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Blair Brettschneider, center, of Chicago received a travel scholarship last year and used it to travel to Rwanda.

Travel scholarships give do-gooders $2,000 to go abroad

Blair Brettschneider, center, of Chicago received a travel scholarship last year and used it to travel to Rwanda.

May 8, 2016, 5:55am Life

Heads up, intrepid world travelers: Hostelling International USA is offering scholarships to help young nomads hit the road. Read story

Craig Ackerman stands for a portrait in front of the Crater Lake Visitor&#039;s Center on April 23. Ackerman, Crater Lake National Park&#039;s superintendent, is passionate about Oregon&#039;s impressive land feature.

Crater Lake superintendent passionate about park

Craig Ackerman stands for a portrait in front of the Crater Lake Visitor&#039;s Center on April 23. Ackerman, Crater Lake National Park&#039;s superintendent, is passionate about Oregon&#039;s impressive land feature.

May 3, 2016, 10:43am Northwest

When Craig Ackerman was a second grade student in Wheeling, West Virginia, he saw a magazine article showing snow piled two stories high at Crater Lake National Park. Read story

Mary Lowden holds a photo of her mother and her aunt, both pottery makers, during a visit to her home at Acoma Pueblo, N.M.

Guide highlights Native American link to historic Route 66

Mary Lowden holds a photo of her mother and her aunt, both pottery makers, during a visit to her home at Acoma Pueblo, N.M.

May 2, 2016, 1:30pm Nation & World

A new story is unfolding along historic Route 66 thanks to a yearlong project coordinated by a tourism group with help from the National Park Service and American Indian tribes along America’s Mother Road. Read story

Passengers stand on Carnival&#039;s Adonia cruise ship as they arrive from Miami in Havana, Cuba, on Monday. The Adonia&#039;s arrival is the first step toward a future in which thousands of ships a year could cross the Florida Straits, long closed to most U.S.-Cuba traffic due to tensions that once brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.

Cheering Cubans greet first cruise ship from U.S. in decades

Passengers stand on Carnival&#039;s Adonia cruise ship as they arrive from Miami in Havana, Cuba, on Monday. The Adonia&#039;s arrival is the first step toward a future in which thousands of ships a year could cross the Florida Straits, long closed to most U.S.-Cuba traffic due to tensions that once brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.

May 2, 2016, 1:01pm Life

The first U.S. cruise ship in nearly 40 years crossed the Florida Straits from Miami and docked in Havana on Monday, restarting commercial travel on waters that served as a stage for a half-century of Cold War hostility. Read story

Osuna, Spain&#039;s bullring is more than a century old and seats around 6,500 people. A &quot;Game of Thrones&quot;-themed permanent exhibit is one of several reasons fans of the hit HBO show will want to visit Osuna.

Spanish town celebrates ‘Thrones’

Osuna, Spain&#039;s bullring is more than a century old and seats around 6,500 people. A &quot;Game of Thrones&quot;-themed permanent exhibit is one of several reasons fans of the hit HBO show will want to visit Osuna.

May 1, 2016, 5:16am Life

“Game of Thrones” recently returned for its sixth season, but in this hillside village outside Seville, it’s as if the HBO blockbuster never left. Read story

A water tender makes his way back to the 2013 Mountain Fire near Lake Hemet, Calif. Vast wildfires have created lengthy gaps in Southern California sections of the famed Pacific Crest Trail, leaving hikers to bypass via shuttles or choose alternate routes to avoid dangerous conditions such as unstable trees and loose rocks.

Wildfires make gaps in trail

A water tender makes his way back to the 2013 Mountain Fire near Lake Hemet, Calif. Vast wildfires have created lengthy gaps in Southern California sections of the famed Pacific Crest Trail, leaving hikers to bypass via shuttles or choose alternate routes to avoid dangerous conditions such as unstable trees and loose rocks.

May 1, 2016, 5:12am Life

Vast wildfires have created lengthy gaps in Southern California sections of the famed Pacific Crest Trail, leaving hikers to bypass those gaps via shuttle or choose alternate routes to avoid dangerous conditions such as unstable trees and loose rocks. Read story

Internet offers tools for travelers

May 1, 2016, 5:07am Life

Going on vacation is fantastic. The act of planning one, however, can be far less glamorous. Read story

The elegantly simple open interior at Osteria Savio Volpe in Vancouver.

Best bets for dining in Vancouver, B.C.

The elegantly simple open interior at Osteria Savio Volpe in Vancouver.

April 29, 2016, 6:01am Life

One weekend in Vancouver, B.C. So many good restaurants. How to choose? Read story

The Museum of Neon Art in Glendale, Calif., features vintage neon signs from the golden age of signage.

Neon museum illuminating

The Museum of Neon Art in Glendale, Calif., features vintage neon signs from the golden age of signage.

April 24, 2016, 5:24am Life

Two people stood side-by-side in a museum gallery, necks craned upward at a 3-foot-high, neon-lit martini glass. Read story

The 741-foot high Kaiteur Falls in Guyana&#039;s verdant rain forest. According to legend, the waterfall on the Potaro River was named after a Patamona chief named Kai, who paddled over it in self-sacrifice to protect his tribe from raiding rivals.

Guyana’s waterfalls isolated, majestic

The 741-foot high Kaiteur Falls in Guyana&#039;s verdant rain forest. According to legend, the waterfall on the Potaro River was named after a Patamona chief named Kai, who paddled over it in self-sacrifice to protect his tribe from raiding rivals.

April 24, 2016, 5:24am Life

From 6,000 feet above Guyana's rain forest, the jungle canopy below spread to the horizon in every direction, like wall-to-wall green carpeting. Winding, mud-brown tributaries of the Demerara River shimmered in the sunlight. Read story