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Labor Day weekend travel report
Mexico's golf and surf paradise

Making the Trek

  • Trivia: How much do you know about nature's wonders?

    Trivia: Nature's wonders?

    Click through the pictures to learn something new about the wonders of nature. At the end of the photo gallery, see if you're smart enough to answer correctly and move to a new natural phenomenon.

  • Pictures: Big things in little places

    Big things in little places

    What fun is a road trip if you don't stop along the way to check out the best over-sized sculptures and tributary monuments America has to offer?

  • 5 fun and totally different girlfriend getaways

    5 fun and totally different girlfriend getaways

    If you've ever dreamed of ditching the husband, kids and work then maybe it's time for a girlfriends' getaway.


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Oregon's Mt. Hood: See, ski and tee

Oregon's Mt. Hood: See, ski and tee

At 9 a.m. on a Friday, the parking lot of Timberline at Mt. Hood was already filling up with SUVs and 4x4s as my husband, Marc, and I pulled...

Beyond the beach: Try Maui's tropic scape or Point Reyes' dunes

Beyond the beach: Try Maui's tropic scape or Point Reyes' dunes

When it comes to long walks on warm, sandy beaches, travelers can be spoiled by the many choices. But how about strolling miles of...

A tasty trip to Vashon Island, Wash.

A tasty trip to Vashon Island, Wash.

A quick getaway from Seattle is how city slickers often look at this place. Maybe a loop around the island on a bike. Now people come for...

A user's guide to Restaurant Week

A user's guide to Baltimore's Restaurant Week

More than 100 restaurants are participating in Baltimore Summer Restaurant Week 2010, which begins Friday and runs through Aug. 22, but only...

Sunrise comes early in West Quoddy Head, Maine

Sunrise comes early in West Quoddy Head, Maine

At the easternmost point of the United States, it stands sentinel.  West Quoddy Head lighthouse is striped like a candy cane. It...

50 free things to do in Baltimore

50 free things to do in Baltimore

Summer's almost over, your money's almost gone, and yet it feels like there's still so much left undone. What's a person to do?

 Grazing in horse country

Phil Vettel: Grazing in horse country

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Forget Louisville, Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby. This state's real hooved hot spot is Lexington, which...

Jackson, Wyoming's abundant natural wonders

Jackson, Wyoming's abundant natural wonders

Rolling through Jackson Hole on the way into Grand Teton National Park for the first time, I spotted a boy on the cycle path alongside the...

A fresh take on Chicago

A fresh take on Chicago

The man wearing the white skull cap at the Hindu grocery store on Devon Avenue plucked a quarter from his pocket and began plunking it on...

Vacationing Abroad

A more affordable cruise on Mexico's Mar de Cortés

A more affordable cruise on Mexico's Mar de Cortés

It definitely was not the typical boat-for-hire tropical vacation where a smiling, uniformed crew whips up frosty drinks and cleans the...

Taking The Kids

Colorado's Mesa Verde National Park

There's no time to be nervous. The kids charge ahead up the 32-foot ladder, squeezing through a narrow, 12-foot tunnel, walking in...

A peaceful, end-of-summer family vacation in Nantucket

Nantucket -- the only place in America that has the same name for the island, the county and the town -- does have a well-deserved...

Surviving your family's first trip to New York City

Sometimes the best vacation experiences really are free -- even in pricey New York.

Paris for beginners

Paris for beginners

Grumpy, glorious Paris — where does a first-timer start? Well, I'm here to tell you that they mold a nice cornice, these people, and...

Stockholm's island getaways

Stockholm's island getaways

For years I've flown over Stockholm's famed archipelago or glided by it on a big cruise ship heading for Helsinki. Finally, I filmed one...

Tiptoeing around the strikes in Greece

Tiptoeing around the strikes in Greece

In the freezing snow of January, a two-week family vacation to Greece in early July seemed like a great idea. Both sets of my wife's...

Galapagos wildlife captures travelers' curiosity

Galapagos wildlife captures travelers' curiosity

One thing above all draws the curious, the adventurous and those who love nature to these rough-hewn volcanic islands 600 miles west of...

Mindo, Ecuador's cloud-forested wonderland

Mindo, Ecuador's cloud-forested wonderland

I've often fantasized about retracing the steps of such naturalists as Charles Darwin, Alexander von Humboldt and William Bartram, who saw...

Old San Juan turns on the charm

Old San Juan turns on the charm

Beyond chain stores and souvenir shops, Old San Juan still brims with authentic Caribbean charm.

Cuba: Forbidden travel fruit

Cuba: Forbidden travel fruit

If you had the chance, would you travel to Cuba on vacation?

Adventure island

Little Saba delivers a mountain of delights, to be navigated with care

WINDWARDSIDE, Saba — When I arrived on this island of volcanic rock in the Caribbean Sea, "the accident" was on everyone's lips.

Bali, soul of replenishment

Bali, soul of replenishment

On a steamy, drizzly morning, my friend Alejandra Cisneros leads us on a narrow dirt path through the flooded rice fields.

Pictures: 2010 World Expo in Shanghai

Pictures: 2010 World Expo in Shanghai

The World Expo is being held from May 1, 2010 to October 31, 2010 and is expected to attract more than 70 million visitors. After just the...