S1 Ep946: Tips for Capturing Cities
Capturing the essence of a city in a photograph or even a panorama can be a daunting challenge. Here are a few tips to help you bring that mission into focus.
2m Feb 23, 2018
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S1 Ep945: Happy Birthday, Amerigo!
A navigator born on this day in 1454 in the Italian city-state of Florence certainly left his mark on the New World.
2m Feb 23, 2018
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S1 Ep944: Insights on In-flight Exercises
Last time, we looked at the air inside planes. Sitting in cramped spaces for hours on end is also uncomfortable, and possibly even dangerous.  Here's an exercise routine you can do without leaving your seat.
2m Feb 23, 2018
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S1 Ep943: Sitting in a Desert 35,000 Feet above Sea Level
The cabin atmosphere in airliners is pressurized, warmed and filtered to make you feel at home, assuming your home is someplace high and dry, say Flagstaff, Arizona.
2m Feb 23, 2018
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S1 Ep942: Delving the Grand Canyon
This grand chasm that slashes across northern Arizona is both a National Park and World Heritage site visited by millions of travelers each year.
2m Feb 23, 2018
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S1 Ep941: Appreciating the Plums of Atami Baien
This time each year, the Japanese celebrate "Ume," the beautiful plums, whose blossoms are a reassurance of the arrival of Spring.
2m Feb 23, 2018
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S1 Ep940: 4 Tips to Follow Whenever You Leave Home
When traveling, no one enjoys being ripped-off.  These four tips may seem like basic common sense, but it pays to always keep them in mind.
2m Feb 08, 2018
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S1 Ep939: Learning to Be a Clown
For two weeks each summer, Mooseburger Clown Camp in the woods of Minnesota becomes ground zero for the serious work of zaniness.
2m Feb 08, 2018
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S1 Ep938: A Look at Industrial Tourism
While many travelers are fascinated by the inner workings of a factory, for car buffs, no tour is better than an auto assembly plant. Consider the Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance, Alabama.
2m Feb 08, 2018
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S1 Ep937: Discovering Bardou
This remote hamlet in the story foothills of southwestern France has become a rustic resort.
2m Feb 08, 2018
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S1 Ep936: Collecting Concierge Wisdom
Members of Les Clef d'Or are highly trained to provide the expertise and attention that make a guest feel special
2m Feb 08, 2018
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S1 Ep935: Captivated by Cape Town
Although it is presently suffering a severe water crisis, Cape Town remains a trendy, relatively inexpensive destination for adventurous travelers.
2m Feb 08, 2018
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S1 Ep934: Tassajara Meditations
Set in a quiet mountain canyon south of Carmel, Ca, Tassajara, the first Zen monastery outside of Asia, welcomes meditative visitors each summer.
2m Feb 08, 2018
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S1 Ep933: Enviously Eying Ischia
The largest of four islands scattered off Italy's Bay of Naples, Ischia long ago earned a reputation as the Isle of Well-being.
2m Feb 08, 2018
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S1 Ep932: Enjoying Aukland Alfresco
It's now mid-summer in New Zealand, and the citizens of its largest city certainly know how to enjoy the weather.
2m Feb 08, 2018
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S1 Ep931: Hiking in One of America's Celebrated Blank Spots
The first official "blank spot" on US Survey maps, the Gila National Forest in New Mexico now encompasses 3.3 million acres.
2m Feb 05, 2018
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S1 Ep930: Searching for Gold in Silver City
For centuries, people have been prospecting for treasure in the Pinos Altos mountains of SW New Mexico.  Rather than gold, they found silver.
2m Feb 05, 2018
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S1 Ep929: Traveling on the Wings of Love
While taking a trip together these days can be a stiff test of love, it appears that many couples are passing that test.
2m Feb 05, 2018
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S1 Ep928: Kissed With a Seal
The Magdalene Islands are a remote Canadia Atlantic archipelago, which each year becomes a nursery for whiteout harp seals.
2m Feb 05, 2018
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S1 Ep927: Picking Bananas in Iceland
Iceland is a fascinating place to visit for any traveler who enjoys outdoor adventures.  And now WOW air flies cheaply from many US Gateways.
2m Feb 05, 2018
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S1 Ep926: Remembering the Normandie
On her maiden voyage in 1935, the French passenger liner Normandie was considered the grandest ocean-going vessel ever. But she came to an early and tragic end.
2m Jan 29, 2018
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S1 Ep925: Spending the Night with Madam Pele
 Camping in Volcanoes National Park will be an experience you will never forget.
2m Jan 29, 2018
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S1 Ep924: Visiting Volcanoes National Park
The Big Island of Hawaii is big and still growing, fed from molten lava which oozes up from deep inside the earth.
2m Jan 29, 2018
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S1 Ep923: Celebrating Carnival in Quebec City
Most people know about Mardi Gras celebrations in warm places like Rio or New Orleans, but here's one place where the temperature's is below freezing.
2m Jan 29, 2018
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S1 Ep922: A Few Tips for Student Trips
Young scholars are encountering enticing offers for spring-break escapes and summer study tours.  Here are some questions to ask before signing up.
