The Traveler's Journal

The Ohio River's Queen City has transformed itself into a tri-state center of action.

Egypt's Ramesses the Great built his favorite queen a palatial home for the afterlife. More than 3200 years later, it still memorializes her beauty and wisdom.

Croagh Patrick, the third highest peak in Ireland's County Mayo, was a place of pilgrimage long before the Patrick whose birthday we celebrate today arrived in the 5th century.

While this may be the image you have of a dog in flight, the reality is much different. Understand the costs and considerations before subjecting a pet to the experience.

The Portes du Soleil, a network of interconnected slopes across the Alps of France and Switzerland, is the world's largest international ski system.

The City of Lights is an illuminating place to explore, even more so when in the company of one's adult child.

Many people confuse the island of Dominica with the much larger Dominican Republic. But this gem of the Lesser Antilles is a unique paradise in the Caribbean Sea.

Sometimes, chance encounters with meet you meet while traveling can tun into enduring friendships.

The stations of the Armed Forces Radio Network still rank high among English-speaking audiences in many countries around the world.

Even in this age of internet connectivity, a shortwave radio can be a great way to keep in touch with the rest of the planet.

The 14,410-foot-high, snow-capped peak southeast of Seattle is rated among North America's most difficult climbs.

California's Anza-Borrego State Park is a dusty, arid desert for much of the year, but when the spring rains come, it is transformed into a blooming miracle.

Throughout the Appalachian, the Rocky, and the Sierra Mountain ranges are trail systems that offer cross country skiers some sublime overnight opportunities.

Many of life's journey's involve losing something of yourself along the way. But rather than regretting that loss, use it as a memory to fondly remind you of that place and time.

Jokes about the Three Little Pigs nowithstanding, building sublime and sustainable residences from bales of straw is a technique the Canelo Project has been perfecting since 1989. They'll even show how to do it yourself.

A sub-range of the Rocky Mountains, the Bitterroots run along the border between Idaho and Montana. The trail systems that lace through its rugged terrain offer many miles of open riding.

Now owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, this vast estate in the Santa Cruz Mountain south of San Fransico, Filoli was once home to one of California's richest men. Its mansion is most welcoming, and its 16 acres of formal gardens offer infinite interlude.

Weather conditions are iffy in Wisconsin this weekend for what will be the 44th running of America's largest, and one of its longest, cross country ski races. It debuted in 1973, and is part of Worldloppet, the world tour of cross-country skiing.

While not Poland's capital city nor its largest, this magnificent metropolis on the Vistula River is its most historic and most beautiful.

This independent nation consists of of two island groups in the Atlantic southeast of the Bahamas. Though British by background and allegiance, they've developed a culture all their own.