But Coney Island after sundown has a different feel. The crowds and tourists are mostly gone. Colored lights silhouette the rides above the darkened seascape. And the locals – mostly…
Most of Talkeetna’s stores line the two long blocks that make up its Main Street, where tourists – many who arrive in Alaska on cruise ships and are bused about…
Steve Dreiseszun, a resident of the F.Q. Story historic district in Phoenix, holds a graph of the increased noise brought on by airplanes flying along new flight paths out of…
For the first time in several years, little has conspired against a truly glorious autumn. There’s no more drought, the summer has been mild and the leaves – largely spared…
People pose for a selfie along the South Rim at Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz. Lonely Planet’s new app, Trips, allows people upload photos and video so they can share…
What’s that? You didn’t want to come home? You might have a touch of the post-vacation blues. “It’s like an anxiety disorder,” says Erika Martinez, a Miami psychologist who specializes…
Wellness rather than beauty was the message this week at the annual International Spa Association event in New York. While there were plenty of skin products and treatments on display,…
The $1.1 billion skyscraper has already changed the city’s skyline, dwarfing old favorites like Coit Tower and the Transamerica Pyramid. Unlike in New York or Chicago, the new 1,070-foot high-rise…
Coming as a complete surprise, joyous thoughts of raising a beautiful family together were far from our minds. Instead, we were grieving how our lives would drastically change. Having grown…
We uprooted our Durango teenager and grade schooler, left our jobs, found a friend to take our dog and packed up our house. It is an amazing experience and our…
Threlfall, an Internet consultant from Greenville, South Carolina, expected to be wowed by Mayan temples and natural beauty when he traveled to the Yucatan with his family last year. “Instead,…
This new generation of craft brewers began sprouting in the vodka capital of the world as foreign beers became too expensive and beer fans sought alternatives to mass-produced lagers. From…
The National Park Service said in a statement it made the decision to “expand hydration options for recreationalists, hikers, and other visitors to national parks.” The rules were first put…
Enjoying festivals, friends and culture
Chiho Tsuchiya of Japan heard the news, but she decided to come anyway with her husband and two children. “I feel Japan and Korea also can get danger from North…
More than 62 percent of travelers say they plan to check their work-related email and voice mail, according to a new poll by the travel agency network Travel Leaders Group.…
Pilot Patrick Smith describes bumpy air as an issue of “comfort and convenience over safety.”Associated Press file “Most of us in the cockpit are thinking, ‘This is really annoying,’ and…
A survey found that younger travelers were more likely to ignore Transportation Security Administration rules.Associated Press file Less than 1 percent claimed that they discovered belatedly that they had mistakenly…
For mountain bikers, North Dakota’s Maah Daah Hey Trail is such a treasure that people come from all over to experience it. I drove with friends more than 1,000 miles…
Superman comes from Ukraine, not the planet Krypton, and don’t be surprised to see several Spider-Men and Catwomen of various races and nationalities. Welcome to the superhero world of Hollywood…
Wonderlandscape: Yellowstone National Park and the Evolution of an American Cultural Icon by John Clayton.Pegasus Books via AP Clayton visited Yellowstone National Park for the first time in 1988, and…
Commuters encouraged to give up car keys for flotation devices
From ancient vessels to World War wrecks
As waters warm, Finnish ship sets mark for earliest Northwest Passage transit
Like New Orleans, a city forever changed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Or Alabama’s Gulf Coast, peppered by oil pellets after the Deepwater Horizon spill seven years ago. Or Colorado’s…
The Slovenian Statistics Office said Monday that some 1,939,000 tourists visited the Alpine country of 2 million in the first half of this year, a 15 percent increase from the…
But the site glossed over a small detail: a mandatory daily “resort fee” payable at checkout, which added $306 to the folio. Gotcha. “I did my due diligence,” insists Myers,…
Take the highway from Key Largo to Key West
