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2012 Explore Arkansas

Explore Arkansas' past, beautiful beaches, festivals across the state and much more.

Photo by Rick Steves’ Europe

If you time your trip to the Netherlands just right, the gardens at Keukenhof will be in full, blooming splendor.

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DANCE with a dolphin?

Or maybe snack with a tortoise, while in Atlanta

Atlantans are walking on the wild side this spring, enjoying opportunities for up-close encounters with dolphins, otters, pandas, Komodo dragons and other exotic creatures great and small.

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Flower fans love blooming Europe in spring

I head to Europe every spring, ready to start a new season of travel. It’s an exciting time, as I dive into exhausting days of nonstop guidebook research and travel show filming.

Bruised, lines set to cruise

Two new mega-ships will debut. River cruising is hot. Amenities are mounting. And cruise lines battered by bad news desperately want your business.

All is likely lost for company on no-transfer fare

Q: As a human resources consultant, I sometimes receive travel inquiries from clients. Here is one: An employee, using a company credit card, bought a $1,200 airline ticket for a business trip.

Locavore shares traveling tips for local food dining

Sarah Elton is a regular at the farmers market near her home in Toronto.

Cool relatives take kids on adventures

It’s possible to experience the joys of travel through the eyes of a child, even if you don’t have any or if yours have left the nest.

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Jackie Robinson’s BROOKLYN

Here are the haunts of the man who integrated big-league baseball with the original Dodgers

With the movie 42 bringing the Jackie Robinson story to a new generation, fans young and old may be inspired to visit some of the places in Brooklyn connected to the black athlete who integrated Major League Baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.

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Snorkeling between two continents

The air above the Silfra rift was freezing and the water in it was only a couple degrees higher, just warm enough to be liquid. Going under was a small shock to the skin but stunning to the eyes.

Slow roll lures few to a train

The Texas Eagle pulled into Tucson, Ariz., midmorning, nearly 2 ½ hours behind schedule.

Virgin America scores best in airline quality ranking

The overall “quality” of the 15 biggest U.S. airlines dropped slightly below the performance in 2012, but only from -1.08 to -1.11.