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I'm super excited to report I took the silver medal in the Travel Journalist of the Year competition in the prestigious Lowell Thomas...

Move over Korean tacos. The Native American version rambling around the Twin Cities in the Tatanka Truck are pre-European-contact, vegan,...

Can a slow walk in the woods provide the natural means to stress relief, lowered blood pressure, better sleep and overall happiness? From...

In my new story in Departures magazine, I explore the Sacred Valley of the Inca in Peru from 14,000-foot hikes in the altiplano among...

Last spring, I had the great honor to work with Ted Turner, best known as the founder of CNN, who has launched Ted Turner Expeditions,...

College applications are up, and so are college tours, in some areas jumping 30 percent. Campus visits are an investment in your child's...

In the wake of the documentary "Black Fish," SeaWorld has vowed to end its orca shows. So where can you see orcas in the wild? In the...

For sporty, culture-minded and nature-focused families, I rounded up 20 family trips in four regions of the country in the annual US...

I put the perennial question -- Where next? -- to eight leading tour operators, including Geoffrey Kent, founder of Abercrombie & Kent,...

Today, the North American Travel Journalist Association's annual travel writing contest winners were announced, and I won two gold medals...