1.GREAT SMOKEY MOUNTAINS America’s most popular national park, it draws nine million annual visitors. Most enter through a jumble of…
1. FLORICA KEYS The 113-mile (181-kilometer) drive on Highway 1 from mainland Florida to Key West induces sensory overload. Besides…
1. CAPE COD, Massachusetts This 160-mile (257-kilometer) circuit around Massachusetts' vintage Cape Cod serves up miles of beaches and the…
TOP HOSTEL RULES - The don’ts of staying in a dorm room. When traveling, I almost always stay in hostels.…
I spent eight weeks total in Eastern China from October 11 to December 15 (I had the other week in…
FUJIAN PROVINCE (pop 37 million) Fujian is north of Hong Kong and Guangdong Province on the South China Sea. If…
SHANGHAI (pop 23 million) One of the world’s largest and most vibrant cities, Shanghai profiles modern China in a way…
1. Cape Breton, Nova Scotia With its salt-tanged fishing villages and mountainous interior cloaked in dense woods, Cape Breton is…
1. Hana Coast, Maui Unspooling along 52 sinuous miles (84 kilometers) of Maui's eastern coast, this route runs from Kahului…
1. Great Ocean Road This isn’t just one of the world’s most exhilarating drives – it’s also the largest war…