June 2003

TRAINING GARDENS
Small scale Lionel and HO gauge layouts have circled Christmas trees for decades. Recently, another type of model trains have been picking up steam. [Read More]

DIGGING FOR ROOTS
The last decade has seen a boom in genealogical interest and so- called "heritage travel." The Internet has also been a big help to amateur genealogists. [Read More]

BE CERTAIN OF CREDIT CHARGES
Billing errors do happen, as do occasional cases of outright fraud. Here's how to spot math mistakes and phony charges. [Read More]

ON NAMIBIA'S SKELETON COAST
One of the Earth's oldest, driest, least explored deserts lines Africa's southeast Atlantic coast. A new outpost offers the chance to explore this harsh but beautiful realm. [Read More]

THE TREASURES OF KYKUIT
For a century, this 65-room mansion near the village of Sleepy Hollow on the Hudson River was a private paradise for the Rockefeller family. Now visitors can come in and look around. [Read More]

THE SAUCIER'S APPRENTICE
There's been a dramatic increase in the number of places one can go to learn the fine arts of food preparation, with weekend and weeklong workshops in some very palatable places. [Read More]

RIDING WITH WYOMING'S WILD HORSES
The Red Desert Basin cuts the Continental Divide. It's a range where cattle and pronghorn antelope roam free. More elusive are the wild horses. [Read More]

UNDER BENBULBEN'S HEAD
William Butler Yeats, born on this day in 1865, developed an early and profound attachment to County Sligo on Ireland's Atlantic Coast. [Read More]

COFFEE, TEA, BAND-AID?
Dozens of airline passengers suffer in-flight medical emergencies each week. How prepared are carriers to dispense health services at 35,000 feet? [Read More]

WORLD HONEYMOON CAPITAL
For nearly two centuries, newly-weds have been attracted to Niagara Falls, the self-proclaimed "honeymoon capital of the world." [Read More]

SUMMER TRAVEL TIPS
Summer's annual great vacation migration is here. This home protection checklist will be helpful, whether you're traveling near or far.
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BOLDLY BALTIMORE
Founded in 1729 on the Patapsco River estuary of Chesapeake Bay, Baltimore's re-gained its well-deserved reputation as Charm City. [Read More]

HABITATION IN NOVA SCOTIA
Samuel de Champlain is the father of French Canada. Before founding Quebec in 1608, he lived in this outpost on the edge of North America's vast, unknown wilderness. [Read More]

SUMMER SOLSTICE AT STONEHENGE
This morning a 3000-year-old ritual took place a grassy plain west of London. Summer has once again arrived at Stonehenge. [Read More]

SAILING AND SUNSHINE IN SYLT
The Frisian Islands are Northern Europe's equivalent of Cape Cod. Most are laid-back places, but one has become the summer place to be and be seen. [Read More]

EXPLORING EXTREMADURA
In the early 16th-century, a band of 175 Spaniards left the thin, dry, rocky soil of west central Spain to seek their fortunes in the then very new, New World. [Read More]

APPRECIATING SODDY LIFE
The Sod House on the Prairie Bed & Breakfast in SW Minnesota offers an overnight experience straight out of "Little House on the Prairie."
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WALK A MILE IN YOUR SHOES
A Chinese proverb says, to forget your troubles, wear tight shoes. Whether strolling city streets or hiking mountain trails, make sure your footwear fits the task. [Read More]

TEN GREAT WALKS
From east to west, the U.S. has no shortage of superb day hikes. From east to west, here are ten regional favorites. [Read More]

 

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