Viking joins Miami’s fleet of ocean-going cruise ships
Typically, it's the biggest cruise ships that grab the headlines, the ones that could carry the entire population of a small city, have more restaurants than Ocean Drive, and claim...
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10 things to do in Orlando that aren’t theme parks
Sometimes you just can't take another minute in a theme park — the lines, the humidity, the jostling crowds, the screaming kids (and sometimes screaming parents) or too many renditions...
Bok Tower, wrapped up in history, marble and song
From the parking lot, we could see the top of the Singing Tower peeking through the pines and moss-draped oaks, an elegant pink tower of marble and coquina stone that...
The wild side of Marco Island
As we sail away from the Marco Island marina on a sticky morning in search of dolphins, James Livaccari, biologist on board the Dolphin Explorer, points out a bald eagle...
Shorter cruises are growing in popularity
MIAMI - Just a few years ago, if you wanted to take a short cruise, you didn't have many choices of ships or destinations. However, the trend now is for...
Georgia rail excursion is built around the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site
PLAINS, Ga. - The view from the train tells the story of this part of rural southwest Georgia: cotton fields speckled with puffs of white; peanut and soybean fields; groves...
Sarasota: Where culture, nature share the stage
SARASOTA, Fla. - It is a still, hot day on Sarasota Bay as we slide our kayaks into the water. Too lazy to use our oars, we drift a little...
Birthplace of rock ‘n’ roll? Memphis has plenty of evidence in its favor
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - This port city on the Mississippi River calls itself the birthplace of rock 'n' roll. Its credentials? The Memphis Recording Service, forerunner of Sun Studio, in 1951...
Touring the Biltmore, on horseback and foot
ASHEVILLE, N.C. - From the back, the Biltmore House appears sleeker and taller than it does from the front. Built into a hillside, the back side is six stories tall,...
Kennedy Space Center tours go behind the ‘gee whiz’
TITUSVILLE, Fla. - The Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center is huge and homely and almost 50 years old. It's tall enough to house a 363-foot Saturn V...