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How to maximize your return on airline miles

Not long ago, I booked a trip from Miami to Auckland, New Zealand, for less than $38 using airline miles. This isn’t my first great airline miles find. Last year, I booked a ticket from Bang...

DATE: Feb 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Even in winter, Denver Botanic Gardens offers lessons in beauty, science, art

DENVER – Snow mounded over and around the remains of 2017’s garden bounty, and koi floated nearly motionless beneath thin sheets of ice in a pond, seeming to seek the few rays of sun that pe...

DATE: Feb 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Rising Utah liquor sales fueled by more non-Mormons, tourism

SALT LAKE CITY – In Mormon dominated Utah where alcohol is frowned upon, liquor sales keep climbing each year. State residents bought nearly $428 million in alcohol last year to set another ...

DATE: Feb 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Experts warn of risk of sinkhole in popular New Mexico area

Experts are painting a dire picture about the impending collapse of a giant cavern under a highway interchange that serves as a gateway to two national parks and the heart of New Mexico’s oi...

DATE: Jan 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Serbia museum benefits from renewed interest in Nikola Tesla

BELGRADE, Serbia – Along dimmed corridors in an elegant villa in central Belgrade, visitors are treated to a flashy presentation of Nikola Tesla’s technology – as well as a huge array of the...

DATE: Jan 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

U.S. government forecasts tourism growth despite recent slump

Despite a slump in international tourism to the U.S. in the last two years, the U.S. Department of Commerce on Friday released a report forecasting an 18.5 percent growth in international vi...

DATE: Jan 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Delta changes policy for service, support animals

DALLAS – Delta Air Lines will soon require owners of service and support animals to provide more information before their animal can fly in the passenger cabin, including an assurance that i...

DATE: Jan 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Lena River tour explores remote, rugged northern Russia

Travelers cross Arctic Circle on two-week journey

DATE: Jan 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Southern states join to promote civil rights tourism

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Southern states that once fought to maintain racial segregation are now banding together to promote civil rights tourism at sites including the building where the Confeder...

DATE: Jan 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Lawsuit alleges Motel 6 discriminated against Latino customers

PHOENIX – A civil rights group sued Motel 6 on Tuesday, alleging it discriminated against some Latino customers at two locations in Phoenix by giving their whereabouts and personal informati...

DATE: Jan 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Indoor velodrome expected to draw cyclists to Detroit

DETROIT – An indoor cycling track in Detroit is expected to draw bike riders from other cold-weather states and across the U.S. while giving inner-city youth the opportunity to participate f...

DATE: Jan 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Discovery shows pirates liked treasure – and books

RALEIGH, N.C. – Dead men tell no tales, but there’s new evidence that somebody aboard the pirate Blackbeard’s flagship harbored books among the booty. In an unusual find, research...

DATE: Jan 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel