Robert Hall of Richmond captured this view of the sun popping out of the clouds at Jungfraujoch, Switzerland. He was there last summer with his wife and...

Do you know how many islands make up Hong Kong? I didn’t, and I had never heard of the Eritrean currency Nakfa, either, until I started taking travel...

GIVERNY, France Others have said it, but it’s true: A visit to Giverny is like walking into a Claude Monet painting. Monet was a master artist of...

GEAR & GADGETS Even with a GPS device in my car and GPS functions on my cell phone, I still like to have a reliable mapping program on my computer...

NEW YORK Why take a walking tour inspired by a cable series you’ve never seen? If the series is Bravo’s “Top Chef,“ then the tour...

Annual Maple Festival draws 30,000 to 50,000 visitors, transforming one of the state’s loveliest counties and its least-populated one into a bustling...

More than 400 re-enactors will converge on Jamestown Settlement for the annual “Military Through the Ages” event Saturday and next Sunday....

There’s nothing like being in Ireland in the springtime, when the whole country rolls out the kelly-green carpet for its visitors starting St. Patrick’s...

“On a Southern Caribbean birthday cruise, hiking through a rain forest on the little-known island of Dominica, I came across this magnificent waterfall...

Catherine R. Stiebel of Richmond took a tour of Peru last year. “Our tour took a motorboat to Uros Island, where the Uros Indians still live,“...

Birds aren’t the only creatures you’ll see flying through the treetops in Spring Mount, Pa. Just west of downtown Philadelphia, this small...

DALLAS Texas should have a colorful spring, with recent rains bringing an abundance of wildflowers and blooms already popping up, experts say. By the end...

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. The few beach walkers, surfers and sidewalk shoppers who ventured out on a recent chilly afternoon created a very different scene...

GEAR & GADGETS Smaller than a cargo jacket, smaller than a cargo vest, along comes the Xubaz Cargo II scarf, which multitasks as a neck warmer and...

Each Saturday, the editorial page of the Richmond Times-Dispatch presents a scene illustrating Virginia’s natural beauty, courtesy of Scenic Virginia....

Flowers from around the world will be on display in Philadelphia, orchids in the Bronx will help conjure up Cuba, and the streetscapes of Paris have been...

“My wife, Sandra McLaughlin, and I went to the Homestead over the snowy weekend of Dec. 18-20,“ said Myron Ripley of Charlottesville.

WASHINGTON Forget Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers. Washington visitors apparently want to see the likes of John Quincy Adams, Grover Cleveland and perhaps...

OVERTON, Nev. You’ve done your time in Las Vegas. You’ve given generously to the casinos, gorged on their food and overdosed on their glitz....

The National Park Service is backing away from a plan to add small stone labels to the major memorials on the National Mall after a federal arts panel...

SCOTTSBORO, Ala. The very name of this Alabama city has stood for racial injustice for nearly 80 years. Nine young black men went on trial in Scottsboro...

GEAR & GADGETS Why settle for a plain old thermos of hot coffee when you can have the Cafe Chalet for more civilized sipping on the go? Organized neatly...

EXCHANGE RATES As of Feb. 24, 2010, one U.S. dollar equals: Australia (Dollar).........................1.1206 Brazil (Real).........................1.8185...

Each Saturday, the editorial page of the Richmond Times-Dispatch presents a scene illustrating Virginia’s natural beauty, courtesy of Scenic Virginia....

Each Saturday, the editorial page of the Richmond Times-Dispatch presents a scene illustrating Virginia’s natural beauty, courtesy of Scenic Virginia....