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Sitting on the top row of the ancient arena, I scan the ruins of Ostia, letting my imagination take me back 2,000 years to the days when this was ancient Rome's seaport, a thriving commercial center of 60,00 people. I marvel also at how few visitors make the...

Even those of us who don't share San Francisco's petty and rather tiresome loathing of our large neighbor to the south have to admit that Los Angeles can be a tough town to get a handle on. It's so vast and, it seems, amorphic. Where do you start? One good...

Jenna Bush picked "You Are So Beautiful," the ballad made famous by Joe Cocker, for the father-daughter dance with President ...

On this 100th anniversary of Mother's Day, the woman credited with creating one of the world's most celebrated holidays probably ...

PROVIDENCE - Think of it as a zoo for plants, where the floral equivalent of African elephants, South American parrots, and Asian monkeys share a vast, sunlit space behind glass. For exotic effect, these plants rival their animal counterparts in the nearby Roger Williams Park Zoo. Towering toward the sky and hunkering around fountain pools, they sport the similar diverse ...

VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK - It's before dawn when we rise and sleepwalk to the bus that will take us from our hotel in the capital, Kigali, to this northwest corner of Rwanda. But we are pumped: We are going to see the world-famous, highly endangered mountain gorillas, the ones featured in the 1988 hit movie "Gorillas in the Mist."

Got your economic stimulus payment from the government yet? Regardless of your opinion of the economy and its direction, using the $300-$600 windfall plus any income tax refund for travel will definitely help you to have a good time. Here are some untaxing offers to consider:

Air travel is probably not beneficial to one's overall health. However, it seems that there are studies that show how the disruptions caused by long air travels are not always...

Could it be a domino effect? The recently announced intention of Delta airlines and Northwest Airlines to merge may be prompting other airlines in the US to get together and...

Tuesday, April 22 is Earth Day. Some parts of the world look to the vernal equinox in March as Earth Day as well. Regardless, Earth Day is a time to...