at any time, issuing a code yellow eruption advisory. Saturday, those scientists were proven more than right.
"We haven't seen a phase ...
by Libby Zay (RSS feed) (16 days ago)
Anyone who has ever set foot in New York knows transportation options are plentiful. If you don't want to hoof it through the city or jump in one of the Big Apple's infamous yellow cabs, it's possible to hop on subways, buses and even ferries. But after a few hiccups (mainly ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (16 days ago)
They all talk about it. "Like us on Facebook," "Follow us on Twitter" and "Read our blog," say travel-related websites selling everything from guidebooks to airline flights, gear and gum. Many give us little reason to like them, follow them or do anything other than buy ...
by Micheline Maynard (RSS feed) (16 days ago)
Detroit is like an empty lot down the street that's sat vacant for years. Some people in the neighborhood doubt it will ever be put to good use. Then one day, you notice that the rubble is being carted away, and there are actually some green shoots popping up from the ...
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