For residents of Buffalo, it's been nearly a century – since before the Peace Bridge – that Canada felt so far away.
PAWHUSKA, Okla. — Growing up in an Oklahoma town she considered too tiny, Ree Drummond sought the bright lights of a city and headed west for Los Angeles.
TWIN FALLS, Idaho — Winding down the steep, narrow road alongside dark rock cliffs required a driver’s full attention. But then distraction appeared in the form of a bright rainbow.
PIERRE, S.D. — From historical details of Native Americans' final great wild buffalo hunts to tales of the animal's rescue from near extinction, a new self-guided tour across 10 sites in the western Dakotas tells the story of the last stand of the American bison, the national mammal.
Guardians of the Galaxy, Harry Potter, Fast and Furious, Frozen — why can’t theme parks come up with new attractions based on original ideas?
On a sunny October day, a small bus with 17 passengers left a mountain village in Italy, headed for the famed coastal town of Amalfi. The zigzagging road offered glimpses of spectacularly craggy cliffs, small red-roofed villages and the glittering Mediterranean. Inside the bus, increasingly …
Orlando, Florida, often gets the spotlight when it comes to theme parks. This year is no exception with the openings of Disney World's Pandora-World of Avatar and Universal's Volcano Bay water park. But plenty of new attractions are opening elsewhere, from interactive rides that offer differ…
On a sunny October day, a small bus with 17 passengers left a mountain village in Italy, headed for the famed coastal town of Amalfi. The zigzagging road offered glimpses of spectacularly craggy cliffs, small red-roofed villages and the glittering Mediterranean. Inside the bus, increasingly …
Orlando, Florida, often gets the spotlight when it comes to theme parks. This year is no exception with the openings of Disney World's Pandora-World of Avatar and Universal's Volcano Bay water park. But plenty of new attractions are opening elsewhere, from interactive rides that offer differ…
ORLANDO, Fla. — For more than a moment, you feel the way "Avatar" hero Jake Sully felt plunging down the side of a floating mountain and coming just close enough to a giant wave to feel the mist on your face — all while on the back of a flying banshee that then swoons and soars high above th…
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. — Nearly five years after Superstorm Sandy plunged a roller coaster into the sea in what became one of the storm's most enduring images, the ride has been replaced — safely inland this time.
SIOUX CITY | This weekend, travelers will turn their keys, ignite their engines and take off on their first auto adventures of the summer, hauling campers, visiting family and sightseeing.
ELLENTON, Fla. — There's a moment at the start of the new Marvel Universe Live! Age of Heroes show when Spider-Man enters from backstage and zigzags through the air, soaring above the floor.
LOS ANGELES — "King Kong" made his cinematic debut there in 1933. There was a yellow "brick" carpet when the "Wizard of Oz" premiered in 1939. George Lucas brought R2-D2 and C-3PO along for the premiere of "Star Wars" in 1977, and the two droids left their marks in the cement out front.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — It's not a movie set, but visitors to Disney World's new Pandora-World of Avatar land are in for a cinematic experience.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Two new attractions opening this month in Nashville will give fans a chance to get closer to some of their favorite country music icons.
Wisconsin is celebrating the 150th birthday of native son Frank Lloyd Wright with events and a new 200-mile trail directing visitors to nine of the sites, homes and buildings he designed.
SALT LAKE CITY — The lucrative Outdoor Retailer show is again considering moving from Salt Lake City amid renewed concerns from attendees about state leaders' continued push for more control of public lands.
Antelope injured while falling on ice. Horses stranded in snowy mountains. Cougars descending from their wilderness lairs to forage in a town.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Spread out along a hillside near the Beverly Hills Hotel, Susan Gottlieb's baseball-field-size home garden — dubbed the Gottlieb Native Garden — boasts more than 100 species of native plants and brims with wildlife activity.
NEW YORK — More than a decade before Philip Johnson designed his iconic Glass House, French designer and architect Pierre Chareau designed the Maison de Verre in 1932 in Paris. It featured one of the world's first glass-brick exterior walls — three stories high.
NEW YORK — She started gardening at age 5 and became a consummate horticulturalist and art collector, particularly of botanical art. But until now, Rachel "Bunny" Mellon's vast collection could be seen by invitation only at her Oak Spring Garden estate and library, just outside Washington, D.C.
NEW YORK — In the chaotic aftermath of World War I in Europe, a small group of enterprising designers, artists and architects — many of them women — stepped forward with groundbreaking ideas for how to improve the quality of life through architecture and design.
What a daunting assignment for an interior designer: Redecorate the Queen Mary 2.
AKRON, Iowa | Five students from Akron-Westfield Middle School took first place in the Junior Group Performance Category at the Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Competition in College Park, Md. Their performance chronicled the impact of Route 66 on American history.