ARKANSAS SIGHTSEEING: Historic designation — Arkansas has 17 National Landmarks
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 …
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 …
Salamanca's Plaza Mayor, Spain's grandest square, seems to celebrate life. Strolling across the square with Carlos, my guide, we passed a young man walking alo…
Losing her rental car keys was not on Susan Kelly's itinerary when she visited Kauai, Hawaii, recently. But there she was with her husband, rummaging through t…
Hiram Whittington was an adventurous soul. Born in Boston in 1805, he came to Arkansas during its Territorial days, first to Little Rock and then to Hot Spring…
It had been a while since I had a proper haircut when I sat down at an Iowa truck stop barber shop.
During the long decades of racial segregation enforced by law across the South, the main source of higher education for our state's Black citizens was the inst…
Salzburg is smiling forever to the tunes of Mozart and "The Sound of Music." Thanks to its charming old town, splendid Baroque churches, and one of Europe's la…
The title "Mismatch" rings a discordant note for an exhibition by two artists who are husband and wife, as is the case with Eliseo Casiano and Abigail Smithson.
While Copenhagen is a thriving metropolis, when you venture out into the Danish countryside, you find yourself saying "cute" more than you know you should. Whe…
Just about everything is more expensive these days, and air travel is no exception: in fact, the price of a plane ticket is outpacing other cost increases.
If you're stopped before boarding, it can come as a costly surprise: Your "personal item" is too big to take on the plane.
It's apt that an art exhibit during Black History Month would include 16 paintings described as "works by four historic African-American painters dating back t…
About two hours from bustling Milan and touristy Venice is Verona — a welcome sip of pure, easygoing Italy. Made famous by Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers, V…
Let's call it "Starbucks Syndrome." We're talking about the steaming passion for fancy cups of coffee that wafted eastward from the West Coast to seduce its fi…
Brussels is a city of 1.2 million, the capital of Belgium, the headquarters of NATO, and the political center of the European Union. It may be easy to skip as …