Tagged: virginia

Loving v. Virginia Courthouse Among Six Historic Sites Added to U.S. Civil Rights Trail

The courthouse where the Lovings of Loving v. Virginia fame were arrested, tried, and briefly jailed in 1959 has been added to the U.S. Civil Rights Trail. The law that Richard and…

A Chesapeake Bay Cruise with American Cruise Lines: Our Review

Heidi Sarna is the co-founder of QuirkyCruise.com, a guide to small-ship cruising.In business for decades, family-owned American Cruise Lines (ACL), which devotes itself exclusively…

Washington Metro Finally Connects D.C. with Dulles Airport and Virginia Wine Country

After four long years of delays, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s long-awaited Silver Line extension finally opened to the public on Tuesday, November 15,…

Endless Summer: More Theme Parks Now Staying Open Year-Round

Outside of Florida and Southern California, where the weather allows theme parks to stay open year-round (provided there's no plague on), the standard operating procedure at most parks…

Freedom Trail: A New Walking Tour of the D.C. Area's Underground Railroad

“$200 Reward.—Ran away from the service of the Rev. J. P. McGuire, Episcopal High School, Fairfax county. Va., on Saturday, 10th inst. Negro Man, Oscar Payne, aged 30 years, 5 feet 4…

U.S. Army Museum Opening June 2020

The United States Army has set an opening date for its new museum honoring the oldest branch of the U.S. military.The National Museum of the United States Army will begin welcoming…

Two New Biographies Are Indispensable for Trips Through Europe or America

Hundreds of thousands of Americans are currently purchasing and avidly reading two monumental biographies in book form about two monumental figures in world and American history. In…

Hamilton Tours at Thomas Jefferson's House

Thanks to Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit Broadway musical, Alexander Hamilton has stolen the spotlight from his fellow Founding Fathers. Now the ten-dollar Federalist is even making…

Grand Canyon Visitor Numbers, California Highway 1 Closures, Hamilton Tours at Monticello: Today's Travel Briefing

APRIL 7, 2017 — Good morning, everybody! Today's travel news is all about American icons—the Grand Canyon, California's Highway 1, and Broadway's favorite Founding Father. PARTS OF…

Hotels Offering Election-Themed Packages

Believe it or not, only two weeks remain in the long national nightmare that is the 2016 presidential election.Several hotels across the country are offering special packages to…

Colonial Williamsburg, in Virginia, Comes Close to Being an Indispensable Place to Visit for Americans of All Ages

Travel is a constant process of self-education.  As we visit more and more destinations, we adopt new favorites, replace former cities and resorts with new and more…

Point/Counterpoint: Pauline Frommer Gives Her Impressions of Colonial Williamsburg

I won’t lie: I was dragged, kicking and wailing, to Colonial Williamsburg. I thought the idea of spending Thanksgiving at the famed “living history museum” was a goofy one, and…

We Visited an American Theme Park that Vanquishes Disney and Universal

Pauline and I, and our respective families, spent the Thanksgiving holidays at Colonial Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia.  And because CW doesn't enjoy anywhere near the…

I Have Just Returned From a Visit to a Unique Peninsula-Island of America, Of Which I Had Never Heard: The "Eastern Shore" of Virginia

Because a young acquaintance of ours was getting married there, my wife and I recently ventured to a place of which I had never heard:  the Eastern Shore of Virginia. …

That's Ridiculous! Pet Travel and Owners' Responsibilities

Over the years, my incendiary writings have offended everyone from airline pilots to card-carrying frequent fliers to travel agents. I make no apologies for ticking them off.But…

Beyond the Beach: 5 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do in Los Cabos

Los Cabos, at the end of the Baja Peninsula, is the district between two former fishing villages -- Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo. With the sea and white-sand beaches backed…

5 Fabulous & Affordable Places to Eat in Paris

Everyone on a trip to Paris is in search of restaurants that serve great food at decent prices. Before Guillaume Plisson of Calista Privilège (tel. 06/61-53-23-99;…

Travel Troubleshooter: Two Years Later, Still No Refund

Gayle Grafstrom-Corman is promised a refund on her daughter's Lufthansa ticket. But two years later, the 890 euros she's due is nowhere to be found, and neither her travel agent nor…