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Seaway Trail boasts birding bounty
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6 tips for avoiding housekeeping hell
Wilma Smith was vacationing with her grandchildren in Orlando when she met a maid on a mission. When she returned from one of the theme parks one afternoon, she found the door to her room at the Days Inn propped wide open.

Monticello and a 'Renaissance' president
If you want to understand who Thomas Jefferson was -- third president of the United States, author of the Declaration of Independence -- visit Monticello, his majestic mountaintop home in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Niagara's fury captured in high-tech attraction
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China-Taiwan flight arrives in Taipei
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Travel experts: U.S. share of foreign tourists slips
Despite the weak U.S. dollar, a boom in international travel around the world hasn't translated into an explosion of foreign ...

Get close to endangered gorillas in Rwanda
Visitors spend one hour with the gorillas, and are allowed to get as close as 22 feet to them.

Tension builds over Coney Island rebuilding plan
The Fourth of July weekend has always been one of the most exciting times of the year for Coney Island: Crowds line the boardwalk ...

'Rent' moves from Broadway to the book shelf
Rent may be saying goodbye to Broadway on Sept. 7, but the long-running pop-rock musical will still be around in print.

Magazine holds hometown video contest
GOOD magazine is looking for videos created by regular folks about what there is to see and do in their hometowns.