Seeing the Hoosier State in a different kind of Indy car
The train passenger cars were a bit chilly — a reflection of the gloomy spring weather outside — but in the tiny kitchen, it was boiling as chef Nick Alessandri...
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Batter up with these 5 fabulous Las Vegas waffles
National Waffle Day — yes, there is such a thing — is Aug. 24. The date recognizes the first U.S. patent for a stove-top waffle iron, issued in 1869 to...
Iowa goes ‘Gothic’ for Grant Wood’s 125th birthday
Thank goodness for stereotypes. Without them, few folks nowadays would have ever heard of Grant Wood. Wood is the lifelong Iowan who painted "American Gothic," the famous image of a...
Beyond the falls, history awaits along the Niagara River
If you ask Americans who Laura Secord was, the answer will likely be a blank stare. A few may correctly say there's a chocolate company in Canada with that name,...
Backroads of Door County lead to surprises, solitude
EGG HARBOR, Wis. — Traveling along Wisconsin Highway 42 between the villages of Carlsville and Egg Harbor, it's easy to miss the sign marking Plum Bottom Road. Most vacationers aren't...
Columbus’ art scene is a surprising discovery
The striking work of art grabs a guest's attention moments after reaching the hotel lobby. It's a somewhat abstract illustration of the city's downtown, awash in vivid hues of seemingly...
Hit me: Vegas hotels raise resort fees
Vegas visitors may have to cough up a few more bucks for their hotel rooms now that resort fees have risen at five Caesars Entertainment properties on the Strip. The...
Yellowstone, world’s first national park, still hot after all these years
If he had sat much longer in the rocking chair on the porch of Roosevelt Lodge, Dan Wenk might have nodded off. "I had a terrible night's sleep," he said....
After 90 years, Route 66 still driving tourism, nostalgia
Poor Kansas. While bands from the King Cole Trio to the Rolling Stones sang about the famous highway — name dropping Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California...
Lone Star State shines as Texas celebrates 180 years of independence
The drive east from Houston, past seemingly endless refineries in a vast expanse of petrochemical plants, isn't a pretty one. But while visitors to these parts jockey with tanker trucks...