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Leaf Peeping Across America: A Coast-to-Coast Guide

Grab your camera, pocket your spare memory cards, and load the car—it's leaf-peeping season from coast to coast. From Vermont to the Pacific Northwest, use this guide to see some of…

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The World's 10 Best Beachfront Hotels

Many hotels claim to be located on the beach or to have spectacular ocean views—but you're either beachfront or you're not. For travelers who aren't satisfied with having to cross a…

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Best Times to Travel: Destinations in Bloom

Provence , France, awash in the light purple hue of lavender. Holland's vast tulip fields. These annual events are big tourist draws for a reason. But if you don't know when and where…

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Undiscovered Costa Rica: 6 Secret Spots

One of the most amazing things about Costa Rica is that in spite of its booming tourism industry, there are still plenty of places to go that are relatively easy to access and yet off…

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Island Hopping the Cape Verde Islands

Like many nations in Africa, Cape Verde was for centuries a colonial outpost. This volcanic archipelago lying 644km (400 miles) off the West African coast was finally granted…

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Great Architectural Pilgrimages: 15 Sites to Visit

From Angkor Wat to suburban Connecticut, we've rounded up 15 inspiring sites for people who love buildings. Photo Caption: Chicago city skyline reflected in the "Bean." Photo by…

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What It's Like to See Malaysia's Sarawak by River Cruise

By Heidi Sarna Just like on the rivers of Europe, a river cruise in Southeast Asia is a great way to see life on the river banks up close. Boats can travel as close as a few feet from…

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10 Ways to See Yosemite Without the Crowds

Home to a half-mile-high waterfall and the world's biggest slab of exposed granite (El Capitan), Yosemite Valley is the centerpiece of Yosemite National Park ( www.nps.gov/yose ). With…

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Experience Los Angeles

Adventure #1 in Los Angeles? Experience the Postmodern Curves of the Walt Disney Concert Hall. It's the home of the L.A. Philharmonic (those lucky dogs). Frank Gehry's audacious…

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Experience Maui

For your visit to Maui, take a dive on the wild side. Mother Nature's wild side, that is -- on the Kahekili Highway on the northeast coast. This back-to-nature experience will take you…

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Experience Amsterdam

Amsterdam: so much to do, so little time! So start at the flamboyant Bartolotti Housewas built in 1617 for Guillielmo Bartolotti, who began life as Willem van den Heuvel and switched…

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Experience Kauai

Kauai's Na Pali Coast (na pali means "the cliffs") is a place of extreme beauty and Hawaii's last true wilderness. Its majestic splendor will forever remain unspoiled because no road…

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The Best Beaches of Orange County

The Orange Coast is one of Southern California's best-kept secrets -- a string of seaside jewels that have been compared with the French Riviera or the Costa del Sol. Forty-two miles…

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Best Royal Weddings of All Time: 10 Regal Sites

Let's throw back to a few favorite royal weddings in some of the world's most beautiful cathedrals, churches, châteaux, and palaces. Plus, we reveal how to experience some royal…

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Experience San Francisco

There's soooo much to see and do in San Francisco, but that doesn't mean it's difficult to choose a first experience for first-time visitors. Take the Powell-Hyde cable car down to…

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Experience Puerto Rico

There's a LOT to do in Puerto Rico. But we have to start at the beach, our favorite beach to be exact. Named after the 16th-century landowner Don Gonzalo Rincón, the tiny town of…

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Best of Seoul: 10 Favorite Moments

Don't judge a city by its cover, or in Seoul's case, usually a thin layer of smog. A closer examination reveals modern skyscrapers built around ancient palace grounds, crowded…

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Experience Rome

So many potential adventures! Start with finding the treasures of the Vatican Museum. As you walk through the Vatican Museum, you'll be dazzled by treasure after treasure, all…

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Experience Barcelona

What should you see and do in Barcelona? We think these are the top sights, and they start with the crowning glory of the Modernista movement, Antoni Gaudí's Casa Milà is better known…

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See Sri Lanka: 8 Reasons to Visit

Sri Lanka was called "Serendib" by the Arab traders who happened by chance upon this lovely teardrop-shaped island, floating between the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal. Modern…

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Stieg Larsson's Stockholm: 14 Essential Stops

Want to see where the characters of Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander, created by author Stieg Larsson, played out the Photo Caption: Daniel Craig and Robin Wright in a scene from…

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10 Essential Bangkok Experiences

Momentary bad times come and go, but Bangkok always seems to return to popularity. It's one of those must-see Asian cities that always crops up on travel wish lists. From visiting…

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7 Ways to Experience the Best of Colombia

From national parks such as Tayrona to cosmopolitan cities like Medellín and Cartagena, Colombia has something for every type of traveler. Whether you prefer hiking through tropical…

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The Royal River: Life Along the Thames

What the River Thames lacks in length, it makes up for in history and pageantry. From its source in a field in Gloucestershire, England , its eastward journey takes it less than 200…

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Central American Islands: 11 Amazing Escapes

Central America packs more beauty and ecological diversity into its borders than some continents have in their entire landmass. Whatever charms it can't fit on the mainland it's…