In a Pennsylvania forest, on the trail of synchronous fireflies
Pennsylvania festival attracts people from around the world
DATE: Jun 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel
Oregon officials criticized for pesticides killing pines
BEND, Ore. – Environmental advocates are calling out the Oregon Department of Transportation and its contractors for applying a weedkiller along a highway in Sisters that unintentionally kil...
DATE: Jun 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel
Utah national parks seeing increase in search and rescues
SALT LAKE CITY – Rescues at Utah’s national parks are up 68 percent from 2014 – and men in their 20s are the ones most likely to need help, according to recent data.
Most of the s...
DATE: Jun 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel
Delta bans pit bulls as service dogs, sparks backlash
ATLANTA – Delta Air Lines says it’s no longer allowing passengers to fly with “pit bull type” dogs as service or support animals, a policy that’s being met with criticism by groups that trai...
DATE: Jun 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel
Atomic New Mexico: Exploring the origins of America’s radioactive history
In December 1942, Secretary of War Henry Stimson ordered the director of the remote Los Alamos Ranch School in northern New Mexico to shut down the elite school.
Stimson wrote in ...
DATE: Jun 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel
Germany turns former coal mines into vast lakeside resorts
GROSSRAESCHEN, Germany – As the sun beats down on a small vineyard by the rippling waters of Grossraeschen Lake, there’s little sign of the vast wound that lies beneath.
Meuro, th...
DATE: Jun 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel
Dig it: Archaeologists scour Woodstock ’69 concert field
BETHEL, N.Y. – Archaeologists scouring the grassy hillside famously trampled during the 1969 Woodstock music festival carefully sifted through the dirt from a time of peace, love, protest an...
DATE: Jun 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel
Airlines ask U.S. not to put migrant children on flights
DALLAS – American Airlines and United Airlines said Wednesday that they asked the Trump administration not to use their flights to carry migrant children who were separated from their parent...
DATE: Jun 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel
Alexa, send up breakfast: Amazon launches Echo for hotels
NEW YORK – Alexa has a new job: hotel concierge.
Amazon has launched a version of Alexa for hotels that lets guests order room service through the voice assistant, ask for more to...
DATE: Jun 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel
Wellness travel: It’s more than just staying fit on the road
For more travelers, well-being is the goal of the journey
DATE: Jun 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel
The ancient sport of falconry takes off with tourists around U.S.
WOODSTOCK, Vt. – Falconry is an old tradition in many parts of the world, including the United Kingdom and the Middle East. But now it’s starting to be offered as an activity for tourists at...
DATE: Jun 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel
Lake Tahoe clarity sinks to all-time low in 2017
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. – Scientists at Lake Tahoe say the clarity of the alpine lake that straddles the California-Nevada line sank to an all-time low last year.
Experts say the 9....
DATE: Jun 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel
