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Scenic California highway near Big Sur reopens after slide

BIG SUR, Calif. – A scenic stretch of Highway 1 in a popular tourist area along the California coast reopened to traffic Wednesday, more than a year after it was blocked by a massive landsli...

DATE: Jul 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Archaeologists find ancient pottery workshop in Egypt

CAIRO – Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered an ancient pottery manufacturing workshop dating to more than 4,000 years ago. Thursday’s statement by the Antiquities Ministry say...

DATE: Jul 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

California woman describes finding cliff plunge survivor

LOS ANGELES – A self-described beachcomber says it was her luckiest find yet: A woman who survived a 250-foot car plunge off a cliff and a week stranded on a remote California beach. ...

DATE: Jul 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

How to keep a big group from smothering your trip

The majority rule – the one that says the needs of a group outweigh those of an individual – has always been a travel industry standard. When there’s a convention or a wedding, regular guest...

DATE: Jul 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Psychology museum explores what makes us human

Oddities, insights from past to present

DATE: Jul 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Tourists explore an abandoned Chinese ‘ghost village’ engulfed by nature

HOUTOUWAN, China – Blanketed with greenery, the ghost town is perched atop cliffs looking west into sea mists obscuring the horizon. Abandoned homes ravaged by weather and creeping vines sta...

DATE: Jul 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Tracing Nelson Mandela’s footsteps 100 years after his birth

QUNU, South Africa – July 18 marks 100 years since the birth of Nelson Mandela, who died in 2013. Visitors can follow in Mandela’s footsteps from the villages where he was born an...

DATE: Jul 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Show tells backstory of icons like Rushmore, Lady Liberty

Did you know that the original symbolism of the Statue of Liberty had nothing to do with welcoming immigrants? And that Mount Rushmore was basically built as a scheme to get road-trippers to...

DATE: Jul 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Feminists, animal rights groups reshape Pamplona bull fest

PAMPLONA, Spain – The topics of sexual abuse and animal cruelty are dominating this year’s San Fermin festival in Pamplona, which kicks off Friday for nine days and eight nights of round-the...

DATE: Jul 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Why are you tuning out preflight safety announcements?

Admit it, you don’t pay attention to those preflight safety announcements anymore. I don’t, either. “Now, we request your full attention as the flight attendants demonstrate the safety featu...

DATE: Jul 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

In Idaho, Plan B turns into a rewarding journey

ARCO, Idaho – Huckleberry beer, Craters of the Moon park and Sun Valley: It was a trio of unique Idaho experiences. My husband and I came up with the spur-of-the-moment itinerary ...

DATE: Jul 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Surprising Montana: See glaciers before they vanish, discover Chinese history in Butte

GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, Montana – I had a lot of expectations heading to Montana last summer. I expected to check off my bucket-list dream of driving Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun ...

DATE: Jul 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel