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Racers navigate the twists and turns in Crooked River.

Start your boat engines: ‘World’s Toughest Outboard Marathon’ revs up northern Michigan

August 23, 2019 at 9:30 p.m.

Indian River in northern Michigan, which bisects a town of the same name, is normally a placid, no-wake zone lined in tidy cottages and plied by pontoon boats. Except for...

Beets and salsify at Please, a progressive, year-old restaurant in a tiny Over-the-Rhine storefront.

Don’t underestimate dining scene in Cincinnati’s dynamic Over-the-Rhine neighborhood

August 23, 2019 at 9:17 p.m.

It was only 6 p.m. on a Friday when I arrived in Cincinnati and found myself engulfed in a procession of monks on Segways, goats bearing floral garlands and celebrants...

Eggs smothered with ranchero and tomatillo salsas share a plate with roasted vegetables at the trendy newcomer Welcome Diner, housed in a 1964 futuristic Googie landmark.

Tucson chefs find tasty ways to honor ‘City of Gastronomy’ tradition

August 23, 2019 at 8:59 p.m.

Barrio Bread posts its 2 p.m. Saturday closing time on the door and on the internet. Yet by noon one Saturday in November, owner and baker Don Guerra was locking...

Foie gras comes stuffed in an eggshell perched on a ceramic pedestal shaped like a duck foot at Grand Cafe.

Hygge vibe makes Minneapolis a winter winner

August 23, 2019 at 8:56 p.m.

The thermometer hovered around zero as a family of four, toting folding chairs, parked the seats in front of a big screen in a park in downtown Minneapolis to watch...

Tours are available at Kings County Distillery, maker of hand-crafted moonshine and bourbon, in a more than century-old paymaster building in the re-invented Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Borough with a view: Brooklyn beckons with new hotels, other perks

August 23, 2019 at 8:46 p.m.

Jake Gyllenhaal is walking into my New York hotel. It’s not on Fifth Avenue or one of the trendy corners of Lower Manhattan. It’s in Brooklyn. And it — the...

A member of staff poses in front of an artwork installation, 'The Wall' during a photocall at the 'The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains' at the Victoria and Albert Museum in west London.

These three European cities have plenty to offer fall travelers

August 23, 2019 at 8:27 p.m.

Germany's Oktoberfest is hardly the only reason to visit Europe in the fall. With the exception of Munich during its 18-day festival, most continental destinations are less crowded and less...

A mangrove forest in Sri Lanka, where efforts are being made to ensure these tropical trees that are a key part of the ecosystem don't disappear.

Climate concerns fuel more travel to fragile corners of the world

August 23, 2019 at 8:20 p.m.

Amid piles of dried chiles, straw baskets and ripe papaya, Jeevanti Chatuvina's wares — represented by her sister modeling a gold-studded red sari, dramatic eyeliner and a perfectly coiffed chignon...

A hiker takes a break during a trek near the town of Chinchero.

Beyond Machu Picchu: Exploring the skeletons of Peru’s Sacred Valley

August 23, 2019 at 8:01 p.m.

The blares of a strolling trumpeter in the farm-hemmed village of Urquillos in Peru's Sacred Valley draw a Pied Piper-like procession of costumed dancers, skipping children and more solemn supplicants...

Skiing Lutsen, the Midwest answer to Aspen

August 23, 2019 at 7:42 p.m.

Making the best of low elevations and short runs, Midwestern skiers become masters of the chairlift. Not that this is a bad thing. Just ask decorated downhiller Lindsey Vonn, who...

A purple profusion of emotion is everywhere at Paisley Park, Prince's private estate and studio complex.

Purple reign: A Prince tribute tour in Minneapolis

August 23, 2019 at 7:24 p.m.

Long before he died April 21, the musician Prince taught his fans to live. "If (the) elevator tries to bring you down," he sang in 1984's "Purple Rain" release, "go...

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