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Climber: Rock fall strikes Yosemite for a second day

SAN FRANCISCO – A massive new rock fall hit Yosemite National Park on Thursday, cracking with a thundering roar off the iconic El Capitan rock formation and sending huge plumes of white dust...

DATE: Sep 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Smithsonian’s black history museum popular destination in D.C.

WASHINGTON – In its first year, the Smithsonian’s new black museum has become the nation’s top temple to blackness, an Afrocentric shrine on the National Mall where people of all races, colo...

DATE: Sep 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

New Orleans museum to display oldest photographs of U.S. landscapes

NEW ORLEANS – Some of the oldest daguerreotypes and photographs of U.S. landscapes are about to go on display in New Orleans, as part of the first exhibit and study of such landscapes made e...

DATE: Sep 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Airbnb launches local tours in NYC with Sarah Jessica Parker

Airbnb is launching local tours and other experiences in New York City this week, with one listing promising “an unforgettable shoe-shopping experience” led by a New Yorker whose bio describ...

DATE: Sep 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Exhibit allows virtual ‘interviews’ with Holocaust survivors

NEW YORK – What was it like in a Nazi concentration camp? How did you survive? How has it affected your life since? Technology is allowing people to ask these questions and many m...

DATE: Sep 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Idaho hopes to bring stargazers to first U.S. dark sky reserve

Designation would be first in the U.S.

DATE: Sep 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

There’s a window in my shower – and other hotel design flaws

When Marc Burdiss stepped into the shower at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, he was shocked by the clear view of the bedroom through a glass window. “Weird,” he tho...

DATE: Sep 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Spain’s beguiling island of Menorca

MENORCA, Spain – Locals say Menorca can be reduced to three words: water, fire and stone. The Spanish island’s three essential elements are embodied in Cova d’en Xoroi, a natural ...

DATE: Sep 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

College towns feel pinch from rental sites like Airbnb

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Time was when renting an apartment in one of this college town’s funky triple-deckers or two-family homes wouldn’t cost an arm and a leg. Now, renting in Cambri...

DATE: Sep 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

How to be a socially conscious traveler

Advocates for ethical travel don’t want tourists to stop having fun, they just want them to think about how they’re spending their time and money. “Essentially we’re talking about...

DATE: Sep 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

How to survive a marathon airline flight

Surviving long-haul flights wasn’t Akshay Nanavati’s top concern as a Marine. Nanavati, who served as a communication liaison in Iraq, worried more about what would happen after the 15-hour ...

DATE: Sep 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

The art of compact living and the romance of history high in the Pyrenees

August is essentially vacation time in Spain. Many of the shops and restaurants in Puzol have signs on them saying “closed for vacation – back in September.” So, we decided to j...

DATE: Sep 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: An American in Spain