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Architecture and food scene make Macon, Georgia, worth the journey

Diverse architectural assets, easy pet access and a slamming food scene are a few of the reasons to…

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Pristine and powerful, Antarctica is alive — and enlivening

BROWN BLUFF, Antarctica — Go ahead. Tell people you’re traveling to Antarctica and wait for the responses: “Wait,…

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Restoring historic palace motivates Italian couple

BISUSCHIO, Italy — Soft light bathes Barbara Simoneschi as she gazes out the weathered windows of Villa Cicogna…

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Exquisite, inexpensive dining way out of the way

The water taxi ground gently onto the beach, and we hopped over the side into warm, knee-deep surf.…

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Northwest Travel: A Legislative Salem

SALEM — If you’re planning a visit to Salem, beware of the owls. This is not a joke.…

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Outdoors: comfy, cozy style

Glamping is what happens when you add glitz to your camping experience. Here are five places where you…

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Chinati Hot Springs: A rugged oasis in Texas

Here at Chinati Hot Springs, with my toes splayed out at the end of the longest, deepest private…

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An ocean of flavor and tradition in Asia

The relationship between Asia and the seas and oceans that surround it is broad and deep. Part of…

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Things will be wild and woolly in Las Vegas for the next month

LAS VEGAS — Nobody likes to get fleeced, especially in Las Vegas, where the odds are stacked in…

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Going to extremes at national parks

I guess I go to extremes. I hadn’t consciously realized this proclivity until a recent trip to Iceland.…

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