Find romantic adventure at a treehouse hotel
August 31, 2009 ·
Treehouses aren’t just for little kids. Treehouse hotels offer adventure, a sense of fun, and even romance for newlyweds. Destination Wedding Magazine recommends five treehouse hotels in its Fall 2009 issue, some of them offering high-priced luxury. They are: Lodge Kura Hulanda, Curacao: Offers a luxurious treehouse mansion with a four-poster bed, high on a [...]
Tickets on sale for terra cotta warriors exhibit
August 31, 2009 ·
Fifteen of China’s famous terra cotta warriors are coming to Washington in November for an exhibit at the National Geographic Museum. It’s the final U.S. venue for the extraordinary statues, which have also been on display in Santa Ana, Calif., in Atlanta and in Houston. It’s also the only venue in the Northeast, and 33,000 [...]
Slow pace, few kids on Fire Island in September
August 31, 2009 ·
The sun began sinking over Great South Bay, down the darkening blue sky into a thin scrim of clouds. A few boats bobbed gently off Fire Island, and the disparate end-of-summer visitors gathered leisurely. They wandered along the boardwalks from among the trees and clapboard beach houses in jeans, shorts and jackets, carrying cocktails, to [...]
Shanghai, China’s Expo showcase, on a shoestring
August 31, 2009 ·
Shanghai lacks the grand monuments and ancient palaces of China’s capital, Beijing, but this bustling commercial center has plenty of unique attractions of its own: strolls down leafy streets bordered by elegant colonial villas, sweeping riverside vistas and — for six months next year — what promises to be the biggest World Expo ever. Shanghai [...]
Find Anne of Green Gables on Prince Edward Island
August 24, 2009 ·
As the surf laps at your feet and sand dunes stretch for as far as the eye can see under a sky filled with billowing clouds, it becomes clear that your search for the enchanting island the irrepressible Anne Shirley falls in love with is complete. The beloved heroine of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s 1908 book [...]
Need travel ideas? Look to Hollywood
August 19, 2009 ·
You’ve done Paris, France, you’ve done Rome, Italy, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. While there’s certainly nothing wrong with taking in sights at world-renowned travel locales, there are times when you want to get away from the familiar. Ironically, you don’t have to leave your house to get inspired; simply flip on the TV or [...]
Camp Milton, Florida: Little-known Civil War site
August 17, 2009 ·
History and nature have combined in a little-known park which was once the major Confederate military base in north Florida near the end of the Civil War. In 1864, Camp Milton was a key Confederate installation aimed at blocking Union advances toward Baldwin, a supply center and rail head. Florida was a big supplier of [...]
