Tagged: vacation

Walk the Rhine: Basel from Cobblestones to Contemporary Art

View Larger Map There are two rail stations in Basel, one practically on the French border, the other not far from the German border, each on opposite sides of the Rhine. The 170,000…

Hello, Mr. President: Nice Place You Have Here

500 Places to Take Your Kids Before They Grow Up highlights 29 hiking, biking and riding trips throughout the world. Below you'll find six presidential birthplaces, homes, mansions…

Park of the Week: Olympic National Park

View Larger MapSeattle says it's the only major U.S. city from which you can see three different national parks (Olympic, Mount Rainier and North Cascades National Park), but there's…

Lito's Tech Tip: A Snowboarding Primer

Few things are as humbling or as stimulating to a good skier as abandoning the security of a sport already mastered to become, once again, an awkward beginner. This is true on…

Trading Spaces: The Park Service Turns Over the Presidio to Private Parties

If you've ever had to fix up an old house you'll know that they are difficult to manage: wood rots out and needs to be replaced, foundations must be patched, and wires for…

Get an Education in ... Las Vegas?

Care to know how the residents of Las Vegas live? How they learn their trades, hone their skills, pursue their ambitions, and kick back? In a city as weird as this one, those subjects…

Favorite Small Museums from 9 Travel Experts

There's nothing quite like walking into the Metropolitan Museum of Art, or the Louvre, or the Vatican Museum. The kinds of museums that have row upon row of masterful works of art…

The 10 Best Ways to Explore Chicago with the Family

Chicago has made vast strides in beautifying the city and developing visitor-friendly attractions. Millennium Park, a world-class destination on 25 acres near Michigan Avenue and the…

Park of the Week: Bryce Canyon National Park

Established in 1928, Bryce Canyon National Park was named for an early Mormon pioneer, sent to this remote part of Utah in the 1870s to develop what was then known as Deseret. (The…

New York City With Kids: Top Picks for Cold Days

New York City may be frozen right now, but that hasn't kept the visitors away. To cram the most into one day while exposing your family to as little frostbite as possible, start out…