While in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this summer, Cathy Surowka of Richmond took this photo of the Copacabana Beach and the famous black-and-white swirl sidewalk....

GEAR & GADGETS Be the life of the tailgate party with everything you need (but the food) to cook up a big feast before or after the game—or anywhere....

BOISE, Idaho - A human-rights memorial will receive a sapling grafted from the chestnut tree that grew outside the secret annex in Amsterdam where Holocaust...

Laura Goetz of Henrico County was vacationing in Arizona recently with a best friend from childhood. This scenic view was captured from a small hill on...

GEAR & GADGETS Tired feet, take heart. Spare Souls have come to the rescue. The featherweight foldable flats slip on for relief from high heels, as...

The holidays are upon us, which means tens of millions of Americans will soon be taking to the skies, rails and roads. An estimated 41 million people took...

MOSCOW Tourists at the souvenir stands on the edge of Red Square smirk and chuckle as they buy T-shirts emblazoned with Lenin’s glowering visage...

BERLIN When the East German government built the Berlin Wall in 1961 to prevent its citizens from leaving, the regime failed to account for the ingenuity...

While on a trip to Alaska, Gary R. Zeevi of Manakin-Sabot was near Juneau when he saw this. “The view is of a field with ‘fireweed’ in...

WASHINGTON—Photographer Mark Sloan is known for his work documenting circus and sideshow history, and in “The Rarest of the Rare: Stories Behind...

ATLANTA You can make waves after your next flight on Allegiant Air, but it’s going to cost you extra to check your boogie board. The Las Vegas-based...

A Seattle woman tweets from an airport that JetBlue’s birthday present to her was forgetting to put her wheelchair on her flight. Seven minutes later,...

“When planning for our spring trip to Europe, I decided that a visit to Holland to see the tulips in bloom definitely had to be included in our itinerary,“...

Even if you don’t believe in ghosts, walking through a graveyard can be a little spooky - especially in autumn as the trees lose their leaves, flowers...

EXCHANGE RATES As of Oct. 21, 2009, one U.S. dollar equals: Australia (Dollar).........................1.0804 Brazil (Real).........................1.7508...

Bruce A. Yoder of Richmond was in California with his wife when he traveled to the Darioush Winery. “My wife, Deborah Love, serves on a national...

Local legend has it that cowboys, sheep herders and trappers long knew about the huge fossilized bones that regularly surfaced from the ancient rock underlying...

The Virginia War Memorial has organized a 10-day trip to England and France to honor the “greatest generation” of World War II. The trip will...

Betty Wright of Deltaville captured this view of Horseshoe Bend, where the Colorado River makes a meandering bend near Page, Ariz., in the Glen Canyon...

HOUGHTON, Mich.—Applications are being accepted for the artist-in-residence program at Isle Royale National Park. The program is open to professional...

GEAR & GADGETS Elmo’s Tickle Hands are a pair of big red fluffy four-fingered gloves that provide an extra pair of hands (sort of) to help little...

YOUR BEST SHOT Enjoying the natural beauty “My wife and I visited Costa Rica for nine days in May,“ said William H. Jones III of Midlothian....