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This snowbird combined skiing during the day with a chance to catch a live symphony or pro basketball game at night.

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(Sean Buckley / Visit Salt Lake)

After spending two consecutive, glorious winters in the desert and mountains of arid Arizona, my wife Gina and I decided to weather the third winter of our retirement in sunny Florida, and for good reason: Lots of cruise ships are based in the Sunshine State.

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Looking out over the sea, you can almost see the Viking longboat at sail, far off in the distance. Or that may just be your imagination, teased by the whitecaps and swells, as you trace the route taken a millennium ago by so many intrepid seafarers.

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After repeated delays, the mansion that was once home to one of Florida’s most well-regarded governors is finally going to swing open its doors to the public.

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Fifty-five percent of employees don’t use all of their vacation days, according to Project: Time Off.

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Estas son las últimas noticias sobre el decreto del presidente Donald Trump, que impide la entrada a Estados Unidos de ciudadanos de siete países de mayoría musulmana y otras acciones contra la inmigración (horas locales):

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A few properties on and off the main drag still offer the free perk — or just go downtown.

Too often, out-of-town visitors find themselves driving rental cars on toll roads — and accruing surprise charges in the process.

Deep into Ouidah, the spiritual home of the ancient West African religion.

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Bargains include two-for-one Africa safaris, flights to Scandinavia and Jamaica packages.

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Mapping my own family travel tradition.

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The Bay of Fundy’s Tidal Bore Rafting Resort is anything but boring.

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This snowbird combined skiing during the day with a chance to catch a live symphony or pro basketball game at night.

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Tourism to Japan is booming, with 1 million Americans among the country’s more than 20 million annual visitors. But language barriers and cultural differences may seem intimidating to some travelers. Here are answers to questions you might have if you’re contemplating a trip to the capital city, Tokyo.

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The Kentucky Horse Park is planning a year-long celebration to honor the great thoroughbred Man o’ War.

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Dubai International Airport would welcome a call from the Trump administration on ways to improve American airports, the CEO of the Mideast hub said on Tuesday as it retained the title of the world’s busiest for international travel.

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I squeezed through the narrow desert chasm just as the early-morning sun lit up the facade of the majestic Treasury building. The structure, originally a mausoleum, was carved from a red canyon some 2,000 years ago, when the city of Petra was a global trade center and its monuments a fusion of Arab and Greco-Roman cultures.

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A diner in Miami, a house in Pittsburgh and a pier in Los Angeles: All of them are real places where Oscar-nominated movies were filmed.

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Reminders of class inequity contribute to in-flight agitation, researchers say.

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Thousands of rare maps, manuscripts and other artifacts, including the 1493 publication of a letter Christopher Columbus wrote to Spain’s king and queen describing his discoveries in the New World, are being donated to the University of Miami and Miami Dade College.

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A photographer re-connects with her heritage on a Taglit-Birthright Israel trip.

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