90°
DALLAS – Americans are expected to put down the TV remote and hit the road in record numbers for the July 4th weekend. Auto club AAA said Thursday that it expects 44.2 million people will travel at...
DATE: June 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
NEW YORK – Whether you’re an armchair traveler, a road tripper or a frequent flier, books about travel can inspire and inform. Here are a few out this season on a variety of travel themes. – Great...
DATE: June 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
LAS VEGAS – Desert dwellers in the western U.S. see temperatures topping 120 degrees as a reason to hunker down indoors and turn up the air conditioning. But some tourists welcome it as a...
DATE: June 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
SEATTLE – Nancy Zingheim barely knew Rita Poe when Poe approached her office at a Washington state RV park. Poe, a shy registered nurse, had a request for the RV park business manager: Could...
DATE: June 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
SAN FRANCISCO They came for the music, the mind-bending drugs, to resist the Vietnam War and 1960s American orthodoxy, or simply to escape summer boredom. And they left an enduring legacy. This...
DATE: June 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
Charles Montgomery welcomed the challenge of hiking the steep terrain of the Connecticut River headwaters in remote northern New Hampshire, admiring the birds, the plants, the woods. He also loved...
DATE: June 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – Towns along the U.S.-Mexico border often are stereotyped as enclaves for bar-hoppers, smoky factories, cheap souvenirs and long entry lines for cargo and trucks. They also...
DATE: June 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
Gabby Slome rarely vacations without her dog, Pancho, in tow. He is a full-fledged family member. And just as “you wouldn’t leave your child at home,” Slome says, she doesn’t leave Pancho either –...
DATE: June 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
MEXICO CITY – Plans to expand a hotel in Mexico City have been put on hold after archaeologists unearthed a 1400s-era temple to the Aztec wind god Ehecatl and a ceremonial ball court under the...
DATE: June 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
PIERRE, S.D. – From historical details of Native Americans’ final great wild buffalo hunts to tales of the animal’s rescue from near extinction, a new self-guided tour across 10 sites in the...
DATE: June 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – From the squiggly, pink handrails outside the entrance to the front hall decorated with scenes from “And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street” – a real street just blocks...
DATE: June 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
NEW YORK – The sons of President Donald Trump said Monday their company is launching a new hotel chain inspired by their travels with their father’s campaign. The Trump Organization is calling the...
DATE: June 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
