Real Travel Adventures

By Saul Schwartz Oregon’s largest city has the feel of a smaller town.  With a population of around 650,000, Portland has plenty of activities for a short vacation experience. From Washington, D.C., our flight through Seattle on Alaska Airlines took …

By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov Small, cozy and quiet, Basel, Switzerland, is exceedingly rich in art, architecture, and culture in general—undeniably Swiss, but also influenced by the closest neighbors—Germany and France. If you’re in the city for a …

By Bonnie and Bill Neely Although I grew up only an hour from this charming little town of Newberry, SC, I had never been there, but it is certainly worth a visit. The home of the pretty Newberry College, the …

By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov The incredible amount of amazing historic places in Europe you’ll visit in just one week is reason enough to embark on AmaWaterways river cruise. Other reasons—you’re treated like a dear friend and served …

By Bonnie & Bill Neely We have been RV’ers for four decades, and always KOA Campgrounds are our favorite private places to enjoy because we can count on totally clean sites with electric, cable, and water and sewer kept in …

By Michelle Newman Manchester, New Hampshire is the birthplace of America’s Industrial Revolution which began in the 1830s. Miles and miles of red brick factories were built alongside of the mighty Merrimack River, which provided power for textile mills, shoe …

By Fyllis Hockman A travel writer’s worst nightmare? Being at a loss for words to describe something. And so it is with Meow Wolf, an immersive interactive art installation and technological wonderland with unending surprises at every turn in Santa …