Travel stories
Writer's old homestead a doorway to Florida's cracker past
Washington Post
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, author of 'The Yearling,' chronicled the idiosyncratic doings of her “cracker” neighbors in Cross Creek, Fla. Read the story.
Washington Post
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, author of 'The Yearling,' chronicled the idiosyncratic doings of her “cracker” neighbors in Cross Creek, Fla. Read the story.
In Dublin, a pub on every corner, a memory down every street
On a corner in Dublin near Merrion Square is the house where Oscar Wilde grew up. It's also where James Joyce stood waiting in vain for his first date with Nora Barnacle. Not far away is McDaid’s pub, where men have been careening out the door since 1779.
On a corner in Dublin near Merrion Square is the house where Oscar Wilde grew up. It's also where James Joyce stood waiting in vain for his first date with Nora Barnacle. Not far away is McDaid’s pub, where men have been careening out the door since 1779.
A satyr in a kilt? Only in New York
An innovative park raised 30 feet above the streets of Manhattan stretches nearly a 1.5 miles, with wild prairie grasses waving in the breeze.Think of it as a cosmopolitan railroad trestle. Call it the High Line. And notice the art -- especially that satyr wearing a kilt.
An innovative park raised 30 feet above the streets of Manhattan stretches nearly a 1.5 miles, with wild prairie grasses waving in the breeze.Think of it as a cosmopolitan railroad trestle. Call it the High Line. And notice the art -- especially that satyr wearing a kilt.
Josephine Baker's fairytale castle reflects extraordinary life of singer-dancer
Josephine Baker called it her “Sleeping Beauty Castle.” The American singer and dancer, star of the Folies-Bergere in Paris, discovered the chateau on a vacation in southwest France.
Today, it houses a museum that details Baker’s extraordinary life.
Visitors see the dining room where Baker entertained French luminaries, the white-tiled kitchen where she fed her 12 adopted children and the grand salon where her theater costumes are displayed.
Today, it houses a museum that details Baker’s extraordinary life.
Visitors see the dining room where Baker entertained French luminaries, the white-tiled kitchen where she fed her 12 adopted children and the grand salon where her theater costumes are displayed.
N. Georgia river offers great snorkeling
Atlanta Journal- Constitution
Jacq Marie Jack's nephew was bored one day. She suggested they go snorkeling. “What?” he said, “Drive all the way to Florida? ”Nope," she said. "It’s a day trip to the mountains.
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DUMBO neighborhood as intriguing as its name
A former warehouse district tucked under the Brooklyn Bridge — and known by the name DUMBO — has become one of New York City's appealing spots. Even dyed-in-the-wool Manhattanites leave their island to cross the East River and seek out the art, food, attractive parks and cultural events.
A former warehouse district tucked under the Brooklyn Bridge — and known by the name DUMBO — has become one of New York City's appealing spots. Even dyed-in-the-wool Manhattanites leave their island to cross the East River and seek out the art, food, attractive parks and cultural events.
Salt Lake City, home to Mormon pioneers, an American original
Brigham Young, by his own admission, was looking for a desolate place. In July 1847, after a grueling trek west, he led his band of 143 men, three women and two children over the Wasatch Mountains and saw the Salt Lake Valley spread out before them. "This is the right place!" he exclaimed. Today, This is the Place Heritage Park is located on the promontory.
Great Salt Lake fascinates, but it's more for birders than swimmers
The Great Salt Lake is the most-inquired-about tourist attraction in Utah.
Great Salt Lake fascinates, but it's more for birders than swimmers
The Great Salt Lake is the most-inquired-about tourist attraction in Utah.
Is there still glitz in Biarritz?
The old whaling port of Biarritz on France's southwest coast became a glittering seaside resort in the late 1800s. Led by Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III, high society flocked to Biarritz. It became the Atlantic coast's answer to the Riviera, with a casino, grand hotels and luxurious villas. Biarritz is also said to be where sea bathing first became fashionable.
But times have changed. Have the glitterati of today have moved on to other watering holes?
But times have changed. Have the glitterati of today have moved on to other watering holes?
St. Simons changes yet feels like old friend
A hard-packed sand beach lines one side of Georgia's second-largest island, which is cut through by salt marshes. Gnarled live
oak trees, dripping Spanish moss, arch over narrow streets. "We spent every summer there, " Atlantan Sally Lowe Whitehead writes in her memoir.
oak trees, dripping Spanish moss, arch over narrow streets. "We spent every summer there, " Atlantan Sally Lowe Whitehead writes in her memoir.