Travel
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Run, swim and pose where Olympic champs reignedJul 29, 2012 6:00 am - SYDNEY — In Sydney, you can swim in the same pool where Ian Thorpe won five Olympic medals in 2000. In Berlin, you can pose for photos in the stadium where Jesse Owens w...
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On the road: Let Brat Days beginJul 29, 2012 6:00 am - Midwest How bratty Sheboygan, Wis., on the shores of Lake Michigan, is wienie heaven during Brat Days. Expect wall-to-wall free musical performances, a carniva...
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Manhattan's Hudson Park now a recreation destinationJul 29, 2012 6:00 am - NEW YORK — In the last decade, the decrepit piers and industrial zones along five miles of the Hudson River on Manhattan's West Side have been utterly transformed. Hudso...
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5 free things to do for Houston visitorsJul 28, 2012 6:00 am - HOUSTON — Summer is nearly year round in southeast Texas, so it should be no surprise that the free stuff to see and do in the sprawling metropolitan area of the nation'...
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Bike tours pedal through history of Saratoga BattlefieldJul 28, 2012 6:00 am - STILLWATER, N.Y. — Ranger Megan Stevens sets a leisurely pace as she leads about a dozen bicyclists along the paved tour road at Saratoga National Historical Park, scene...
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Suburban tourism -- and tax revenues -- increaseJul 25, 2012 5:30 am - Local counties were among those gaining the most tourism dollars across the state during 2011, which is fueling a so-called road show with state officials touting those ...
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Spirit, Southwest lose challenge to airfare advertising ruleJul 24, 2012 10:57 am - Spirit Airlines Inc. and Southwest Airlines Co. lost a challenge to U.S. rules requiring carriers to prominently display the total cost of a ticket, including taxes, whe...
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Illinois sees boost in tourism during 2011Jul 24, 2012 9:00 am - Illinois had a record number of visitors in 2011, with more than 93 million tourists visiting the state. The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity sai...
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Memphis Belle bomber getting restoredJul 22, 2012 6:00 am - DAYTON, Ohio — The buffed silver fuselage of the Memphis Belle now belies the famed B-17 bomber's six punishing months of World War II air combat and the subsequent deca...
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A chance to search for prehistoric treasuresJul 22, 2012 6:00 am - Imagine being able to uncover a piece of history millions of years old. Scott Williams, director of Exhibits and Science at the Burpee Museum of Natural History in Rockf...