The Traveler's Journal

642: The Travelers' Century Club

Here's a club to which competitive travelers gravitate.

641: Going natural on Kauai

While not the most visited of the Hawaiian Islands, Kauai has abundant and rugged natural beauties to explore.

640: Jetlag cures

639: Falling asleep in strange beds

638: The value of a good travel agent

637: The Traveler's Century Club

636: Going native on Kauai

635: Calling on the ports of paradise

Here's a different way to explore the Hawaiian Islands, by sea.

634: Custom area questions

What can or can't your bring home from a trip overseas? We offer several pointers.

633: Don't shop til you drop

While people often look for things to buy when traveling, it's important to keep certain maxims in mind.

632: Neither here nor there

Sometimes, it's as difficult to leave what you left behind as it is to reach what you seek. Here are tips to get away mentally, as well as physically.

631: Uncommonly good travel advice

No matter where you go or what you do, certain maxims always ring true.

630: Thanksgiving thoughts for hosts and guests

Hosting friends or family over the coming holiday season? Here are thoughts on making that experience enjoyable for all concerned.

629: Taking a supermarket tour

Last time, we offered suggestion on how to make your next trip more meaningful by meeting people who live there. Here's a good place to do that.

628: Tips to meet the locals

It's easy to go to distant places and come away with no real idea of what life is like there. One way to avoid that is to really interact with people on their own terms.

627: Finding facts about foreign travel

There are many sources of information for Americans about traveling abroad, but the site operated by the State Department remains the definitive one.

626: Tips on chartering a yacht

Sometimes, the best get-aways are to really get-away.

625: Rounding the Big Bend

For over 1000 miles along the Rio Grande, Big Bend National Park defines the US/Mexico border. Do we really a need to build a wall in this majestic wilderness?

624: Vintage Baedeckers

Though dated and rare, this venerable series of guidebooks, the world's first, still have insights to offer modern travelers. And they can also be valuable.

623: Still shredding in Tokyo

Indoor ski slopes were more popular in Japan than anywhere else. Their peak may have passed, but suburban Tokyo still has several places where shredding goes on 12 months a year,

622: Finding a Perfect Hotel Room

All the apps, web sites, and guide books notwithstanding, the best hotel recommendations generally come from those who have recent, personal experience.

621: The Wreck of the Edmund FitzGerald

On this morning in 1975, the massive ore-carrier Edmund FitzGerald set out from Superior, Wisconsin on a fateful and fatal voyage across the lake of the same name. The Fitz's legend lives on in more than a song.

620: Going Around the World With Nellie Bly

On November 14 in 1889, a pioneering reporter for the New York World set off from Hoboken on a historic journey. 24,899 miles and 72 days later, she had gone around the world faster than anyone ever had done.

619: The Lakes of Chile

The temperate and picturesque hills and lakes of southern Chile offer plenty of recreational opportunities, all under the stead of a chain of steaming volcanoes.

618: Don't Drink the Water?

Every traveler should realize that finding fresh, clean water can be problematic in many places around the world. Here are some salubrious thoughts to keep in mind.

617: In the City of the Ages

Situated at the heart of three of the world's great religions, the old city of Jerusalem has had a complicated, often contentious existence, from ancient times to today.

616: Going to Kansas City

The first European visitor settled in the Kansas City area over 400 years ago. People are finding new treasures and pleasures there all the time.

615: Getting Lost in Humboldt

200 miles north of San Francisco, this quirky county encompasses some of California's wildest coastline and most remote wilderness.

614: Cave-hopping in the Dordogne

Just east of Bordeaux, France, the Dordogne River cuts through limestone escarpments, creating networks of caverns that have sheltered humans for many thousands of years.

613: On a graveyard tour

Across the country and around the world, places the noted and notorious have been laid to rest are major attractions, even destinations of pilgrimage.