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The moon rises over the stage as music fans wait for Bob Dylan to perform at the Empire Polo Grounds on the second weekend of Desert Trip in Indio, Calif., on Oct. 14, 2016.

Music travel sees surge among baby boomers seeking memories

The moon rises over the stage as music fans wait for Bob Dylan to perform at the Empire Polo Grounds on the second weekend of Desert Trip in Indio, Calif., on Oct. 14, 2016.

August 27, 2017, 5:57am Life

When rock ’n’ roll music came on the scene in the 1950s, a generation of young people fell in love with the new sound. Sixty years later, they have not let go. Read story

FILE - This Sept. 1, 2015, file photo shows the Corn Palace in Mitchell, S.D. The corn-themed tourist destination will have enough corn to decorate murals despite a dry summer. The director of the Corn Palace said that the city has enough corn to create the nine corn murals surrounding the facility thanks to recent rain. About 275,000 ears of corn are needed for the building, which is currently adorned with 2-year-old dilapidated murals.

Corn Palace to get update despite drought

FILE - This Sept. 1, 2015, file photo shows the Corn Palace in Mitchell, S.D. The corn-themed tourist destination will have enough corn to decorate murals despite a dry summer. The director of the Corn Palace said that the city has enough corn to create the nine corn murals surrounding the facility thanks to recent rain. About 275,000 ears of corn are needed for the building, which is currently adorned with 2-year-old dilapidated murals.

August 27, 2017, 5:39am Life

A corn-themed tourist destination in South Dakota will have enough corn to decorate murals despite a dry summer. Read story

Matt Kepnes is seen on a hike in Iceland. Kepnes is a travel expert known to his fans as the blogger Nomadic Matt.

Get to know travel blogger Nomadic Matt

Matt Kepnes is seen on a hike in Iceland. Kepnes is a travel expert known to his fans as the blogger Nomadic Matt.

August 27, 2017, 5:38am Life

Matt Kepnes had a desk job in health care with two weeks’ vacation a year when he took a solo trip to Costa Rica and “fell in love with travel.” The next year he went to Thailand and “met five backpackers who were living my dream.” Read story

This undated photo provided by Québec Maritime shows Rocher Perce from the Gaspe Peninsula in Québec, Canada. The region offers lighthouses, coastal scenery, whale-watching and attractions like Rocher Perce, a well-known rock formation that rises from the sea with a tunnel-like hole forming an arch beneath it. The loop around the Gaspe is popular with bicyclists and motorcycle riders.

Touring Gaspe peninsula on two wheels

This undated photo provided by Québec Maritime shows Rocher Perce from the Gaspe Peninsula in Québec, Canada. The region offers lighthouses, coastal scenery, whale-watching and attractions like Rocher Perce, a well-known rock formation that rises from the sea with a tunnel-like hole forming an arch beneath it. The loop around the Gaspe is popular with bicyclists and motorcycle riders.

August 27, 2017, 5:05am Life

Whether you take a clockwise or counter-clockwise route, and whether it’s on motorcycle or bicycle, a two-wheeled tour of a loop around Quebec’s Gaspe peninsula is certain to please. The sea is just to your side or in view for much of the route. Mountain vistas appear at turn after… Read story

How to keep kids happy on the train

August 23, 2017, 6:00am Life

Trains provide families with loads of flexibility almost anywhere in the world. Read story

A bridge crosses a stream along the Iceline Trail in Yoho National Park in Canada’s stretch of the Rocky Mountains, straddling the border of British Columbia and Alberta. It is an outdoorsman’s paradise with scenic mountain hikes and crystal-blue water.

Canadian Rockies heaping with views, hikes, crystal lakes

A bridge crosses a stream along the Iceline Trail in Yoho National Park in Canada’s stretch of the Rocky Mountains, straddling the border of British Columbia and Alberta. It is an outdoorsman’s paradise with scenic mountain hikes and crystal-blue water.

August 20, 2017, 6:05am Life

Canada’s stretch of the Rocky Mountains is an outdoor paradise with something for everyone: upscale resorts surrounded by jagged mountains, isolated hikes and crystal-blue water that dares you to feel the chill. Read story

Robots serve drinks at The Tipsy Robot, which opened inside the Miracle Mile Shops next to Planet Hollywood Casino in Las Vegas.

Robot bartenders get in gear

Robots serve drinks at The Tipsy Robot, which opened inside the Miracle Mile Shops next to Planet Hollywood Casino in Las Vegas.

August 20, 2017, 6:00am Life

They will make your drinks, but they won’t listen to your problems. Read story

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 24, 2015, file photo, a traveler walks past a sign advertising a Delta Air Lines credit card at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. Airline loyalty programs are losing much of their allure even for frequent flyers, and the rules for navigating the system have changed. The biggest bang for your buck comes from signing up for the right credit card. Even if you make purchases with another card, consider getting the card of the airline you usually fly to enjoy benefits such as priority boarding and free bag-checking, even on so-called basic economy tickets. If you check a bag a few times a year, you will more than offset the annual fee.

Airlines making it harder to earn flights

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 24, 2015, file photo, a traveler walks past a sign advertising a Delta Air Lines credit card at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. Airline loyalty programs are losing much of their allure even for frequent flyers, and the rules for navigating the system have changed. The biggest bang for your buck comes from signing up for the right credit card. Even if you make purchases with another card, consider getting the card of the airline you usually fly to enjoy benefits such as priority boarding and free bag-checking, even on so-called basic economy tickets. If you check a bag a few times a year, you will more than offset the annual fee.

August 20, 2017, 5:28am Business

Airline loyalty programs are losing much of their allure even for frequent flyers, and the rules for navigating the system have changed. Read story

A couple walks along the shore of Walden Pond in Concord, Mass., on July 12. Two centuries after Thoreau’s birth, people are still following in Thoreau’s footsteps to discover Walden Pond, the little lake he immortalized.

Walden Pond still offers deep discovery

A couple walks along the shore of Walden Pond in Concord, Mass., on July 12. Two centuries after Thoreau’s birth, people are still following in Thoreau’s footsteps to discover Walden Pond, the little lake he immortalized.

August 13, 2017, 6:34am Life

Henry David Thoreau went to the woods because, as he famously put it, “I wished to live deliberately.” Read story

San Diego Zoo finishes bridge linking east-west

August 13, 2017, 6:00am Life

Traversing a hilly portion of the 100-acre San Diego Zoo just got measurably easier, thanks to the recent opening of a long-planned pedestrian bridge linking the west and east sides of the Balboa Park attraction. Read story