Category: Travel

7 Perfect Camping Spots In The Mid-Atlantic

Camping in the mid-atlantic offers a multitude of ways to enjoy the great outdoors. From tent sites and RV parks to luxurious yurts and rustic-yet-air-conditioned cabins, several of the Mid-Atlantic states have all your camping (and glamping) needs covered. Delaware Quaint Villages Delaware’s Quaint Villages are home to some of the best year-round “off-the-beaten path” camping locations…


London and the Comfort of Travel

“Believe me,” the London cabbie said, “we’re even happier to see you than you are to see us.” Riding back to our hotel from an afternoon matinee in the West End, careering down narrow streets toward Blackfriars—oh, those old English names!—the driver and his American passengers had a brief conversational lovefest. Delighted to be back…


Winter in Mammoth Is Great, but Summer Is When It Shines

By Christopher Reynolds From Los Angeles Times Twin Falls was roaring and there was talk of trout near its base. Those were all the excuses Randy Mayer needed. Mayer put on his Dodgers hat, gathered up his sons West and Van, hopped in a skiff on Upper Twin Lake and launched a little Mammoth Lakes…


Travel Experts Share Michigan’s Top Summer Vacation Destinations

By Kaitlyn Luckoff From The Detroit News Detroit—With temperatures heating up, Michigan residents are honing in on the state’s most popular vacation spots for the summer. Similar to previous summers, big cities and beach destinations appear to be most popular, says Theresa Winters, owner of Faraway Places Travel. This summer’s top Michigan destinations are Grand…


Visit the du Ponts and More in Wilmington

The contrast between members of the du Pont family who settled in Wilmington, Delaware, and the surrounding Brandywine Valley at the turn of the 19th century and those who toiled in the powder mills they founded is one of numerous diversities that characterize the destination. Some members of the family lived in a 175-room mansion…


Wisconsin’s Elkhart Lake Is Packed With Surprises

By Doug Hansen Wisconsinites would be justified in protesting Minnesota’s marketing itself as the champion of lake states because, as it turns out, Wisconsin has many more lakes than its neighbor. Among them I discovered a real gem of a resort town in central Wisconsin — Elkhart Lake. With a population of only 1,000, the…


More Lodges, Campsites and Roads Open in Yellowstone

By Janeen Christoff From TravelPulse Good news for Yellowstone visitors – the popular park continues to approach a full reopening after record flooding this summer. According to an update from Xanterra Travel Collection and Yellowstone National Park Lodges, nearly all main park roads are now open to all vehicular traffic and the alternating license plate…


Explore the Sonoran Desert in Gilbert, Arizona

By Lacey Pfalz From TravelPulse Gilbert, Arizona is just southeast of Phoenix and offers a wide variety of attractions, but one of its biggest draws is also one of its most natural: the Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch. The preserve was created for water management and wildlife preservation, as well as for the education and…


Thin-air Switzerland

The villagers of the Swiss Alps have an endearingly intimate relationship with the nature that surrounds them, the history of their valley, and the folk legends that make that history even more interesting. And, taking a hike there with a local comes with as many cultural insights as it does alpine views. I’m spending my…


Plenty of Southern Charm Found in Charleston’s Sprawling Wild Dunes Resort

By Susan Young From TravelPulse A lot has been written about the port city of Charleston, South Carolina, with its Southern charm, cobblestone streets and colorful pre-Civil War architecture. However, little might be known of the region’s coastal offerings. Just a half hour’s drive northeast of the city sits the Isle of Palms, Charleston’s resort…