Kerri Westenberg – Page 2

Are you leaving money in Europe?

August 23, 2019 at 3:07 p.m.

I travel, I shop, I buy. Then I come home and brace for the credit card bill. After a recent trip to Rome, though, my credit card company noted a...

Down the gravel road from Lincoln's home, a campaign float, a diminutive log cabin on wagon wheels, suggests that some political tactics began long ago; it was Lincoln's way of reminding voters of his humble beginnings.

Touching Lincoln: 16th president spent most of his adult life in Springfield, Ill.

May 12, 2019 at 3:44 a.m.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - "Be sure to use the handrail," national park guide Ronnie van Nostrand said as he led a small tour group upstairs in the only home Abraham Lincoln...

Steam escapes from the calliope pipes as the music rings out. On the American Queen, the piano-like instrument is played on the deck 5, while its pipes are off deck 6.

The American Queen returns to the river

May 12, 2019 at 3:42 a.m.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - High atop the American Queen, Richard and Marilyn Jensen sat on deck chairs outside their stateroom, holding each other's wrinkled hands. Beyond the railing, the bluffs...

Hotel shuttle looking pretty good in Mexico

May 12, 2019 at 3:20 a.m.

Can I rent a car in Mexico, asked one reader who is heading to Akumal in March and wants to avoid an expensive resort transfer. You can and your U.S....

Plunging into Paradise

August 23, 2019 at 10:25 a.m.

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — My daughter circled the sun, bobbing around the yellow mosaic tile work at the bottom of the pool. Everywhere in the Royal Baths, the water was...

Plunging into Paradise

May 9, 2019 at 8:58 p.m.

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — My daughter circled the sun, bobbing around the yellow mosaic tile work at the bottom of the pool. Everywhere in the Royal Baths, the water was...

Dusk settles over the ice-covered bay at Grand Marais, Minnesota, in this winter 2009 photo.

A grand place on the North Shore of Lake Superior

August 23, 2019 at 10:21 a.m.

GRAND MARAIS, Minn. — Sandwiched between the magnificence of Lake Superior and the Sawtooth Mountains, Grand Marais seems ho-hum. But don't let its disheveled downtown deceive. This is one of...

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