Back down, baseball. Better step aside, football. Don't even bother, basketball. You're each fine sports in your own rights, but the mantel of "America's Game" must certainly go to golf. How else can you explain the over sixteen thousand golf cours...

If you can already feel the impending low temperatures and nasty weather of the fall and winter seasons nipping at your summer happiness, don't despair. It is never too late for a beach-bound getaway to the Caribbean. Literally – it's never too late. Th...

In the United States, at least, the general rule of travel pricing is that the closer the destination is to sea level, while still being as far away as possible from any actual ocean, the cheaper that destination will be. This denies the coasts outright, ...

Sunny California has a lot of tout-worthy features (like being sunny, for instance). Miles and miles of beaches, soaring waves, vibrant board culture (surf and skate), nearly flawless year-round weather, inventive cuisine, cosmopolitan and countrys...

Perhaps because the continent is relatively mild on the "Native Animals That Can Kill You" scale, North America has developed a fascination with zoos. Be it the traditional beasts-behind-bars, aquariums, safari parks, nature habitats, petting zoos, and so...

Wondering whether New Orleans, Louisiana is a place to bring along the kids? Unbeknownst to most, the Bayou City is a great family-friendly destination, brimming with history, mouthwatering cuisine and a long list of things to do perfect for children. ...

Of course there's the game itself. The clash of skill, the butting of strategies, the indelible drama of man versus man or even man versus himself. It's all an integral part of the live sports experience. However, when you're not in your hometown watching...

The bulk of the vacation planning process goes into activities, in other words, "what are we going to do when we get there?" This is especially true of the bigger tourist cities like New York, Chicago, Washington D.C., New Orleans, and others where even t...

There is a conflict within the average American traveler that has shaped much of our tourism industry. We want to be adventurous, but we also want to be safe. Through television commercials and shows, films, and the hyperbolic stories of key personalities...

In our last article we discussed the unsung heroes of the American food world, places that have tapped into the pulse of modern American cuisine, where it's been and where it's going, and done so without causing much of a national ruckus. San Francisco, C...

Despite being the second largest country in the world by total area, not to mention our geographic neighbor, Canada simply isn't at the top of most Americans' travel agenda. It's no surprise, really – in a country fueled by a never-ending fountain of ra...

Stark, white walls, the speechless shuffle of designer shoes, docents following you with sharp, untrusting eyes – there's a lot to dislike about museums. If the stuffy, self-important atmosphere didn't work for you on your seventh-grade field trip, chan...

Thanks to their popularity among the world's rich and famous, not to mention their indulgent portrayal in more than a couple films and TV shows, beach getaways have taken on a rather luxurious reputation. And with the assumption of luxury, of course, come...

You can't deny it, the United States is a nation of golfers. Of the world's 32,000 golf courses (approximated), nearly 16,000 of them are here in the U.S.A. That's almost half. The state of Florida is the leader with over 1,100 golf courses, followed some...

Hotel dining gets a bad rap. On the one hand you've got smaller joints with warmed over American fare, so-so service, and maybe a fish plate that costs eighteen dollars and tastes vaguely of turpentine. On the other hand you've got luxury hotels touting w...