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April 20, 2018
Cape Cod's Provincetown will make a traveler blush -- with its beauty and its wild personality. [ Star Tribune photo by Amelia Rayno

Deeper than a few coats of mascara: America's gayest city is just joyful

Why Provincetown, Mass., the happiest (and gayest) town in America, makes a great summer beach vacation for anyone.
Variety
April 19, 2018
FILE -- The view from the Mirador Lounge Restaurant at the Sheraton Hotel, one of the properties that Marriott gained when it acquired Starwood Hotels

Marriott finally merges its rewards with Starwood's

New hotel loyalty program combines some of the best of both worlds.
Variety
April 19, 2018
Linda Sandell
Lake Atitl·n, Guatemala My last day at Lake Atitl·n in Guatemala, I captured this early morning photo. The air was cold so mis

A tranquil view of Lake Atitlan in Guatemala

Variety
April 14, 2018
__Food writer Rick Nelson makes his annual trip to parts of Minnesota we might want to go. This year it’s the North Shore, From Duluth to past

Book features '61 Gems on Highway 61'; flights to Cuba are coming

Variety
April 13, 2018
Old meets new at the Morrisette House, an old farm-house with modern additions at the headquarters of the Rural Studio, in Newbern, Alabama.

Alabama's Rural Studio provides sleek modern buildings — and shelter for the soul

An architectural outpost in one of the country's poorest regions, where modern buildings dot Alabama's bucolic landscape.
Variety
April 12, 2018
In this photo taken March 24, 2015, an Alaska Airlines jet takes off at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. The Obama administration

Overall, airlines getting the job done

Variety
April 12, 2018
Sunset at Eagle Beach with a Divi Tree in the foreground, Aruba, Dutch West Indies.
Mick Richards, Burnsville, MN Where were you when you took this ph

A twisted tree, a beautiful beach, on Aruba

Variety
April 12, 2018
The overlook atop Pianemo Hill, in the Fam Islands group, offers one of the most iconic views in Raja Ampat. (Mark Johanson/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Paradise takes many forms on these Indonesian islands

Spotting birds-of-paradise in a tranquil area of New Guinea's Raja Ampat archipelago.
Variety
April 12, 2018
Farm-to-table dinners on the prairie of Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright's former studio. Dining in the landscape that inspired the architect. { Star Trib

Step onto Frank Lloyd Wright's Wisconsin estate for a fancy outdoor feast

At Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright fans dine amid the landscape that inspired the beloved architect.
Variety
April 8, 2018
The Traveler XL at Canoe Bay's Escape Village is perched alongside Mallard Lake. ORG XMIT: MJS1801261356016901

These tiny houses in Wisconsin are a big escape

Wisconsin's Escape Village at Canoe Bay has tiny homes to rent or buy.
Variety
April 7, 2018
Big Bay Lighthouse and Bed and Breakfast, near Big Bay, Michigan (Upper Peninsula.)

Wild pizza in Verona, Italy; sleep in a Michigan lighthouse

Variety
April 7, 2018
Sleeping Beauty's castle is all decked out.

How our family finally did Disneyland the fast and easy way

We weren't too happy about taking our daughters to the Happiest Place on Earth, but a little forethought went a long way.
Variety
April 6, 2018
The traveler: Ryan Karlstad of Stillwater, MN The scene: Cloudy skies hasten the darkness that settles over a canal in Amsterdam at dusk. The trip: My

An eerie view of Amsterdam

Variety
April 5, 2018
Corporate signage for the travel website TripAdvisor is seen at the company's headquarters, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, in Needham, Mass. TripAdvisor says

How to find the best tour company for your trip

Variety
April 5, 2018
A genuine oasis inside California's Death Valley National Park, fresh off major renovation. MUST CREDIT: The Oasis at Death Valley ORG XMIT: 547173347

Historic luxury getaways being reborn

The playgrounds of the old American upper classes are being revived as hotels.
Variety
March 30, 2018

Farm dinners and tours at Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin

Variety
March 30, 2018
A mother and her baby girl sit in a passenger airline seat. istock

Baby on board: Five tips for flying with the little one

Timing, packing and seat selection are all important — and please don't change baby on the tray table.
Variety
March 29, 2018
This is Balanced Rock in Joshua Tree National Park May 2017. This spot is popular for photography since
it is easily accessible from the Jumbo Rocks C

Viewfinders: At Joshua Tree National Park, a rocking scene

Variety
March 29, 2018
Debris snagged during an ocean sampling operation. (Ocean Cleanup)

My close encounter with the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Variety
March 29, 2018
In a museum exhibit detailing the 1968 strike by Memphis garbagemen, models of the sanitation workers hold placards that read "I Am a Man," the battle

In Memphis, walking in MLK's footsteps

Fifty years after Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, commemorations of his profound impact are underway in the city.

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