The Traveler's Journal

Sometimes, it's as difficult to leave what you left behind as it is to reach what you seek. Here are tips to get away mentally, as well as physically.

No matter where you go or what you do, certain maxims always ring true.

Hosting friends or family over the coming holiday season? Here are thoughts on making that experience enjoyable for all concerned.

Last time, we offered suggestion on how to make your next trip more meaningful by meeting people who live there. Here's a good place to do that.

It's easy to go to distant places and come away with no real idea of what life is like there. One way to avoid that is to really interact with people on their own terms.

There are many sources of information for Americans about traveling abroad, but the site operated by the State Department remains the definitive one.

Sometimes, the best get-aways are to really get-away.

For over 1000 miles along the Rio Grande, Big Bend National Park defines the US/Mexico border. Do we really a need to build a wall in this majestic wilderness?

Though dated and rare, this venerable series of guidebooks, the world's first, still have insights to offer modern travelers. And they can also be valuable.

Indoor ski slopes were more popular in Japan than anywhere else. Their peak may have passed, but suburban Tokyo still has several places where shredding goes on 12 months a year,

All the apps, web sites, and guide books notwithstanding, the best hotel recommendations generally come from those who have recent, personal experience.

On this morning in 1975, the massive ore-carrier Edmund FitzGerald set out from Superior, Wisconsin on a fateful and fatal voyage across the lake of the same name. The Fitz's legend lives on in more than a song.

On November 14 in 1889, a pioneering reporter for the New York World set off from Hoboken on a historic journey. 24,899 miles and 72 days later, she had gone around the world faster than anyone ever had done.

The temperate and picturesque hills and lakes of southern Chile offer plenty of recreational opportunities, all under the stead of a chain of steaming volcanoes.

Every traveler should realize that finding fresh, clean water can be problematic in many places around the world. Here are some salubrious thoughts to keep in mind.

Situated at the heart of three of the world's great religions, the old city of Jerusalem has had a complicated, often contentious existence, from ancient times to today.

The first European visitor settled in the Kansas City area over 400 years ago. People are finding new treasures and pleasures there all the time.

200 miles north of San Francisco, this quirky county encompasses some of California's wildest coastline and most remote wilderness.

Just east of Bordeaux, France, the Dordogne River cuts through limestone escarpments, creating networks of caverns that have sheltered humans for many thousands of years.

Across the country and around the world, places the noted and notorious have been laid to rest are major attractions, even destinations of pilgrimage.