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Solitude and majesty: A journey into Montana’s Beartooth Wilderness

RED LODGE, Montana Crawl from your warm sleeping bag out the tent door, into the darkness and predawn wind whipping across the plateau. Look up at the cathedral of the sky. Watch ...

DATE: May 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

JFK home renovation castoffs are transformed into art

HYANNIS PORT, Mass. – What once were pieces of John F. Kennedy’s home are now pieces of art. Floorboards, window panes, shingles, electrical fixtures, faded wallpaper, rusted nail...

DATE: May 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

It’s a record year for processing U.S. passport applications

NEW YORK – The U.S. State Department expects 20.5 million applications for new and renewed passports this year, and that will be a record number. The busy year is no surprise. Adu...

DATE: May 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Delta tops in on-time flights, Spirit worst for complaints

WASHINGTON – Delta Air Lines scored the best for on-time flights in the latest government rankings, and United and American weren’t far behind. Virgin America had the highest rate...

DATE: May 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Nevada joins handful of states with spans of 80 mph driving

FORTY MILE DESERT, Nev. – Of all the things you can do legally in Nevada but not most other places, driving 80 mph lately hasn’t been one of them. That changed recently when new s...

DATE: May 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Orlando tourism grew in 2016, despite tragedy

Florida city keeps title as most-visited destination in U.S.

DATE: May 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Nepal’s towering chariot of prosperity

An ancient tradition encourages bountiful harvest

DATE: May 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Record number of climbers to attempt to scale Everest

KATHMANDU, Nepal – Sherpa guides struggled with high winds and snow Friday to prepare the final route to the top of Mount Everest, with a record number of climbers hoping to reach the summit...

DATE: May 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Found photos capture Charles Lindbergh before famous flight

SAN DIEGO – Photos tucked away for 90 years in a California newspaper’s archives portray Charles Lindbergh just weeks before he made the first-ever nonstop solo airplane flight across the At...

DATE: May 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

African-American museum is a hot ticket

New site in Washington, D.C., fills quickly every day

DATE: May 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Simple is best and other lessons from a road trip with kids

GETTYSBURG, Pa. Road trip season is around the corner. Does that fill you with memories of painful car trips stuck between siblings in the backseat? Or do you relish the idea of ...

DATE: May 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Not the Mile High Club: 1 in 10 travelers has sex in an airport, survey finds

Romance is in the air – and sometimes in the airport, according to an online flight-shopping service. About 1 in 10 American air travelers reports having had sex of some kind at a...

DATE: May 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel