I was familiar enough with the St. Louis Arch to know it was the city’s most famous landmark, but it wasn’t until I visited for
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A great way to see more of the world is to tap into free stopover programs offered by different airlines. These programs encourage travellers to
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Can’t make it to France for the Olympics? Visit these 10 cities that are the Paris of Somewhere Else
This July, the eyes of the world will be looking at Paris as it hosts the Summer Olympics, but what about all of those other
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The Texas panhandle city of Lubbock is famous as the birthplace of the late Rock & Roll legend Buddy Holly, but one of the city’s
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The first thing they teach you about feeding stingrays by hand at Stingray City in Antigua is to make sure your thumb doesn’t stick up
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Quebec’s Îles-de-la-Madeleine is the latest popular destination to impose a fee to curb over-tourism, but will the extra $30 imposed on each visitor actually slow
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If your suitcase is showing wear and tear from over-zealous baggage handlers tossing it around like a football, consider taking the time to repair it
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Last week’s earthquake that made headlines in eastern North America, reminded me of my own experience with temblors during a visit to Mexico a few