New Jersey Shore with Atlantic City

New Jersey Shore with Atlantic City Travel Guide

The Jersey Shore is 127 miles of public beachfront stretching like a pointing finger along the Atlantic Ocean from the Sandy Hook Peninsula in the north to Cape May at the southern tip. There is no one description of what it’s like “down the shore.” Things change town by town and…

Tucson

Tucson Travel Guide

The Old Pueblo, as Tucson is affectionately known, is built upon a deep Native American, Spanish, Mexican, and Old West foundation. Arizona’s second-largest city is both a bustling center of business and a relaxed university and resort town. Metropolitan Tucson has more than 850,000 residents, including thousands of snowbirds who flee colder climes to enjoy the sun…

Lima

Lima Travel Guide

When people discuss great cities in South America, one that is often overlooked is Lima. But Peru’s capital can hold its own against its neighbors. It has an oceanfront setting, colonial-era splendor, sophisticated dining, and nonstop nightlife.

It’s true that the city—clogged with traffic and choked with fumes—doesn’t make a good first impression. But wander around the regal…

Gent

Gent Travel Guide

Gent (also called Ghent in English, Gand in French) originated at the confluence of the rivers Leie and Schelde. It is said that Gent is the child of Leie (personified as Lise) and Schelde (personified as Scaldus). These two figures have become symbols of the city and often appear on civic buildings, such as the old fish…

Detroit

Detroit Travel Guide

Founded in 1701 as “la Ville d’Etroit”—the City at the Straits—Detroit is one of the Midwest’s oldest cities. Originally a strategic Native American and French trading post, by the mid-19th century the city was compared to Paris because of its scenic parks and beautiful architecture. The 20th century saw Detroit’s evolution into the modern Motor City, the…

Milwaukee

Milwaukee Travel Guide

A friendly Midwestern atmosphere prevails in Milwaukee, which is not so much a city as a large collection of neighborhoods situated on the shores of Lake Michigan. Wisconsin’s largest city is an international seaport and the state’s primary commercial and manufacturing center. Modern steel-and-glass high-rises occupy much of the downtown area, but they share the skyline with…

St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg Travel Guide

Conceived in the soul of a visionary emperor, St. Petersburg is Russia’s adopted child. With its strict geometric lines and perfectly planned architecture, so unlike the Russian cities that came before it, St. Petersburg is almost too European to be Russian. And yet it’s too Russian to be European. The city is a powerful combination…

Cleveland

Cleveland Travel Guide

Cleveland has the resilient, no-nonsense attitude of any hard-working, Upper Midwest city. It’s rock and roll, football and beer, and polka and kielbasa. And although it hasn’t blinked as some of the elements of its 1990s renaissance have faded a bit, the long-term trend is still toward improvement. While some efforts have failed, new restaurants and nightspots…

Mexico City

Mexico City Travel Guide

By and large, people have the wrong idea about Mexico City. To many the name alone summons two words: crime and pollution. No doubt there are areas to be avoided, but the Distrito Federal is packed to the gills with decent people who will usually look out for one another, and for you.

Pollution summons visions…

New Orleans

New Orleans Travel Guide

Sometime during your visit to New Orleans, find a wrought-iron balcony, an oak-shaded courtyard, or a columned front porch and sit quietly, favorite beverage in hand, at 6 AM. At this hour, when the moist air sits heavy on the streets, New Orleans is a city of mesmerizing tranquility. Treasure those rare minutes of calm in…

San Francisco

San Francisco Travel Guide

San Francisco makes it wonderfully easy to tap into the Good Life. Between the hot arts scene, the tempting boutiques, the awesome bay views, and all those stellar, locally focused restaurants and wine bars, it’s the perfect place to indulge yourself.

San Francisco Sights

You could live in San Francisco a month and ask no greater entertainment…