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Makkum, The Netherlands-February 2021; View over the frozen water of the IJsselmeer close to Makkum with four recreational ice boats on the ice and endless ice landscape in the back

Winter Sports

What to Do With All This Cold? Race Sailboats Across Frozen Lakes, From New York to Finland

Watch ice boats race across the ice—or try it yourself.

January 27, 2026 12:50 PM

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Francesca Krempa

Tips + News

Will We Be Able to Travel This Summer?

Experts offer their predictions on when we will be able to travel again.

May 22, 2020 07:37 PM

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Michelle Baran

Natural Wonders

This Underrated State Has Over 200 Hot Springs—Here Are 5 Favorites, According to a Local Travel Expert

From a steamy shower only accessible by boat to a natural warm infinity pool, have your next spa session in the Idaho wilderness.

December 12, 2025 02:07 PM

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Teddy Minford

Natural Wonders

How to Explore Patagonia off the Beaten Track

The three jagged peaks towering over a turqouise lake in Torres del Paine may be one of the most iconic images associated with Patagonia, but there’s so much more to the region.

November 7, 2019 05:04 PM

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Stacey McKenna

A guest of Conrad Tulum Riviera Maya, a woman with brown hair in a white swimsuit, enters the aquamarine water of a cenote.

Art + Culture

Local Experiences to Try on Your Winter Getaway

With Maya-inspired cooking, Costa Rican coffee, and traditional Hawaiian workshops, these resorts highlight the heritage of the communities they serve.

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Tips + News

The Coolest Pads Now Bookable on Marriott’s New Homesharing Service

The hotel company’s version of Airbnb is now live and these are some of the standout homes.

May 10, 2019 07:51 PM

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Michelle Baran

The interior of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C.

Art + Culture

10 Must-Visit Museums in Washington, D.C.

The best part about museums in Washington, D.C.? Most are free.

December 19, 2023 01:57 PM

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Mae Hamilton

A remote retreat off Utah’s scenic Byway 12 offers road trippers a desert oasis to disappear to.

Hotels

Finding Calm Amid Crisis at a Desert Retreat in Utah

When personal tragedy strikes, two friends seek healing on an adventure-filled trip to Yonder Escalante.

January 11, 2023 08:02 PM

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Michelle Baran

Books

In Search of Proust in Paris

Ten years after studying literature in the City of Light, a devotee of Marcel Proust returns on a quest to enter the hotel he loved most.

September 17, 2019 02:46 PM

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Laura Itzkowitz

People

Sailing to Paradise

Sponsored by British Virgin Islands

National Parks

Can You Visit Yosemite Right Now?

Travelers may be wondering if visiting the California national park is possible amid a wildfire burning at the southern edge of the park.

July 14, 2022 05:29 PM

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Associated Press (AP)

Art + Culture

Visit 9 Spine-Chilling Bookstores in North America Dedicated Exclusively to Horror

With creepy doll heads in San Antonio and murder-cabin vibes in Louisville, these horror bookshops are worth traveling for.

October 22, 2025 04:02 PM

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Jennifer Billock

Middle East

Overview

June 9, 2025 03:48 PM

A concrete building with an elaborate steel tornado-shaped staircase stretching above it

Where to Travel Next

Europe’s Most Exciting New Museum Is an Innovative, Architecturally Thrilling Ode to Human Migration

Opened in May, the Fenix museum brings interactive installations and a showstopping, tornado-like rooftop structure to Rotterdam’s historic port district.

October 20, 2025 11:43 AM

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Blane Bachelor

Tailwind Seaplane taking off the off the coast of Manhattan.jpg

Air Travel News

Seaplane Flights From Manhattan to D.C. Are Launching This Fall

The route offers faster door-to-door travel than jets or trains, taking off from the water in Manhattan and landing on the tarmac in D.C.

August 19, 2022 12:59 PM

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Bailey Berg

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