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Istanbul landmark seeks return to glory era (AP)
30 Jul 2010 at 8:49am

AP - It was the last stop on the Orient Express, a grand hotel with Istanbul's first electric elevator where artists and aristocrats sipped champagne beneath chandeliers as the Ottoman Empire dissolved and the world drifted toward war.



Volunteer greeters offer free tours of hometowns (AP)
29 Jul 2010 at 11:10am

AP - Naila Qureshi has lived in Houston for 14 years, but she didn't notice how green her city was until she started showing around visitors from foreign countries two years ago.



Brooklyn's DUMBO: History, chocolate and bridges (AP)
28 Jul 2010 at 1:06pm

AP - Four centuries in 30 minutes. That's what tourists get in trendy DUMBO. The history of this offbeat Brooklyn neighborhood includes Dutch settlers, George Washington, Walt Whitman, the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges, and a 21st-century chocolate shop.



London takes its food scene underground (AP)
27 Jul 2010 at 7:38am

AP - On a balmy summer Sunday, Tim Scorer and his girlfriend Emma Jarvis welcome brunch guests to their spacious London flat.



Kayak adventure in Alaska: Wildlife and glaciers (AP)
26 Jul 2010 at 8:55am

AP - We're standing in a field of rocks in a dense fog, surrounded by icebergs stranded at low tide.



Survivors of earlier era: 11 beloved trolley parks (AP)
21 Jul 2010 at 12:45pm

AP - Before Disneyland and Six Flags, before steel coasters went 50 mph and rides were named for cartoons, movies and superheroes, there were trolley parks.



Fla. fruit stand begun by boy celebrates 50 years (AP)
20 Jul 2010 at 9:27am

AP - Robert is here, and he's been here for more than five decades.



Boulder in summer: Hiking, performances and beer (AP)
19 Jul 2010 at 9:31am

AP - Anybody who thinks of Colorado as just a winter destination ought to go to Boulder and talk to Frank Shorter. Or Kim Farin. Or maybe William Shakespeare.



Will tourists return to Panhandle when oil stops? (AP)
20 Jul 2010 at 9:49am

AP - Efforts to cap the oil well are under way. But even if they are successful at stopping the gusher, the tourist-dependent Florida Panhandle now faces the hurdle of luring visitors back to a coastline that still could see tar balls wash ashore.



Animals of war at WWII Museum in New Orleans (AP)
19 Jul 2010 at 9:22am

AP - Smoky the Yorkshire terrier, Lady Astor the pigeon and a host of horses and mules are among war heroes and heroines featured in the latest exhibit at the National World War II Museum.



Obama's Maine island long visited by rich, famous (AP)
15 Jul 2010 at 8:40am

AP - Serving as a summer retreat for Rockefellers, Vanderbilts and Morgans, this town and the surrounding area have long been known as a place where well-heeled and well-known visitors could beat the heat - and have their privacy respected.



Swim with the world's largest fish in Mexico (AP)
15 Jul 2010 at 9:21am

AP - Everyone got excited when the 20-foot-shark, inches below the surface of the water, started circling slowly under our little fiberglass boat and wouldn't leave.



Stockholm tour for 'Girl with Dragon Tattoo' fans (AP)
12 Jul 2010 at 10:19am

AP - Fans of the late crime novelist Stieg Larsson are getting lost in the Swedish countryside, searching for the quaint town of Hedestad featured in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."



Austrian beer fest: Get your lederhosen on (AP)
13 Jul 2010 at 8:46am

AP - Dirndls, lederhosen, an oom-pah-pah band and beer: It doesn't get more traditional than this when the sleepy Austrian village of Altaussee wakes up for a nonstop beer party, Sept. 4-6.



Everglades home to snakes, gators and cable show (AP)
12 Jul 2010 at 11:43am

AP - The Florida Everglades are home to snakes and gators, and now they're the setting for a cable show called "Swamp Men."



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    Great white shark sightings close Cape Cod beach (AP)
    30 Jul 2010 at 1:45pm
    AP - Officials have closed five miles of a Cape Cod beach after a spotter pilot saw three more great white sharks, including one swimming about 100 yards from a party on the sand.


    Bike riding in London is risky business (AP)
    30 Jul 2010 at 12:42pm

    AP - Feel like living dangerously?



    4th bear caught after deadly MT campground attack (AP)
    30 Jul 2010 at 12:24pm

    AP - The fourth grizzly bear believed involved in a triple mauling at a Montana campground has been captured, with DNA tests due Friday that could confirm the family of grizzlies killed a Michigan man and injured two other people.


    Congress OKs overhaul of airline pilot rules (AP)
    30 Jul 2010 at 11:02am
    AP - Congress on Friday approved far-reaching aviation safety legislation developed in response to a deadly commuter airline crash in western New York last year.


    Greece turns to military to restore fuel supplies (AP)
    30 Jul 2010 at 11:00am

    AP - Greece said Friday it will use military trucks, navy vessels and commandeered fuel tankers to restore gasoline supplies cut by a strike that has hurt the country's industry and vital tourism trade at the height of vacation season.


    APNewsBreak: Amtrak's Maine Downeaster sets record (AP)
    30 Jul 2010 at 10:59am
    AP - Amtrak's Downeaster that runs between Portland, Maine, and Boston bounced back from a dip last summer and fall to finish the fiscal year with its best performance yet.


    Denver airport design includes lots of light, air (AP)
    30 Jul 2010 at 5:49am

    AP - Architect Santiago Calatrava's vision for a redeveloped south terminal at Denver International Airport includes a lot of light, airy spaces, and a hotel and train station that resemble the wings of a bird when viewed head-on.


    US Passports still vulnerable to fraud (AP)
    29 Jul 2010 at 2:20pm
    AP - Posing as someone else and using fake birth certificates and driver's licenses to get a U.S. passport can still work. For the second time in two years, government investigators exposed a gaping hole in the country's security by deliberately using fraudulent material to obtain passports.


    FAA: Chelsea Clinton's wedding is a no-fly zone (AP)
    29 Jul 2010 at 9:17am

    AP - Chelsea Clinton's wedding along the Hudson River will be under a no-fly zone.


    Airline fares rising (AP)
    28 Jul 2010 at 12:45pm
    AP - If you think airfares have been rising, it's not your imagination.


    Travel magazine names Bangkok world's top city (AP)
    28 Jul 2010 at 2:31pm

    AP - Bangkok city officials say they are humbled and inspired after receiving Travel + Leisure magazine's "Top City" award, despite recent street riots that sent tourists packing.



    Spanish region says adios to bullfighting (AP)
    28 Jul 2010 at 12:10pm

    AP - Lawmakers in Catalonia outlawed bullfighting Wednesday, making it Spain's first major region to ban the deadly, centuries-old ballet between matador and beast after heated debate that pitted animal rights against a pillar of traditional culture.


    Big mistake: the $654 flight from NYC to Chicago (AP)
    28 Jul 2010 at 1:03pm
    AP - I should have known better.

    Utah issues new travel guide for visitors (AP)
    28 Jul 2010 at 5:00am
    AP - The Utah Office of Tourism has released the 2010-2011 Utah Travel Guide to help visitors with vacation plans.

    Milwaukee museum hosts mummies exhibit (AP)
    28 Jul 2010 at 5:01am
    AP - The largest traveling exhibition of mummies ever assembled is coming to Milwaukee later this year.

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