NEW YORK CITY IS COMING BACK New York is baaack. Well, most New Yorkers are, at least. Everyone has heard the stories about how different the Big Apple became in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. That New York City had become kindler, gentler. Don't you believe it...
HISTORIC RIO GRANDE BORDER AREA IS LISTED AS 'ENDANGERED' Texas' Los Caminos del Rio, a heritage corridor in the Lower Rio Grande area, recently was added to the list of America's 11 most endangered historic places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation...
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December 15, 2001
Oregon Coast Offers Winter Spectacles From the warmth of the car, the storm looked bad enough. Blasts of wind rattled the doors every few seconds and raindrops on the windshield sounded like fistfuls of pebbles hitting the glass...
December 13, 2001
Soaking up Montana: Hot Springs Hotels Add Warmth to Rockies On a chilly night, hot springs certainly qualify as life-giving. The naturally heated water – here, it was a creek eddy, steaming at 103 degrees – feels like a gift from Mother Nature. Especially when it's cold enough outside to form icicles. In this corner of the Tobacco Root Mountains...
Tour Sites Abound in Montana As delightful as hot springs are, you can't spend all day in them or you'll end up looking like a prune. Fortunately, along with springs, southwestern Montana has fascinating touring possibilities. Consider these sites for visits – between soaks, of course...
December 12, 2001
Theme Parks Hopeful for Holidays In the days just after the terrorist attacks, Walt Disney World was so empty that workers wearing Mickey Mouse and Goofy costumes found themselves leading parades through deserted streets. ``It was creepy,'' said Donna-Lynne Dalton, recording secretary...
December 11, 2001
Old West Romance at Arizona Motel There probably isn't a kid in the country who wouldn't jump at the chance to sleep in a giant teepee, even if it's a stucco imitation serving as a quirky motel room. And admittedly, there are plenty of adults drawn to the romance of the Old West...
December 10, 2001
Elephant Landmark Commands NJ Town Driving through the city of Margate, it's hard not to notice a large elephant's rump jutting toward Atlantic Avenue. That would be the rear end of Lucy the Elephant, a six-story oddity that was built by a real estate developer in 1881...
Ring in 2002 on a Train Travelers can ring in 2002 with an evening train ride on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Moonlight New Year's Eve Train...
December 9, 2001
Northwest Springs Soothe Body and Soul Carson Hot Springs Resort, which dates back to 1901, hasn't done much to keep up with the world around it. It long ago fell out of step with more elaborate spas. The springs' own brochure boasts that staying at the hotel and cabins is like traveling back in time...
December 7, 2001
New York's Holiday Tourism Declines Every year, Randy Pope makes a trip to New York from his hometown of Hattiesburg, Miss. Seeing New York in December is a memorable experience and Pope expects this year, despite the terrorist attacks, to be no different...
Travelers Learn About Boston History on Foot Erica Pinkett she sees history all around her. Instead of walking past the landmarks dotting her neighborhood, she now stops to tell the stories of century-old African-American landmarks, secret union meetings and neighborhood battles over urban renewal...
December 6, 2001
Travel Book Opens Up Afghan World The travel book, "A Short Walk," covers much of the same ground as the current war. Scenes set in Kandahar and Kabul seem to be right out of the latest headlines. So do the Islamic fundamentalists our narrator meets along the way, who denounce the visitors...
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