The Traveler's Journal

The three tiny Indian Ocean islands of Mauritius off the Madagascar coast are a fascinating, fragile nation unto their own.

A shallow, 438,000-acre, peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia–Florida border, the Okefenokee is North America's largest "blackwater" swamp. Although there is hardly any solid land in the Okie, it's still a remarkable place to explore and even camp.

Experiencing how life is lived in other countries is always an education, but one that often entails considering the situation from different perspectives.

Last time, we went underground in Rome. But some of the city's oldest artifacts are in plain sight, and many predate the Roman Empire itself.

The Eternal City wasn't built in a day, but layer by layer over more than 3000 years. In some places, the deeper layers are still intact and accessible. A visit certainly provides an in-depth perspective.

This is the time of the when when the big waves come rolling in all along Oahu's north coast.

A world of on-line resources notwithstanding, sometimes a traveler's best friend is an old-fashioned guidebook.

For some mountaineers, the peak achievement is climbing to the highest point on each continent.

If you'd enjoy the thrill of riding through a pristine, snowy wilderness behind a team of sled dogs, mark the Boundary Waters on the very northern tip of Minnesota on your map.

Although its streets can gleam golden in the moonlight, the city fortunes of Zacatecas were built on silver.

Founded in 1964, the IESC is a non-profit that applies private sector solutions to improve standards of living around the world, to create and preserve jobs and help robust, sustainable enterprises grow.

After so much celebration, it's only natural to experience a letdown. Here are tips to help you get back up to pace.

As their clocks approach the midnight hour, people everywhere will be celebrating the end of 2016 and looking forward to a wonderful 2017. That's certainly our sentiment, as well as our best wishes to you.

A Global Entry pass is easy to obtain, and if you fly internationally, it will save you a lot of time standing in lines and even help you make that tight connection

Founded in 1565 on what is now Florida's NE coast, St. Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European origin in the contiguous United States. It and the adjoining Anastasia Island are great places to visit.

Sometimes, the it's the misadventures that make for the best travel tales. Be bold when spinning the yarn.

For nearly 175 years, affiliates of the Traveler's Aid Society have been helping mobile Americans.

On Christmas eve 1776, General George Washington led a daring, surprise raid which changed the course of American history.

More than 200 million years ago, dense conifer forests grew on the part of the planet now known as south central Arizona.

If you want to get up close and personal with great gray cetaceans, Mexico's San Ignacio Lagoon is just the place you're looking for.