24 great weekends–all in our own backyard
The Midwest is known for its front-porch folksiness and down-to-earth pleasures. But take a world-view of the region, and you find that some of its attractions are as exotic and...
All Stories
Old trees, new title
CONGAREE NATIONAL PARK, S.C. -- Somewhere up in the canopy of leaves, a barred owl hooted: hoo-hoo hoo-hoo hoo-awww. Park superintendent Martha Bogle hooted right back and sounded like an...
Miami on the cheap
Oh, those streamlined babies: Trim frames. Smooth curves. Lots of personality. I mean the buildings, of course. More about the bathing beauties later on. Without a lot of planning, I...
Gone with the winds
Last year, a few remote possibilities suddenly filled up the calendar with startling speed. We always kick around a lot of ideas. Some result in stories, some don't. Usually, most...
Before the fall in Brown County
It doesn't have to be fall, even though that's when the Brown County hills come alive with dazzling colors and the calendar fills with festivals. In the season of frost...
Before the fall in Brown County
It doesn't have to be fall, even though that's when the Brown County hills come alive with dazzling colors and the calendar fills with festivals. In the season of frost...
Bully for the badlands
THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK, N.D.--One morning, a herd of bison--40 strong--clattered down the scenic drive that winds through the North Unit. They forced my car off the road and into...
Dealing with dollar’s fall
After years of unusual strength, the dollar has declined in value compared with other hard currencies--a victim of lower interest rates, a soft stock market and a glut of American...
Tripping through 2002
Sometimes the stories pile up like an old-fashioned logjam, and the year begins with stints of writing about the year past. So the 2002 typing started with Rio de Janeiro...
A guide to Hot Springs
GETTING THERE Regular flights land at Little Rock National Airport, about 55 miles northeast of Hot Springs. Rental cars or a shuttle service can take things from there. Hot Springs...