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Freedom Trail: A New Walking Tour of the D.C. Area's Underground Railroad
A new guided walking tour near Washingon, D.C., explores the area's African American history and hidden connection to the Underground Railroad.
A Delightful New Book About Countries That Have "Fallen Off the Map"
In this time of not being able to travel almost anywhere, one of the most intriguing new travel books is a volume that takes readers to places that no longer exist. I’m talking about…
Disney Will Never Be the Same: A Litany of Layoff Devastation
This week, there was an employment cataclysm at Walt Disney World and Disneyland. In one day, the company axed nearly every worker with a speaking role in its U.S. parks. As part of…
New Rules Transform New York City Into a Wonderful, Open-Air Bazaar
What's the top reason people visit New York City? If you guessed Broadway shows, museums, or even restaurants, you'd be wrong, wrong, and wrong. Year after year, shopping is cited as…
Pauline Frommer: A Worthy Vacation Rental Search Aggregator Has Arrived
Fewer travelers may be hitting the road right now, but among those still traveling, the top accommodation choices have shifted dramatically from a year ago. As I wrote last week, more…
WATCH: Kazakhstan Makes Nice—Very Nice!—with Borat By Taking His Catchphrase
The premise of the newly released Borat sequel, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, is that Sacha Baron Cohen's titular character, a clueless Kazakh journalist, must deliver an animal or,…
Costa Rica Fully Reopens to Tourism—No Test, No Quarantine Required
Starting November 1, all international travelers, including those from anywhere in the United States, are welcome to visit Costa Rica—and neither a quarantine period nor a negative…
Where Great Artists Worked: America's Historic Homes and Studios
Author Valerie Balint's Guide to Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios explores three centuries of the United States' artistic heritage, visiting the places where artists were inspired…
The Word Is Out: Language Museum Opens in D.C.
UPDATE, October 23, 2020: Originally scheduled to open in the spring of 2020, the Planet Word language museum in Washington, D.C., began welcoming visitors on Thursday, October 22,…
WATCH: Rare Waterfalls Appear All Over Australia's Uluru
Visitors at Uluru in Australia's Northern Territory got a rare treat this week: the sight of waterfalls tumbling over the surface of the red sandstone monolith. That only happens when…
Dingle, Ireland's Beloved Dolphin, Fungie, Has Disappeared
Ireland may be the land of leprechauns, banshees, and merrows, but its most magical being was real, and it swam in the waters off County Kerry. In 1984, a lone, bottleneck dolphin was…
The Frommer's Gift Guide for Road Trips
The ways we wander might have shifted in 2020, but our passion to see new places has not diminished. And if anything, our urge to share our travels with the people we love has only…
Pauline Frommer: Thanks to 2020, Airbnb Isn't Always the Cheapest Option Anymore
The conventional wisdom used to be you’d save money by renting an Airbnb rather than booking a hotel room. That now needs to be revised in yet another reversal brought by the…
Feeling Stressed? Watch These Soothing Aerial Videos of Icelandic Scenery
With coronavirus infection rates surging yet again and the U.S. presidential campaign nearing its nerve-racking climax, we could use something soothing for a change. Fortunately,…
Can You Find the Secret Location of Mississippi’s Tiniest Museum?
Here's all you'll get in the way of an address for a new museum in Hattiesburg, Mississippi: It's in an alley downtown. Billed as the state's tiniest showcase for collections "of all…
The Hotels Where Big TV Shows and Sports Quarantined for Their Pandemic Seasons
Producing entertainment during the Covid-19 pandemic has required Herculean ingenuity. But fortunately, at the same moment big hotels experienced downturns and shutdowns, major…
Take a Cinematic Driving Tour Through the Hometown of the “Halloween” Creator
We'll say this for Michael Myers, the embodiment of pure evil in the Halloween movies: At least he wears a mask when he's within 6 feet of people. His bare-faced victims, on the other…
The World’s Longest Suspension Bridge Has a See-Through Walkway
The world's longest pedestrian suspension bridge will soon be getting visitors' spines tingling, hearts pounding, and regrets overflowing above a gorge in Portugal. Held up by steel…
Tourist Returns "Cursed" Artifacts She Stole from Pompeii
The Brady Bunch tried to warn you. As the wholesome blended family learned in the sitcom's Hawaii episodes, you can't just grab any ancient artifact you find on vacation. The thing…
U.S. Army Museum Finally Has an Opening Date—Take a Preview Video Tour
The opening of the newly constructed National Museum of the United States Army was originally scheduled for summer 2020. The coronavirus pandemic put a delay in those plans, but now…
Oh, Great. Now That Icelandic Volcano Looks Like It Could Erupt Again
If you're old enough, you might remember that time in 2010 when a volcano shut down Europe. In March of that year, Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano (pictured above) erupted and…
America the Beautiful in National Geographic Photos: An Exclusive Book Excerpt
Fall in love with the U.S.A. all over again with America the Beautiful: A Story in Photographs , a patriotic collection of National Geographic 's images. The publication includes more…
Panama Is Reopening for Quarantine-Free Visits, So Is This the Winter to Finally Go?
As Frommer's Panama author Nicholas Gill writes, "Panama is home to a staggering array of natural landscapes, each beautiful in its own way." That includes lovely beaches, perfect…
Amazing New Observatory Floats Two Miles Up in the Italian Alps
Here's a strong candidate for any traveler's post-pandemic wish list. The brand-new, glass-and-steel Ötzi Peak 3251m observation deck overlooks the Italian Alps at an altitude of…
WATCH: Cruise Ship Captain Kate McCue Schools a Rude Commenter
Captain Kate McCue of Celebrity Cruises was already worthy of admiration—in 2015, she became the first American woman ever to captain a mega-ship. As if that wasn't impressive enough,…