2m Jan 29, 2018
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S1 Ep921: Honoring Seven Legendary Ski Runs
It's not enough to be impossibly precipitous, heavily moguled, or just plain terrifying. To attain legendary status, a ski run must have a lot of history behind it.
2m Jan 15, 2018
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S1 Ep920: In an Offbeat Corner of Europe
Too many travelers are entirely unaware of Andorra, a tiny, independent principality tucked into the folds of the Pyrenees Mountains between France and Spain.
2m Jan 15, 2018
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S1 Ep918: Defining the American Discovery Trail
A little known right of way stretches more than 6800 miles across 15 states. It's the only US public footpath that extends from sea to shining sea.
2m Jan 15, 2018
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S1 Ep917: Playing the Game of Hurry-up and Wait
On time is not good enough.  These days, it's important to get to the departure gate half an hour before your flight's scheduled departure.
2m Jan 15, 2018
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S1 Ep916: World Capitals You Never Learned in School
London, Rome, Vienna, these national capitals are familiar to most veteran travelers. But how did Strong, Maine become the world's toothpick capital? Or Gulfport, Mississippi the world's root beer capital?
2m Jan 15, 2018
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S1 Ep915: On the Road to Zanzibar
Few places evoke mystery and adventure like this 40-mile-long tropical island in the Indian Ocean 25 miles off of Tanzania on Africa's east coast.
2m Jan 15, 2018
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S1 Ep914: Strategies for Security on the Road
Despite alarming headlines, the odds of any traveler being caught up a terrorist incident are statistically minute. That being said, here are some basic security precautions to keep in mind no matter where you go.
2m Jan 15, 2018
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S1 Ep913: Watching the Whales along California's Coast
Twice each year, some 30,000 gray whales migrate along the west coast from Alaska to Baja, Mexico. California has numerous great places to see them.
2m Jan 15, 2018
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S1 Ep912: Previewing the Greatest Light Show on Earth
Imagine a shimmering curtain of iridescent light towering 60 to 100 miles in the sky.  Traveling to view the Aurora Borealis has become a popular option, especially for Japanese newlyweds, who consider witnessing them the greatest of good fortune.
2m Jan 15, 2018
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S1 Ep911: Exploring El Yunque
This rain forest draped across an anvil-shaped mountain on Puerto Rico's eastern end is protected by the U.S. Forest Service.
2m Jan 10, 2018
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S1 Ep910: The Paradores of Puerto Rico
The island has more than two dozen, moderately priced, privately owned inn and guest houses situated in historic buildings.
2m Jan 10, 2018
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S1 Ep909: The Riches of Puerto Rico
Named by Juan Ponce de Leon in 1508, the Caribbean's fourth largest island is a rich port indeed.
2m Jan 10, 2018
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S1 Ep908: Skiing Around Old Faithful
If you appreciate the joys of gliding across a spectacular, snow-deep valley, Yellowstone in winter is for you.
2m Jan 10, 2018
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S1 Ep907: Exploring the Earth's Largest Temperate Wilderness
The establishment of Yellowstone Park in 1872 marked a milestone in mankind's relationship with nature.
2m Jan 10, 2018
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S1 Ep906: Simplifying Metric and Celsius
Despite decades of creeping familiarity, metric measurements still mystify many Americans.  Here are a few key formulas to simplify foreign conversions.
2m Jan 04, 2018
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S1 Ep905: Inspecting Saint Eustasis
Set among the Leeward Islands, there's one tiny Caribbean haven that hasn't been overwhelmed by tourism.
2m Jan 04, 2018
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S1 Ep904: The Natural Caribbean
Numerous Caribbean nations have set aside great swaths of their territory, both land and sea, as refuges where adventurous travelers can find unique experience.
2m Jan 04, 2018
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S1 Ep903: Sailing the Islands of the Caribbean
The line-of-sight sailing along the Windward islands makes for some of the fines yachting in the world.
1m Jan 04, 2018
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S1 Ep902: The Art of Antique Maps
Old maps offer more than historical perspectives.  For many collectors who love fine and rare things, they are art.  Here's a great place to pursue that art.
2m Jan 04, 2018
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S1 Ep901: Previewing Retiring Destinations
As baby boomers enter their AARP years, smart travelers use their vacations to preview retirement prospects.
2m Dec 27, 2017
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S1 Ep900: Driving Intelligence
Whenever you leave home, it helps to have an idea of what roadblocks you may encounter along your route.
2m Dec 27, 2017
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S1 Ep899: Boning up on Uruguay
For beef-eaters, this South American national tucked in a coastal nook between Argentina and Brazil is prime cut.
2m Dec 27, 2017
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S1 Ep898: In January's City
This is a hot month in Rio de Janeiro, the 500-square mile city draped around and on a range of lush peaks along Brazil's southern coast.
2m Dec 27, 2017
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S1 Ep897: Finding Liberty on Ellis Island
On New Year's Day in 1892, Ellis Island Immigration Center opened for business in New York Harbor.
2m Dec 27, 2017
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S1 Ep896: Exploring the Mariner's Museum in Newport News
in 1930, Archer Huntington a Virginia rail and shipping magnate, founded a museum dedicated to preserving the culture of the sea. It was and remains an auspicious and ambitious vision.
2m Dec 09, 2017
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