"Nature's Grace" along the Maine Sculpture Trail. Photo by Alan Stubbs

Some people are traipsing through lovely landscapes as others explore history from days of North America's earliest tribal peoples to the present. Avid birders use binoculars to spot…

Pioneer Yosemite History Center

Following the hilly, curvy road that snakes through Yosemite National Park in the east of…

Piedmont, Italy displays a landscape of vineyard-covered hills, tiny towns and medieval stone castles.  Photo by Victor Block

The platter that was set before me was covered with what resembled small piles of leaves from a fall lawn raking. The little brown, green and…

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Whatever hobby, pursuit or pastime you enjoy, it’s…

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At this time of limited travel, if you live in the United States it may be less easy visit other countries on your bucket list. But thanks to the USA's longstanding history of…

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I stood frozen with fear, unable to move. The terrifying image drew closer, curved sword swinging wildly. Just as the fearsome swashbuckler seemed about to separate my head and body, I snapped back to reality; left my all-too-real…

Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame

Louis Kaplan is channeling his childhood.  While a youngster, he collected baseball cards which he stored in boxes and treasured as souvenirs of the USA's…

Spring is here, and summer's already around the corner!  If you’re a flower gardener - and the National Gardening Association estimates that members of over a third of U.S. households are - you already may have begun to till soil and plant seeds. And those who like to travel as well as garden (as well as those who enjoy…

Crescent Hotel

How would you like to spend a night or more at a hotel once frequented by Clark Gable, Ingrid Berman, Marilyn Monroe and a long…

   One place that my wife Fyllis and I visited promised a “luxury boutique” which has won accolades as among the best resorts in the country.  The other invited us to “Experience the simple life.”

   These very different settings stretch along the Virginia-North Carolina border.  Together, Patrick County, Virginia and the Primland resort offer an inviting getaway with eclectic appeal. 

   Primland combines touches of elegance with a…