I went to Death Valley with my husband, my sister and my sister’s boyfriend last February – on Valentine’s Day! While Death Valley may not sound like the most romantic place on Earth, we enjoyed the park’s natural wonders and desolate beauty. I would definitely love to return...

Fall foliage travel deals are starting to roll in, so what better time to post the report from last September’s trip to Quebec (Quebec City and the Eastern Townships) and northern Vermont. Late September was a perfect time to see leaves in southern Quebec, and they were just starting to turn...

Just days after the CDC lifted the swine flu travel advisory to Mexico last May, I visited Cancun and the Riviera Maya for a story on how the area was doing. Report is here. Things have changed since then – hotel occupancy rates in Cancun have nearly doubled from around 43% at Memorial Day to more...

 I always encounter something new when I go home to Minneapolis, even though my trips are usually about relaxing and reconnecting. It’s such a great city to visit in the summer – everyone is outside having fun, the weather is perfect (they’ll complain about the humidity but those of...

We visited Key West last December on a short trip, mostly to see the Hemingway cats. While it wasn’t our favorite destination, we did like the architecture and laid-back atmosphere. Read the complete trip here.

 I went on a girlfriend trip to Savannah to celebrate joint 40th birthdays in April this year. This was the middle stretch of what I call my tour of quirky Southern cities, as I ended up visiting New Orleans, Charleston and Savannah within a five-month period. Savannah is my second favorite of the...

  My husband and I went to Providenciales, an island in the Turks & Caicos, for a story last January. We found that the island does have one of the most beautiful beaches in the Caribbean (Grace Bay) and gorgeous turquoise water, but overall the experience was a little rich for our blood. Read...

We went to Rome in April on a work trip, mostly so I could work on a story pegged to Dan Brown’s book Angels & Demons. Read the story here. We were in the Eternal City for five nights before heading up to Tuscany. I must say, we packed a lot into those five days. This was my third trip to Rome...

I saw the first trailer for the second Twilight movie, New Moon, at the theater last night (it opens Nov. 20). So it might be a good time to post my trip report from Tuscany. We went to two towns associated with the second movie in the Stephanie Meyer series in April: Montepulciano and Volterra. While...

   Mytrip report from Barcelona is published here. We had a fantastic week here in June renting an apartment with friends, just a few blocks from Sagrada Familia. Give it a read and share your own Barcelona experiences below!