When to Visit Chicago
Most Chicago visitors find the ideal times to visit are late spring and early fall. In the spring, you soak up blossoms, blooms, and equable temperatures. Spring in Chicago may be short, but it's widely [more…]
Ten Ingredients and Local Specialties to Look for on Your Plate
Québec is passionate about its food. This mania probably comes from the province's French roots. By now, numerous other immigrant communities have also made their mark on the culinary landscape, evidenced [more…]
Dining and Lodging, Arizona-Style
Your lodging choices in Arizona could vary, from five star hotels in Phoenix and Tucson to working ranches in the mountains. You can even stay in a haunted in with sweeping 50-mile views in [more…]
Scheduling Your Time in Arizona
If you're from a smaller, more urban-centric state, you may be tempted to plan a trip to Arizona based on more familiar travel experiences. Throw out those East Coast and Midwest touring models; they don't [more…]
Las Vegas Institutions That Are No More
It would be hard to imagine New York City ever razing the Plaza, or Paris tearing down the Ritz, but Las Vegas has brought down many of its historic landmarks without so much as a toodle-oo. Heck, by the [more…]
The Best California Travel Experiences
Without taking the easy way out and suggesting that all travel experiences in the Golden State are the best, here are a few prime cuts to consider adding to your California itinerary. [more…]
Chicago's Best Hotels
Because you need a place in Chicago to hang your hat and rest your head, the most important part of planning a trip is deciding where you're going to stay. Four crucial factors come into play: price, location [more…]
New York's Best Hotels
With more than 230 hotels and 70,000 hotel rooms, the sleeping options in New York are staggering. Do you want to spend most of your travel budget on a luxurious hotel? Do you want to stay close to the [more…]
Understanding the Local Lingo of Washington, D.C.
Washington is a unique city, and nowhere is that more evident than in its unique language — the jargon of politics and government. You'll hear it spoken not only when you tour the halls of Congress but [more…]
Understanding California's Climate
W.C. Fields once said, "California is the only state in the Union where you can fall asleep under a rose bush in full bloom and freeze to death." Surely a gross exaggeration, right? Actually, no. [more…]
The Best Hotels in Washington, D.C.
Because so many different kinds of people travel to Washington with regularity, the District of Columbia has a wide variety of hotels and accommodations. [more…]
Discovering the Best of Arizona
The Arizona scenery is indeed as spectacular as anything you'd ever imagine (more than 80 percent of the state is undeveloped), ancient traditions are alive and well on the Indian reservations, and several [more…]
Questions to Ask an Alaskan
Alaskans have good self-esteem. They love it here. Living in Alaska is a conscious decision for most Alaskans, and they want to spread the word. Many Alaskans treat visitors as potential converts. As for [more…]
Arizona's Top Desert Denizens
The Sonoran and the Chihuahuan deserts, which spread across southern Arizona, are home to all kinds of creatures that love the hot, dry climate or have adapted over the years to live here. Here are a few [more…]
The Top D.C. Views
The monuments, monumental buildings, memorials, parks, fountains, and flowers make Washington a stunning city to look at. If you flew down the Potomac River into National Airport, you've already seen the [more…]
Understanding Alaska's Native Cultures
The indigenous people of North and South America arrived about 10,000 years ago. They may have walked from Siberia over ground that's now the seabed beneath the Bering Sea, which was exposed at the time [more…]
Alaska's Greatest One-of-a-Kind Lodgings
Here's some advice: When you travel, you should want to feel as though you've really gone somewhere. Try to eat with the locals and stay in lodgings with local character. Here is a list of unique, authentic [more…]
Seeing Chicago When the Weather's Bad
Face it: Chicago's weather can throw you a curveball at any moment. From sunny and warm to windy and cold, you can easily find yourself wanting to take shelter from the city's occasionally inclement weather [more…]
