Travel
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Travel industry courting 'Eat, Pray, Love' fansAug 07, 2010 11:00 pm - In Bali, they're seeking guidance from a spiritual healer. In Rome, they're lapping up gelato. And in India, they're visiting temples. Fans of Elizabeth Gilbert's best-s...
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Kayak adventure in Alaska: Wildlife and glaciersJul 31, 2010 11:00 pm - VALDEZ, Alaska -- We're standing in a field of rocks in a dense fog, surrounded by icebergs stranded at low tide. This is the terminal moraine of Alaska's Columbia Glaci...
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Get ready for takeoff - clothes that is: Tips for traveling lightJul 31, 2010 11:00 pm - What do you wear when you fly? Doug Wood wears a vest. It has 30 pockets. He keeps his camera, computer, Walkman, phone and his toiletry kit in it. It even holds a chang...
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Milwaukee museum hosts mummies exhibitJul 31, 2010 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE -- The largest traveling exhibition of mummies ever assembled is coming to Milwaukee later this year. "Mummies of the World" will be at the Milwaukee Public Mu...
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Airline fares on the rise, yet still 25 percent lower than 1999 ratesJul 31, 2010 11:00 pm - DALLAS -- If you think air fares have been rising, it's not your imagination. Figures just released from the government, while a bit dated, show that airline prices in t...
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Rock stars of tomorrow show at the James ChicagoJul 31, 2010 11:00 pm - Feeling left out of Lollapalooza because you now have little ones? Kidzapalooza, the family-friendly stage of Lollapalooza, invites you to the Very Important Rocker even...
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Brooklyn's DUMBO: History, chocolate and bridgesJul 31, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Four centuries in 30 minutes. That's what tourists get in trendy DUMBO. The history of this offbeat Brooklyn neighborhood includes Dutch settlers, George Was...
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Missouri State offers unique geotourism degreeJul 24, 2010 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Missouri State University has developed a geotourism degree that it believes is a first-of-its-kind program in the world. The Springfield school got ...
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Recall times of no cell phones or e-mail at Newberry Library fairJul 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Remember those old-school notions of reading and speaking face to face with another human being? Recall the days before e-mail, cell phones and texting at the Newberry L...
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Historic Moulin Rouge tower demolished in VegasJul 24, 2010 11:00 pm - LAS VEGAS -- Workers on Thursday demolished the tower of the first racially integrated casino in Las Vegas, one day after city officials turned down an appeal of its own...