“It was the worst flight experience I’ve ever had,” says Conway, who manages a digital marketing agency on Camano Island, Washington. “I was seated in a bulkhead seat that not…
Passenger traffic increased to all-time high
The wave hit the vessel as Natanzon, a software engineer from Hallandale Beach, Florida, was descending a flight of stairs on the lower deck. He lost his grip on the…
A large swath of the high Tetons, including the north and west slopes of the iconic Cathedral Group, will be closed to the public as aerial gunners contracted by the…
Icelandic ocean rower Fiann Paul blowing a horn in a scene from “The Impossible Row,” documenting endurance athlete Colin O’Brady and his crew’s crossing of the treacherous icy waters of…
The Newseum closed its Pennsylvania Avenue location Dec. 31. It attracted millions of visitors but lacked a solid financial plan to stay afloat. The mission of the Newseum is to…
Region remains in severe drought, despite 130% of average snowpack
They were on the train, sharing massive platters of seafood paella and packed into Anton Gaudí’s mind-bending architectural jewels. And then there was me. The solo female traveler in Barcelona.…
The Guitar Hotel had its grand opening this fall on the tribe’s land in Hollywood, once only a trailer park and some smoke shops. It’s the latest step in the…
Snow expected to affect holiday travel
“Road surfaces can change quickly between dry, snow-packed and icy – all of which require a different approach to steering and stopping,” says Leslie Kasperowicz, a Minneapolis driver who edits…
Along 5,000 miles of highway, a changing landscape, culture
Who the shackles held remain a mystery. But as a citizen of the United States, I’ve likely broken bread with a descendant of the woman forced to wear this instrument.…
Saturday marks shortest day of the year
Greenberg, who owns an insurance agency in Scottsdale, Arizona, was going to fly to Puerto Rico to take a Christmas cruise to the Caribbean. But high-season airfares were running more…
The Salt Lake Tribune reported Tuesday that the Bulloch family owns about 1.5 square miles of land known as Simon Gulch outside the park’s eastern boundary. Simon Gulch includes a…
Travelers wait in line before going through Transportation Security Administration screening at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington.Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Here, the best pearls of wisdom from Travel Genius, Bloomberg’s original…
Organizations allow you to put planting on your itinerary
Federal regulators insist they’re just doing their job and that the numbers represent an ebb in airline violations. But consumer advocates say it’s nothing short of a dereliction of duty.…
But in recent years a new form of tourism has taken root, focused on the West Bank town’s Palestinian residents, their culture and history and their struggles under Israeli occupation.…
Through Jan. 20, Denver International Airport has a free ice skating rink open at its outdoor plaza every day. Skate rentals are also free.Adobe stock image Beyond the chain restaurants,…
“The short answer is yes, it is possible to reduce your carbon footprint when you travel,” says Jennifer Coffman, associate executive director at James Madison University’s Center for Global Engagement.…
Puerto Rican students of the Center for Advanced Studies for Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, and their professor Isabel Rivera-Collazo, kneeling, study the impact that Hurricane Maria had on coastal…
Scores of the naturally refrigerated food caches lie beneath these largely Inupiat communities, where many rely on hunting and fishing to feed their families. The ice cellars range from small…
Ski Magazine said Turner Mountain in northwest Montana might have “the best lift-assisted powder skiing in the U.S.”Greg Lindstrom/The Washington Post While many of those simple ski areas have either…
“It is not just about the dollars saved,” says Michal Strahilevitz, an associate professor of marketing at St. Mary’s College of California. “It’s the thrill of the deal.” A bargain’s…
Storm expected to leave region Saturday
CDOT, airport expect impacts from snowfall Wednesday through Saturday
Items from the new find were displayed at a makeshift exhibition at the famed Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, south of Cairo, near where mummies and other artifacts have…
The Dallas-based airline chose Denver over Nashville, Tennessee and Houston for its expansion. In order to receive the full incentive from the Colorado Economic Development Commission, the new Southwest Airlines…
