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Domestic List: A Rundown of State Fairs and Fall Festivals in the U.S.

Late summer and fall see the state fair season in full swing and no matter what part of the country you're traveling in, you're sure to find a fun family day out.

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Futuristic Tokyo Still Expensive (Unless You Know Where to Look)

You can economize easily by staying in moderately-priced hotels and eating in moderately-priced restaurants, just like the locals do. You can also find discounts that are offered…

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Editor's Choice: Our Favorite Sporting Events

What better time for the sports-loving editors at Frommer's to step up to the plate and single out a few of our favorite sporting events from across the globe. Know that one of the…

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Travel Europe like a Diva with Opera Vacations and Tours

Experiencing opera in one of the great historic opera houses of Europe is an unforgettable event. Many of these buildings have hosted operatic productions for several hundred years,…

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Go Just a Little Farther to Reach Far-Out Japan

Within Japan, where the usual top spots are Tokyo, Kyoto and Nara, much of the rest of the nation is less-visited but alive with seemingly secretive and strange cultural activities --…

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Editor's Choice: Overrated Travel Experiences

Because travel experiences, even in the most revered locales, are never the peaches and cream you're promised in the brochure . . .

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The Return of the King: The Tut Tour Comes Back to the States

A traveling exhibit titled 'Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs' is scheduled to stop in four American cities over the next 27 months. Having opened on June 16 in Los…

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Introducing Editor's Choice: We Purport, You Decide

These are the trips we'd suggest to you if you sat next to one of us on a plane and we swapped travel stories -- experiences that are still fresh in our minds. Whether we visited for…

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The Write Way to Travel: Literary Workshops to Push Your Creative Boundaries

There are as many writing workshops as there are beautiful places to travel. Pick an idyllic spot in the midst of a beautiful mountain range, summer haven, or picturesque city…

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June's Prize: Win a Trip for Two to New York City!

Frommers.com and ILOVENY are sending one lucky winner & a guest to New York City! Register now to win this vacation!

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Lose Yourself on the Tiny, Exclusive, Still-Affordable Mackinac Island

Home to six hundred horses, unspoiled beaches and the famous but by all accounts fictitious peaches that Kramer rapturously described and coveted on Seinfeld, Mackinac Island is an…

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Get Back to Schoolin' with In-Depth and Intense Study Tours

If you're going to take an escorted tour, and sacrifice freedom for so-called guidance, it can pay to put your trip in the hands of the most seasoned experts -- even if it costs a bit…

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All the State's a Stage: Massachusetts Summer Theater

Besides being the birthplace of summer stock theater, Massachusetts hosts what is arguably the country's richest concentration of progressive summer performance programs. Whether your…

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Personal Guides to WWI Battle Fields in Europe

With Memorial Day approaching, history buffs and descendants of the American soldiers stationed in France and Belgium during World War I may be interested to learn of the growing…

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Memorial Day Getaways to Scenes of Historical Significance Across America

Since Americans began observing Memorial Day, during the Civil War, few characterizations of the holiday have rivaled Abraham Lincoln's, in his commemoration of the more than 43,000…

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Made in America: A Summer of Odd Events and Festivals

There must be something about the temperature rising that makes regular Americans do some pretty weird things during the summer months. Here is a selection of some of the most unique…

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A Festivus for the Rest of Us: A Calendar of International Events

Each season, Frommer's scours the planet for the festivals and events we find unique, compelling and chock full o' fun. Summer brings a plethora of activities and celebrations that can…

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Book Ahead for Day of the Dead on this Guatemalan Adventure

Guatemala, the land of eternal spring, is a country of contrasts and ultimate beauty. Steeped in history with magnificent relics of a Mayan past in its rainforests, and cities…

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Don't Pass on These Tourism Pass Savings

When you're on vacation, saving time can be as important as saving money. With this in mind, you may want to consider planning ahead and purchasing a tourism pass like City Pass…

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Dig in to All that Jazz, Blues, Soul & More in N'Awlins

There's a little bit of spring left in New Orleans, when it's not quite sultry and steamy yet, and plenty to attract visitors to its quaint streets lined with beautiful architecture,…

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Walk, Raft and Climb Your Way Across the Globe with Specialty Travel Index

Being someone who would never be satisfied with a week at an all-inclusive beach resort or being trapped on a guided bus tour through Europe, I was excited to dig into the Specialty…

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An-a-One, An-a-Two: Where to Find a Music Festival Near You

Warm weather means more than just a sun tan. For music lovers worldwide, the spring and summer months mean time to head outdoors for outside music festivals. All across the world, from…

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No Time to Siesta: Madrid Holds a Year-Long Fiesta

Barcelona may be getting the all the buzz with its Year of Gastronomy having kicked off in March, but don't overlook Madrid. This year the city celebrates the birthday of its most…

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Warm Weather Events Welcome You in Chicago

Eyewitness accounts show that the minute it becomes warm in Chicago, people put on shorts and head outside. A recent trip to Chicago in early November -- unseasonably warm, topping out…

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A Taste of Tepoztlán: Get Cooking in Mexico

I came to the small mountain town of Tepoztlán, just 70km (42mi) south of Mexico City -- a town that Frommer's Mexico calls "one of the strangest and most beautiful in Mexico" -- to…