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Massive geodesic dome inspired by fly’s eye

Massive geodesic dome inspired by fly’s eye

Buckminster Fuller creation to be installed at Arkansas museum

December 29, 2016

Roaming fees can catch you by surprise; protect yourself

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Roaming fees can catch you by surprise; protect yourself

du1-i-syn On a weekend visit to Vancouver, B.C., the San Francisco-based anthropologist did everything she could to avoid international roaming…

December 25, 2016

Hot travel destinations for 2017: Where you should go

Hot travel destinations for 2017: Where you should go

solar eclipse, weak British pound drive choices

December 25, 2016

A list of top travel lists: So many places to go

A list of top travel lists: So many places to go

Lonely Planet Top 10 U.S. destinations: Asheville, North Carolina; Western Washington; Lincoln, Nebraska; California’s southern desert region; Montana’s Flathead Valley;…

December 25, 2016

Secret tricks, gadgets of 20th-century spies

Secret tricks, gadgets of 20th-century spies

exhibit features tools of the trade

December 25, 2016

Proposed bill could protect online reviewers, until then be careful

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Proposed bill could protect online reviewers, until then be careful

Associated Press file I hadn’t either until a knock at my door on a January evening seven years ago. A…

December 18, 2016

Bora Bora: A bucket list trip in the South Pacific

Bora Bora: A bucket list trip in the South Pacific

over a lagoon in the secluded South Pacific

December 18, 2016

Planning holiday travel? You’ll join a record-setting horde

Planning holiday travel? You’ll join a record-setting horde

103 million Americans expected to travel 50 miles or more

December 15, 2016

Fines on airlines nearly double, but will that help?

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Fines on airlines nearly double, but will that help?

The DOT’s Aviation Consumer Protection Division, which is responsible for ensuring that airlines follow federal regulations, issued 23 consent orders…

December 11, 2016

Step into America’s fight for liberty at the Museum of the American Revolution

Step into America’s fight for liberty at the Museum of the American Revolution

a whiff of the war at extensive Philadelphia exhibit

December 11, 2016

Is demand for travel to Cuba flattening?

Is demand for travel to Cuba flattening?

Uncertainty about Trump policies, rising hotel prices, Zika take a toll

December 11, 2016

Asheville, N.C., is Lonely Planet’s top destination in 2017

Asheville, N.C., is Lonely Planet’s top destination in 2017

Guidebook company lists its Top 10

December 11, 2016

Is hard-sided luggage an essential tool or a signal of incivility?

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Is hard-sided luggage an essential tool or a signal of incivility?

The latest travel bags, available just in time for the holidays, are the most exciting ones I’ve seen in years.…

December 4, 2016

This middle-class home attracts thousands

This middle-class home attracts thousands

Lloyd Wright’s Usonian house moved to Arkansas

December 4, 2016

Nose to nose with polar bears on the continent’s edge

Nose to nose with polar bears on the continent’s edge

There we were, landlocked in Alaska’s center. Farther north, beyond the massive Yukon River valley, was Deadhorse, an oil town…

December 4, 2016

Wildlife officials offer tips for avoiding collisions

Wildlife officials offer tips for avoiding collisions

An elk runs out onto U.S. Highway 550 north of Durango, but it turns around as traffic approaches. Colorado Parks…

November 27, 2016

Travelers fight unfair treatment by reversing credit-card charges

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Travelers fight unfair treatment by reversing credit-card charges

Chargebacks are on the rise in travel. A chargeback voids a credit-card transaction by withdrawing funds that were previously deposited…

November 27, 2016

Airports add charges for taxis, limousines and Uber drivers

Airports add charges for taxis, limousines and Uber drivers

A traveler heads to a waiting taxi outside LaGuardia Airport in New York. Airports across the country add surcharges of…

November 27, 2016

Buddhist shrine, damaged in earthquake, reborn in Nepal

Buddhist shrine, damaged in earthquake, reborn in Nepal

Private donations revive popular site

November 27, 2016

Colorado ski train will roll again

Colorado ski train will roll again

will leave from Denver beginning Jan. 7

November 19, 2016

How to plan your holiday vacations

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How to plan your holiday vacations

You don’t need me to tell you that the airports and roads will be busier than ever, or that travel…

November 19, 2016

Sarajevo hostel offers guests a taste of life during war

Sarajevo hostel offers guests a taste of life during war

Bosnia-Herzegovina – A hostel in Bosnia is offering visitors a unique experience: the opportunity to live like civilians in a…

November 17, 2016

Airlines’ service issues with unaccompanied minors unnerve parents

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Airlines’ service issues with unaccompanied minors unnerve parents

This summer, the Calzarettas paid American Airlines an extra $300 for their son to fly round-trip as an unaccompanied minor…

November 12, 2016

Artists’ homes tell the story of visionary Hudson River School

Artists’ homes tell the story of visionary Hudson River School

On either side of the Hudson River, two artists’ homes tell the story of that famous genre of American landscape…

November 12, 2016

A short, but rich, tour of N.Y.’s Little Syria

A short, but rich, tour of N.Y.’s Little Syria

60 years, a Manhattan home for Arab-Americans

November 12, 2016

Hobbit-fueled tourism tops New Zealand economy

Hobbit-fueled tourism tops New Zealand economy

According to new figures released, tourism has overtaken dairy as the nation’s top earner of overseas dollars. And tourism officials…

November 11, 2016

Building relationships one misstep at a time

Letter from Korla

Building relationships one misstep at a time

Guanxi is a Chinese word describing relationships that may be beneficial to all parties involved through the exchange of favors…

October 30, 2016

San Juan Mountains Association examines women’s visit to South Pole

San Juan Mountains Association examines women’s visit to South Pole

The San Juan Mountains Association Members’ Series Event, “American Women’s Antarctic Expedition” will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.…

October 30, 2016

More Hands on Deck

More Hands on Deck

More Hands on Deck

of the seas Six months of boat repairs turns mistake into triumph

October 30, 2016

Task force busts airlines for failing to follow rules

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Task force busts airlines for failing to follow rules

Last year, the U.S. Department of Transportation dispatched plainclothes investigators to a dozen American airports under the code name “Task…

October 29, 2016

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