No visa, no entry: Destinations where you need more than a passport
What do Brazil, China and India have in common? All require American travelers to get a visa. And they are not the only countries. "A lot of people don't know...
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Whooping cranes, tourists spend languid days on Texas Gulf coast
AUSTWELL, Texas — The Aransas National Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of the whooping crane, a bird on the verge of extinction. I drove 20 miles off the main...
5 beach towns in Texas, 5 vibes
By Ellen Creager From western Louisiana down to the Texas coastal bend, beaches are wider and browner than Florida's. The gulf can look brownish-green due to rivers emptying into it,...
Sail in the right season
Last month an Antarctica cruise ship was caught in the violent waters of the Drake Passage, which tossed the ship around like a toy in a bathtub. A few days...
See quirky Michigan homes in winter
CHARLEVOIX, Mich. — Last summer 760 lucky people got to walk through eight Earl Young houses. It was the first tour of interiors ever offered. "We could have put through...
Are travel Web sites really different?
A traveler booking a night at the Ft. Wayne Marriott hotel on Aug. 19-20 may get a surprise when checking prices online. There are only two possible prices. Expedia, Orbitz,...
THE BEDTIME BATTLE
Mirianna Milo can single-handedly put 40 children down for a nap at the Childtime Daycare Center in Detroit. But Milo simply cannot get her own 18-month-old daughter to bed at...
STAY TUNED
Those Taster`s Choice coffee lovers may be on an espresso to nowhere. Then again, they may have an oh-so-smooth future as cuddly coffee mates, sipping and slipping between the sheets....