New, now, hot in travel: Coloring books with a sense of place
COLORING BOOKS WITH A SENSE OF PLACE: Coloring books for grown-ups are all the rage as a way to reduce stress and rediscover the simple joy of carefully filling in the spaces between the lines. Now...
View ArticlePop summer: coasters, pop culture rides and Orlando Eye
A dark, submarine-inspired thrill ride in California and swank new offerings at Downtown Disney all top the summer’s must-do list for theme park and amusement fans. For those who want even more extreme...
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Rhythms of everyday life, touring old Havana
In some destinations, tourist areas are located far from the rhythms of everyday life. But visitors who wander through Old Havana — Habana Vieja, as locals call it — can't help but get a sense of how...
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Cycling Door County: Good for the heart — and soul
There’s no better way to get a feel for the terrain of a place than by cycling it. With generations of family ensconced in Sturgeon Bay and a lifetime of visits behind me, I thought I knew almost...
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How do you find a mountain that disappears?: Tracking the elusive Denali
A mountain shouldn’t be able to disappear. Yet the Alaskan peak Denali, the highest mountain in North America, does so quite often, blinking into existence only for a lucky few visitors. You can’t plan...
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Wisconsin Ducks celebrate 70 years
The Wisconsin Dells’ best-known water attraction celebrates its 70th birthday this summer. Since its founding, the Original Wisconsin Ducks have taken more than 15 million visitors on tours of the...
View ArticleExperiencing the fickle beauty of Lake Superior
The early morning hours in Presque Isle Bay, just off Stockton Island in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, were characterized by a quietude the likes of which I had never before experienced....
View ArticleNew England port lore: Whaling, pizza and a perfect storm
New England’s ports are reinventing themselves to compete with one another and from larger ones, but they were once legendary. From one of the world’s great whaling ports to the Navy’s first submarine...
View ArticleRenovation modernizes South Dakota Corn Palace
The Corn Palace has been steeped in agricultural tradition since 1892, so when the caretakers of one of South Dakota’s most popular tourist attractions decided it was due for some maintenance, they...
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American Queen offers luxurious Upper Mississippi cruises through October
A trip from the Quad Cities to Burlington seldom is an all-night affair. But navigating the world’s largest overnight steamboat under bridges —some with mere inches of clearance — and through a series...
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