Ford's Theatre expands the stage for Lincoln lore

| |Wednesday, Feb. 08, 2012

More than 750,000 people visit Ford's Theatre annually to ponder Abraham Lincoln's assassination -- John Wilkes Booth's single shot and histrionic leap to the stage, the mortally wounded president's death across the street at a boardinghouse, where Lincoln was carried after the shooting.Read more

Paddling down the Rio Grande lends perspective to life's hurdles

| |Wednesday, Feb. 08, 2012

Mexico wasn't going to move, so I had only one option: bang into it.Read more

Fun travel fact: Where did we go last year?

Wednesday, Feb. 08, 2012

Europe as a whole accounted for more than half of the worldwide growth in international tourism arrivals.Read more

San Francisco airport opens yoga room for harried travelers

Wednesday, Feb. 08, 2012

Stressed by flying? Travelers in Northern California can now find their inner calm in the yoga room at San Francisco International Airport.Read more

Kick the tires at rebuilt 'Driving' exhibit

| |Wednesday, Feb. 01, 2012

When I visit a museum, a large part of what I'm looking to do is help educate my children. But too many museums, if you ask me, stupefy kids with boredom or insult them with hands-on activities that mostly just serve as germ depositories.Read more

Brazil hurries to ready airports for World Cup, Olympics

Wednesday, Feb. 01, 2012

Demand for flights in Brazil has nearly tripled in the past decade, authorities say, and that is straining a system that is under pressure to prepare for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics. While airlines are enjoying the boom -- demand for air travel has risen 194 percent in 10 years -- air travelers are suffering from packed airports, jumps in ticket prices, and routine delays often caused by woeful airport infrastructure, from poor runways to problems with air control radar systems.Read more

Fun fact: Lady Antebellum fronts the 2012 Georgia Travel Guide

Wednesday, Feb. 01, 2012

A musical pitch for GeorgiaRead more

Replicas of Niña, Pinta to make several stops on Texas coast

Wednesday, Feb. 01, 2012

Replicas of two of the three ships that Christopher Columbus sailed to the New World are headed to Texas. The Niña and the Pinta will stop in Louisiana this month and arrive March 2 in Freeport.Read more

Colorado's mountain high

| |Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012

Jane Tarlow wants to scare me. The Breckenridge ski instructor dares me to call the Colorado resort "family-friendly." And she does it as only a seasoned ski instructor can -- while guiding me to the highest lift-serviced terrain of any ski resort in North America.Read more

At Universal Orlando, parades no longer reserved for big holidays

| |Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012

Universal Orlando, with an eye on bolstering attendance, announced ambitious plans Wednesday for a daily interactive character parade and a nighttime light and pyrotechnics show at the theme park, highlighting the company's 100 years of moviemaking.Read more