Travel
Having nearly tripled in population during the past half-century, Siloam Springs feels a lot more urban than during the many decades before Northwest Arkansas …
by Jack Schnedler January 31, 2023I remember a bleak time in Poland when the economy was so maddeningly out of touch with the needs of its people that anyone lucky enough to own a car would rem…
January 31, 2023After years and years of hovering like a mirage on the western horizon of Arkansas, the long-awaited U.S. Marshals Museum is finally a solid reality, aiming to…
by Jack Schnedler January 24, 2023One of my favorite places to be in Europe is atop the Zugspitze — the highest point in Germany. Standing on this 9,700-foot peak, you can't help but marvel at …
January 24, 2023On a sunny January afternoon, with the thermometer near 60 and only a slight breeze, we six passengers were enjoying the Eagle Watch Cruise on DeGray Lake. Tha…
by Jack Schnedler January 17, 2023Brighton is South England's fun city and the destination for students, bohemians, and blue-collar Londoners looking to go "on holiday." In 1840, a train connec…
by Rick Steves, Tribune News Service January 17, 2023"Straight in!" mover Terry Goodwin called out as the century-old model of the USS South Carolina was eased across the museum floor at the Washington Navy Yard.
by Michael E. Ruane, The Washington Post January 15, 2023The Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday on Monday shines a spotlight each January on Black American history and the continuing efforts to achieve racial equ…
by Jack Schnedler January 10, 2023Jostling with enthusiastic eaters at the bar, I munch on my last spider crab open-face sandwich. A tiny plate of toothpicks is all that's left of my meal.
by Rick Steves January 10, 2023The winter swan dives at Magness Lake are not performed by daredevil humans braving the chilly waters. The maneuvers, as much a dip as a dive, are a feeding te…
by Jack Schnedler January 3, 2023By the time I discovered the Takahik outing on Facebook, it had already maxed the 18-hiker limit.
by Bob Robinson January 2, 2023New Year's resolutions are made to be broken. But here's one that can be fulfilled on the first day of the year, before any impulse to improve starts fading aw…
by Jack Schnedler December 27, 2022As the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts prepares to open its visually striking Little Rock complex in April, the Brooks Museum of Art in Memphis, some two hours no…
by Jack Schnedler December 25, 2022This holiday season, when even occasional Christian worshippers are likely to head to church, is an apt time to remember the vital roles that Black congregatio…
by Jack Schnedler December 20, 2022In one of William Shakespeare's indelible lines, Juliet says that "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
by Jack Schnedler December 6, 2022