Alex Pulaski

Passengers aboard the Wilderness Legacy await the thunderous sound of icebergs calving from the Margerie Glacier.

Fully vaccinated passengers venture out on one of the first Alaska cruises since 2020

June 17, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Alaska inspires and attracts adventurers. Over the centuries, it has drawn explorers from neighboring Asia, Russian fur trappers and Klondike-bound gold miners seeking their fortunes, and naturalist John Muir chasing...

Originally built in 1904 (and rebuilt in the 1980s), the Huntington Beach Pier is one of the longest on the West Coast and a city landmark.

Gloomy weather got you down? Plan a family escape to sunny Southern California.

August 23, 2019 at 5:26 p.m.

When I was a lad, the three days of the year that required no alarm clock to pry me from bed were my birthday, Christmas and any day our family...

Nine miles of paved cycling trails wind through the 4,300-acre Fort Stevens State Park.

From boom to bust and back again, Astoria appeals as gateway to the Oregon coast

August 23, 2019 at 4:31 p.m.

Founded a little over 200 years ago as America’s first settlement in the West, this port city finds itself buoyed these days by a tourist-fueled revival. Yet history lingers here,...

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