Travel
Published on December 20, 2014 - Page 5
WASHINGTON (AP) —The State Department is warning Americans traveling abroad to be extra cautious over the holidays. In a worldwide travel alert...
Published on December 20, 2014 - Page 19
AP Travel Editor HANNIBAL, Mo. —Mark Twain only lived in Hannibal, Missouri, for 13 years, but many of his most famous stories were inspired by this...
Published on December 19, 2014 - Page 8
READING — Reading’s official Christmas tree has brought the city plenty of grief. Good grief. When the 50-foot Norway spruce went up last month, it...
Published on December 7, 2014 - Page 23
AP Travel Editor NEW YORK — The Christmas season is one of New York City’s busiest times of year. Tickets for Broadway shows and hotel rooms go for...
Published on December 6, 2014 - Page 12
WASHINGTON (AP) —Renaissance and Baroque artwork depicting Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, that is rarely seen in the United States is being...
Published on December 6, 2014 - Page 19
OCALA, Fla. (AP) — Gone are the zoo animals, exotic bird shows, kiddie rides and captive alligators. On the anniversary of the state taking over...
Published on November 29, 2014 - Page 20
CANBERRA, Australia — An Australian lawyer has set a world record by stringing up almost 1.2 million Christmas lights in the center of the national...
Published on November 22, 2014 - Page 23
CHICAGO — In a city famous for its deep-dish pizza, tourists wouldn’t know that the locals more often eat a thinner-crust, tavern-style pie topped...
Published on November 22, 2014 - Page 23
DOVER, Del. (AP) — The Air Mobility Command Museum is now the only place in the United States where one can see a complete set of every significant...
Published on November 8, 2014 - Page 19
By HELEN O’NEILL Associated Press Writer ON THE LOWER CONNECTICUT RIVER, Conn. —The first swallows appear at sunset, inky flecks in a dusky pink...
Published on October 25, 2014 - Page 23
GROTTOES, Va. (AP) —Seen one cave, seen ’em all, right? Virginia’s commercial caves all seem to have their own “Grand Cathedral” rooms, their “Pipe...
Published on October 11, 2014 - Page 19
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Once, tattoos were the exclusive territory of “loose women, sailors and prisoners,” Harriett Cohen said. But that started...
Published on September 28, 2014 - Page 31
AP Travel Editor BALTIMORE — Baltimore is known for its row houses —modest brick buildings lining sidewalks so narrow, you can see right through the...
Published on September 28, 2014 - Page 31
TRAVEL TIME: 2 hours, 55 minutes DIRECTIONS: • Take Route 11 south to Shamokin Dam • Continue of Routes 11 and 15 south to the Harrisburg area •...
Published on September 16, 2014 - Page 18
NEW YORK (AP) — Marriott is launching a program with Maria Shriver to put envelopes in hotel rooms to encourage tipping. The campaign, called “The...
Published on September 13, 2014 - Page 19
CLEBURNE, Texas (AP) — Vicky Rogers was in high school when she first read Margaret Mitchell’s tale of the Civil War South, “Gone with the Wind.” It...
Published on August 30, 2014 - Page 23
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. —The Jersey shore’s main attraction is undoubtedly its 127 miles of beautiful beaches. And even with its reputation as one of...
Published on August 17, 2014 - Page 23
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Virginia Beach is no generic beach town. It’s the largest city in Virginia, which means there are plenty of things to do...
Published on August 16, 2014 - Page 19
MOUNT WASHINGTON, N.H. — As Mae West might have said of Mount Washington’s weather: When it’s good, it’s very good, but when it’s bad, it’s better....
Published on August 13, 2014 - Page 18
AP Travel Editor CHADDS FORD (AP) — If you love art by the Wyeth family — N.C., his son Andrew and grandson Jamie — then a day in Chadds Ford is a...
Published on August 5, 2014 - Page 17
NEW YORK (AP) — A hotel received a flood of online criticism Monday following reports it threatened to charge $500 if guests posted negative reviews...
Published on August 3, 2014 - Page 22
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — The new Biloxi Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum will reopen Saturday, nine years after it was destroyed when Hurricane...
Published on August 2, 2014 - Page 23
CANTERBURY, England — After nearly 1,000 years, murder in the cathedral is still luring visitors to Canterbury. It was in the Canterbury Cathedral...
Published on July 22, 2014 - Page 11
CHATHAM, Mass. (AP) — Great white sharks are having an unusual effect on Cape Cod this summer, and many a merchant is going to need a bigger wallet...
Published on July 21, 2014 - Page 7
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The government is rapidly expanding the number of names it accepts for inclusion on its terrorist watch list, with more than 1...
Published on July 19, 2014 - Page 19
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. —Volleyball Olympians, boxing matches between police and firefighters, a sand-sculpting competition, free concerts on the beach...
Published on July 19, 2014 - Page 19
CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. (AP) —Carlton Leonard unties the dock lines to his pontoon boat amid a backdrop symbolic of his island heritage. Adorned with a...
Published on July 15, 2014 - Page 4
DENVER (AP) — Justin Teilhet doesn’t remember hearing a boom or feeling a sting, just waking up numb on the treeless tundra high in Rocky Mountain...
Published on July 15, 2014 - Page 18
DENVER (AP) — Lightning strikes have killed two tourists and injured others in recent days in Rocky Mountain National Park. Here are some...
Published on July 10, 2014 - Page 20
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) —Faced with potentially hungry — and grumpy — passengers, a Frontier Airlines pilot treated them to pizza when storms diverted a...