Travel

The spring festival spotlight in Arkansas shines on toads, elk and armadillos. Likewise dogwoods, iris and magnolias. Ditto Bowie knives, hot-air balloons and …

I used to be put off by European sophisticates, so into their fine wine and stinky cheese and their high-falutin' "terroir" that created it all. But now I love…

Arkansas takes pride in its self-proclaimed stature as the Natural State. That claim to fame is bolstered by the meticulous imagery of "Forty Years in the Wood…

Standing at the end of Gdansk's long wooden pier, I realize I can see two of the most important sites in 20th-century history: the spit of land where World War…

It has been many decades since a passenger train stopped at the former Cotton Belt depot now seen at one corner of Scott Plantation Settlement, about 15 miles …

A century and a half ago, Athens was a humble, forgotten city of about 8,000 people. Today, one out of every three Greeks packs into this city of more than 3 m…

If you hear "Orlando" and picture a landscape strewn with castles, roller coasters and costumed mascots, you could be forgiven. And if that's the last place yo…

Richmond Green is not exactly as advertised. This leafy patch of suburban London is at the heart of "Ted Lasso," the award-winning Apple TV Plus show about fic…

Visitors to the world's only known building made of bauxite also can learn about a brutal double murder that led to the sole legal execution in Saline County's…

Cosmopolitan Frankfurt, while low on Old World charm, offers a good look at today's no-nonsense, modern Germany. If you're a budget traveler, you'll likely fly…

While Joe Biden waits his turn, Donald Trump is the latest U.S. president to have his effigy installed at Josephine Tussaud Wax Museum, just north of Spa City'…

For most, Positano is simply the most romantic and chic stop on Italy's Amalfi Coast. South of Naples, the famous coast is blessed with beaches, sunshine, and …

From 1874 until 1980, Arkansas elected only one Republican governor. During successive two-year terms, he espoused more progressive policies than the Democrats…

I love to scamper, at low tide, shoes in my hands, far from shore, across the mudflat in the vast Bay of Mont St-Michel. Splashing across black sand and throug…

Being listed on the National Register of Historic Places is an honor. But the designation is not all that remarkable — given that at least 2,600 properties in …