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Photo essay: Chernobyl’s ghost town draws daring visitors

PRIPYAT, Ukraine – A bulletin board in the Ukrainian town of Pripyat still bears an edition of the Sovietsky Patriot newspaper, dated three days before the nuclear explosion that turned the ...

DATE: Apr 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

A road trip along Ireland’s breathtaking west coast

Ireland, we decided: the west coast of Ireland. Offseason, when accommodations would be inexpensive. That’s how our party of three childhood friends found ourselves tooling along the Dingle ...

DATE: Apr 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

10 easy ways to reduce travel stress

The stress of travel is enough to make you wonder if the getaway is worth it. Alice Boyes, who travels about one week out of every month, knows how trying the process can be. “The...

DATE: Apr 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Ticked off over a ticket? Try using some tech tools

Who is sending Katherine Johnson’s daughter parking tickets? The Miami Parking Authority’s citations, usually for $42 apiece, have arrived in the mail intermittently since 2014 fo...

DATE: Apr 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Hidden in plain sight: 10 unsung sites for art in the nation’s capital

Going to museums isn’t always easy in Washington. If you want to visit the African American Museum or find out what all the hype is about at the Hirshhorn’s Yayoi Kusama exhibition, you have...

DATE: Apr 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Google Earth invites you to ‘get lost’ exploring the planet

NEW YORK – Google Earth is getting a revival, as the 3-D mapping service reorients itself to become more of a tool for adventure and exploration. A central feature in the new Goog...

DATE: Apr 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Rule to disclose all airline fees suffers setback

The U.S. Transportation Department surprised the travel world last month by suspending the creation of an important new consumer-protection regulation. At issue was a Supplemental...

DATE: Apr 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Airlines often oversell flights, bump passengers

40,000 lost seats against their will last year

DATE: Apr 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Jets deliver desert air show in California

Visitors watch planes fly in narrow Star Wars Canyon

DATE: Apr 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Quiet rooms for autistic children popping up at airports

Quiet rooms for children on the autism spectrum are popping up at airports. Shannon Airport, which serves the southwestern region of Ireland, opened a “sensory room” for children ...

DATE: Apr 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

CEO issues new apology as details of passenger’s past emerge

CHICAGO – After people were horrified by video of a passenger getting dragged off a full United Express flight by airport police, the head of United’s parent company said the airline was rea...

DATE: Apr 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Ski industry sees another big consolidation with Aspen deal

DENVER – A ski resort company that stretches from Quebec to Colorado was purchased Monday by the Aspen Skiing Co., setting up seismic changes in a sector with few multistate ski operators. ...

DATE: Apr 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel