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New to Airbnb? How to make it work for you

I have a confession: before writing this column, I had never used Airbnb. My first experience with this…

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At Louisiana plantation, the ghosts are guests

WHITE CASTLE, La. — It was a dark and stormy night when I arrived at Nottoway Plantation, eager…

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Play in Sonora, from bourbon tastings to sarsaparilla floats

Like many old towns in this part of the Sierra Nevada range, Sonora dates back to the mining…

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Northwest Travel: River cruise traces Lewis and Clark

PORTLAND — Lewis and Clark never had it this good. When the Corps of Discovery made its way…

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Travel: The way to San Jose

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Jimi Yamaichi has spent most of his life in San Jose — most, that…

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Let’s follow Beatrix Potter through Britain’s Lake District

When I was a little girl, my grandparents gifted me with a beautiful set of Beatrix Potter books…

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In England, following the footsteps of the Bronte sisters

YORKSHIRE, England — Staring at the horizon, I might have been looking at a vast canvas where the…

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The Iowa State Fair is the Disneyland of state fairs

The Iowa State Fair, which ends today was described to me as “our Disneyland. Well, not really ……

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Portland offers pedal-powered pot tour

PORTLAND — The traditional promise that the early bird gets the worm doesn’t just apply to wildlife watchers.…

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Family fun awaits on the Turks and Caicos Islands

Our captain, the avuncular “Marvelous” Marvin Mullings, pilots our boat, the Always Something, away from a squall and…

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