Just south of where the Moselle River meets the Rhine at Koblenz is the mouth of another beautiful but less famous river, the Lahn.

When visiting the tropics. a traveler can do everything right and still get sick, or everything wrong and stay well. Still, we offer these thoughts on improving your odds.

News headlines always imply that foreign travel has become particularly dangerous.  State Department statistics suggest a more benign world view.

Be Aware of Hotel Theft Liabilities. Too many travelers are shocked when they discover how little responsibility the accommodations industry assume for theft of guests' valuables.

North Carolina's Piedmont country lies halfway between DC and Atlanta as well as the Atlantic and the Applaichians.  It's also home to three great universities.

Whether you're shooting with pixels or film, a flash can greatly improves the quality of your images, indoors or out, and in any kind of light.

We remember two of the most cataclysmic eruptions, Vesuvius and Krakatoa.

The Fall is usually a great season to find real bargains on Caribbean cruises, but this year, there's a bumper crop of possibilities.

US Highway 55, which carefully winds its way through southwestern Colorado's San Juan Mountains, is a drive to be savored, a gear-shifter's glory.

Moscow has had a major make-over in the decades since Soviet Rule ended, but many modern visitors come to appreciate the remaining and magnificent relics of the old order.