The Traveler's Journal

The decades since Alex Haley's "Roots" saga was first televised have seen an explosion in genealogical interest and "heritage" travel.  The internet has been a huge boon.

Small-scale Lionel and HO gauge layouts have circled Christmas trees for a century, but recently another form of model trains have been picking up speed.

Millions of people are flocking to Boston for its annual July 4th Harborfest.  Only a lucky few will find their way out to George's Island and Fort Warren.

The U.S. has no end of superb places to day hike. From east to west, here are some notable regional favorites.

An old proverb says, to forget your troubles, wear tight shoes.  Whether walking city streets or mountain trails, make sure your footwear is fit for the task.

The Sod House on the Prairie B&B in southwest Minnesota offers guests an experience straight out of "The Little House on the Prairie."

In the early 16th century, a band of 175 Spaniards left this thin, dry, rocky soil of west central Spain to seek their fortunes in the then very new world.

The Frisian Islands are northern Europe's equivalent of Cape Cod.  Most remain laid-back retreats, but one in particular has become the summer place to be and be seen.

Early this morning, a 3000-year-old ritual took place on a grassy plain 70 miles west of London.  Summer has once again arrived at Stonehenge.

For two years before founding Quebec in 1608, Samuel de Champlain lived in this wilderness outpost on the eastern edge of North America.

Founded in 1729 along the Patapsco River estuary of the Chesapeake Bay, Baltimore has re-gained its reputation as Charm City.

Summer's annual vacation migration is upon its.  This checklist will be helpful to protect the home front while you're away.

Scotland may lay claim to be the cradle of golf, but four Irish links courses rank among the world's best: Ballybunion, Portrush, Portmarnock, and Royal County Down.

Scotland's Royal and Ancient Club of St Andrews is Mecca for golfers, the place the game is most revered, where its venerable links have seen five centuries.

Fed up with the hectic pace and jack rabbit rush of modern travel?  Consider the Green Tortoise, when the getting there is more than half the fun.

Amusement parks across America are debuting attractions, but the emphasis is as much dream and scream as it is theme.  Consider these West Coast amusements.

Shravanabelagola, India is a center of Jainism, whose adherents believe in detachment from earthly matters.  It is generally more serene than much of the rest of the vast country.

Since Roman times, the mountains of Tuscany have produced the world's purest marble.  One less visited town is better known for artfully shaping the stone.

The massive red-brick walls that still surround the Tuscan city of Lucca were built to repel medieval invaders, but they have also withstood centuries of tourism.

Defined by the river Arno, the center of Florence remains an "inseme," a collection of individual structures that merge into a seamless whole.