When US President Abraham Lincoln signed the Yosemite Land Grant bill to protect Mariposa Grove and Yosemite Valley in 1866 it was the first time the US government preserved a space for public use. Opened in 1890 Yosemite will celebrate it 130th Anniversary in 2020. Yosemite's top winter activities Ice Skating Open since 1928 and dominated by views...

   As you approach the Elissa, you can hear the water from the gulf softly lapping at her sides, and the soft creaking of wood as the ship rolls gently with the waves. You fell the breeze coming into the port and can almost imagine being back in time, about to begin your adventurous journey on the high seas.   The Elissa is a square-...

Key West is unlike anywhere else in the United States, or anywhere else in the Florida Keys for that matter. It's a subtropical hideaway, closer to Cuba than it is to the US mainland, with a laidback lifestyle that's enticing.  It's not difficult to see why it attracted writer and adventurer Ernest Hemingway, whose former house is now a major ...

As the seventh-largest city in the nation and one of the fastest growing, San Antonio is located in south cental Texas. It has a rich colonial heritage with The Alamo, an 18th-century Spanish mission preserved as a museum to commemorate the battle for Texan independence from Mexico. Following the San Antonio River, the miles-long River Walk is a pe...

Winnipeg, the capital of the Canadian province of Manitoba, has The Forks as its heart. This is an historic site at the intersection of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, with warehouses converted to shops and restaurants, plus ample green space dedicated to festivals, concerts and exhibits. Nearby, the Exchange District is known for its well-preserve...

​  Galveston has a fascinating history and the tour guides from Galveston's Historic Ghost Tours do an amazing job of bringing it to life.   As our tour guide began to talk about the "boneyard," I almost felt the need to bend down and lift my skirts, as if I were wearing Victorian-era clothing as we stepped back in time into the hear...