August 26, 2024, 8:22am Life
The official nonprofit organization of the National Park Service is set to receive the largest grant in its history, a $100 million gift the fundraising group described as transformative for the country’s national parks. Read story
August 26, 2024, 8:19am Business
Many children have gone back to school in the U.S., and the days are getting shorter, but there is still one more excuse to use the swimsuits and beach towels before packing them up: Labor Day. Read story
August 24, 2024, 6:03am Life
Travel can be exhilarating or awful, and like it or not, we all leave footprints. Of course, some tourists tread more heavily than others, leaving residents swearing, slack-jawed or just shaking their heads. Read story
August 24, 2024, 5:53am Life
Even though a team of researchers from Jackpot City Casino, an online free-play social gambling site, has deemed Hoover Dam the fourth-most overrated tourist attraction in the country, 7 million people visit the 726-foot engineering marvel on the Colorado River at the Nevada-Arizona border each year. Read story
August 24, 2024, 5:53am Life
Feeling sporty? Use your future vacation to learn something new or hone your skills. Here are five ideas to consider. Read story
August 24, 2024, 5:52am Life
For people who live in particularly picturesque quarters of charming European cities, the words “Instagrammable” or “Tik-Tok famous” can feel like harbingers of doom. Read story
August 24, 2024, 5:09am Life
A new “Tangled”-themed attraction in Japan that has been called Disney’s “most romantic” ride ever and dangled as a possibility for Disneyland is fast becoming a hot spot for marriage proposals. Read story
August 22, 2024, 4:03pm Health Wire
Travel writer and television personality Rick Steves announced his prostate diagnosis Wednesday in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, emphasizing he expects to be fine and the cancer shows no signs of spreading. Read story
August 17, 2024, 6:04am Life
If you have not toured the Coyote Canyon Mammoth Site near Kennewick where the bones of an Ice Age mammoth are being unearthed, you have chances on eight more days this year. Read story
August 17, 2024, 6:04am Life
Traveling to destinations where you don’t speak the local language can leave you lost in translation. Communicating in the local language helps advance cultural exchange and improves engagement with locals. Overcoming language barriers increases travelers’ ability to immerse themselves in the local culture. Read story
