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The Our Lady of Guadalupe Trappist Abbey occupies more than 1,000 acres in Oregon’s wine country.

Retreat to monasteries for restful stay

The Our Lady of Guadalupe Trappist Abbey occupies more than 1,000 acres in Oregon’s wine country.

August 6, 2017, 6:02am Life

The word retreat never seemed to fit into my life. As someone who isn’t religious, doesn’t do yoga and struggles to disconnect and slow down, the concept of just being somewhere solo never really crossed my mind. It took spending a night at Holy Wisdom Monastery, a Benedictine monastery outside… Read story

Relax by floating on scenic rivers

August 6, 2017, 6:00am Life

Here are five places where you could tube today: Read story

FILE - This Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016 file photo shows the apartment building where U.S. first lady Melania Trump lived as a child in Sevnica, Slovenia. The tiny European nation of Slovenia is undergoing a tourism boom partly because it’s the native country of Melania Trump.

Slovenia tourism boom due in part to Melania Trump

FILE - This Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016 file photo shows the apartment building where U.S. first lady Melania Trump lived as a child in Sevnica, Slovenia. The tiny European nation of Slovenia is undergoing a tourism boom partly because it’s the native country of Melania Trump.

August 6, 2017, 5:42am Life

The tiny nation of Slovenia is undergoing a tourism boom partly because it’s the native country of first lady Melania Trump. Read story

Visitors listen as a guide speaks about the enslaved people who lived at the Whitney Plantation.

Old South grandeur, with a cold look at slavery

Visitors listen as a guide speaks about the enslaved people who lived at the Whitney Plantation.

August 5, 2017, 6:00am Life

Ceramic sculptures of hollow-eyed slave children haunt the Whitney Plantation, west of New Orleans, where owner John Cummings has infused the traditional antebellum plantation tour with an unflinching look at human bondage in the Old South. Read story

Ride off on a family escape

July 30, 2017, 6:00am Life

More families are choosing to see the sights from the seat of a bike. Here are five places where your crew can merrily roll along. Read story

The Huntington Library Art Collections & Botanical Gardens in Pasadena, Calif., is a top cultural attraction in the greater Los Angeles area and home to one of the finest collections of British portraiture in the world.

Spend the day in Pasadena

The Huntington Library Art Collections & Botanical Gardens in Pasadena, Calif., is a top cultural attraction in the greater Los Angeles area and home to one of the finest collections of British portraiture in the world.

July 30, 2017, 5:53am Life

Most visitors to Los Angeles head to Hollywood, Venice Beach or Santa Monica. But if you’re in the mood for stunning gardens, first-class art and historic architecture without the crowds and traffic, consider Pasadena. Read story

New York’s Canal System has been in continuous operation since it opened in 1825. Here, tour boats enter a lock in Lockport, N.Y.

Erie Canal traffics mostly in tourists

New York’s Canal System has been in continuous operation since it opened in 1825. Here, tour boats enter a lock in Lockport, N.Y.

July 30, 2017, 5:53am Life

Earlier this year, Jim and Jan Donnelly sold or stored what they owned in Annapolis, Md., and shoved off for New York’s Hudson River with son AJ, a dog and a cat. Read story

Horizon Air has struggled with scheduling issues and canceled flights due to a pilot shortage.

Horizon Air woes to continue into the fall

Horizon Air has struggled with scheduling issues and canceled flights due to a pilot shortage.

July 29, 2017, 6:00am Business

Following the cancellation of hundreds of flights affecting thousands of passengers this summer due to a pilot shortage, the crisis at regional airline Horizon Air is set to continue into the fall. Read story

The granite monument that marks the spot where Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island meet in Thompson, Conn. There’s an unusual travel hobby that has people visiting the woods of Thompson, and other remote spots across the country. The visitors are looking for tripoints, spots where three states meet.

Hobby has travelers looking for spots where 3 states touch

The granite monument that marks the spot where Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island meet in Thompson, Conn. There’s an unusual travel hobby that has people visiting the woods of Thompson, and other remote spots across the country. The visitors are looking for tripoints, spots where three states meet.

July 27, 2017, 12:35pm Nation & World

Brian Butler is a tripointer. Read story

A hiker on the shore of Loch Lomand walks Scotland’s oldest long-distance path, the West Highland Way. Loch Lomand is part of Trossachs National Park and is Britain’s largest body of inland water at 22 miles long. The West Highland Way runs for 95 miles between Milngavie to Fort William, through pastoral landscapes to the rugged beauty of moors and highlands.

A week of walking in Scotland: beautiful

A hiker on the shore of Loch Lomand walks Scotland’s oldest long-distance path, the West Highland Way. Loch Lomand is part of Trossachs National Park and is Britain’s largest body of inland water at 22 miles long. The West Highland Way runs for 95 miles between Milngavie to Fort William, through pastoral landscapes to the rugged beauty of moors and highlands.

July 23, 2017, 6:10am Life

Scotland has more than two dozen official long-distance trails through moors, peat bogs and forests. We chose one of the most popular, the West Highland Way. Read story