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9 Great Destinations You've Never Heard Of

It's OK to love Paris, Rome, and Tokyo, but when was the last time you fell for someplace new? If you're after a less-traveled take on adventure, tranquility, history and cultural…

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U.S. Spring Festivals Bring Music and Mayhem, Flowers and Games

Late winter brings special events that offer promise of spring, while the festivals of both seasons are enough to make you feel warm year round.

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The New Victorian Era: Why B.C.'s Capital is Almost Perfect

Very fit and very green, British Columbia's island capital is a destination for foodies, adventure travelers and urban sophisticates alike.

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Traditional, Quirky, Experimental and Delicious Spring Festivals

Spring brings a bevy of unique and often bizarre events to the world stage. From the ancient to the cutting edge, they all offer visitors an excellent opportunity to immerse themselves…

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Getting off the Well-Beaten Path for an Exotic Egyptian Adventure

Stay on the tourist trail, and you'll miss out on traditional Egyptian culture and ancient sites and natural wonders that arenÂ?t inundated with buses and camera-wielding tourists.

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One Love, Lots of Food: More Cookin' Good Times in Jamaica

Jamaicans are infusing the dining scene with their own down-to-earth sensibility and the bounty of their landscape, resulting in unique but affordable dining experiences.

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E-Scentual Europe: Where to See the Brightest Spring and Summer Blooms

From tulips in the north to lavender in the south, Europe comes alive in spring and early summer with an explosion of color and aroma.

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Rio Without the Feathers and Sequins: Post Carnivale Travel to Brazil

Best known for its pre-Lent festivities, Rio is a magical city to visit at any time of the year -- especially now that the crowds have thinned out and the prices dropped.

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A Year of Beer: A Six-Pack of Suds Fests

Love beer but think Octoberfest is just to unweildy? Raise a glass for these six regional beer fests around the world.

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Iberian Museums' Treasure Trove of European Art

Spain and Portugal have spent the decade since Gehry's Guggenheim opened by granting commissions to top architects for modern landmark museums to house exceptional art collections.

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Lifting the Curtain on Tennessee's Secret City

What to do in the city that brought us U-235: From switchgrass airplanes to Nuclear science merit badges.

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One Love, Lots of Food: An Eating Tour of Jamaica

The island's food and culture scene is undergoing a transformation as Jamaicans are finding ways to promote and develop their own culinary delights.

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A Cruiser's Guide to the Real New York

More cruises are sailing from New York than ever before, but what're you gonna do while you're there, walk around Times Square and see a show? Instead, get moving.

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A Hot Pot Full of Dining Experiences in Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a food lover's paradise and for aficionados of Cantonese, Chiu Chow, Hunan, Szechuan, Peking or Shanghainese cuisine, there's no finer place to indulge your taste buds.

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Brewery Hopping in the Czech Republic

See the brewing methods -- and take a big gulp of the results -- at 8 Czech breweries.

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Lower Silesia: How to Get Down in Old Europe

Where the castles look German, the people speak Polish and the countryside and mountains -- perfect for hiking, biking, skiing and climbing -- are universal in their appeal.

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Lazytown Star Shares Iceland Tips for Teens

To get into the teenage mindset, I turned to probably the world's greatest expert on Icelandic tips for American teens, Nick Jr. star Julianna Mauriello.

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Manchester City Life and Country Escapes

Britain's second city comes alive with theater and music and winds down in its spectacular countryside.

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How to Live It Up in the Big Easy for Mardi Gras

The city's annual celebration drew 800,000 people last year. Find out where to stay and how to save during this year's party.

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French Perfection and Caribbean Flavors Meet in Martinique's Rums

When I learned I was going to be visiting the island of Dominica recently, I extended my trip to include a quick visit to its neighbor Martinique to see what goes into the making of…

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It's Cold Outside, but These Winter Dining Promotions Will Warm You Up

In the summer, it's easy to cajole people to get out of the house, wander around a city and eat al fresco on a sidewalk patio. But in the wintertime? In cold cities? That's another…

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Rebuilt, Vibrant, and Unpronounceable Wroclaw

Heavily damaged during a four-month siege by Russian artillery in World War II, this Polish city is rebuilt, with much of its city center replicating exactly its 17th and 18th century…

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Bhutan's Improbable All-Inclusive Mountain Splendor

The Kingdom of Druk Yul is a tiny nation located in the Himalayan Mountains and one that remains perhaps the least-touched by outsiders and tourists.

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Five Answers to the Perennial Question: What're You Doing New Year's Eve?

From the weird to the wild to the sacred, pagan, and profane, here are 5 strange and thrilling ways of shaking off the old and welcoming the new.

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A World of Winter Festivals & Southern Hemisphere Summer Events

Celebrate the hot and cold seasons at one or more of these international festivities.