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Hotel of the week: Alta Ranch, Near Darby, Mont.

This hideaway is a fly fisherman’s dream.

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Old New Mexico; Thanksgiving afloat; Irish nights

Getting the flavor of ... Moonwalking in Colorado

In southern Colorado, a volcano that erupted 25 million years ago left a landscape more fantastic and otherworldly than the moon's.

This week’s travel dream: Warsaw reincarnated

After World War II, the Polish rebuilt Warsaw using “everything from oil paintings to postcards, news photos, and old family albums” as visual guides.

Hotel of the week: W Washington, D.C.

The landmark Hotel Washington, located next door to the White House, has reopened after a makeover by W Hotels. 

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The colors of Tennessee; A taste of Vienna; Jamaican hello

Getting the flavor of ... Mount St. Helens now

Hike along the trails around Mount St. Helens and you'll encounter lava flows, recovering flora, and other signs of the volcanic erruption in 1980.

This week’s travel dream: A new path through Nepal’s highest peaks

When it is completed, the 1,600-mile Great Himalaya Trail will connect Nepal's finest landscapes—Humla, Annapurna, and Everest.

Hotel of the week: Best Western Hotel Tomo, San Francisco

Set in the Bay Area's Japantown, the refashioned Best Western celebrates Japan’s pop culture. 

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Boundless Belize; Historic Charleston; Fly like an Egyptian

Getting the flavor of...Lincoln’s life in Washington, D.C.

Visitors enter the newly renovated Ford’s Theatre through a period rail car that takes them to an exhibit that traces the milestones of Abraham Lincoln's presidency.

This week’s travel dream: Malaysia’s multicultural feast

With a population that is 54 percent Malay, 26 percent Chinese, and 8 percent Indian, the small nation in Southeast Asia is a fascinating mix of cultures and peoples.

Hotel of the week: Longfellow’s Wayside Inn, Sudbury, Mass.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was inspired by his stay in 1862 to write Tales of a Wayside Inn; in 1923, Henry Ford bought it and developed it into the 3,000-acre “pastoral place” it is today.

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Crossing Kenya; A night in Singapore; Thanksgiving with Maria

Getting the flavor of...Roosevelt’s Georgia retreat

Franklin Roosevelt founded the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute in western Georgia and created a refuge that would become known as the “Little White House.” 

This week’s travel dream: Bicycling through Castro country

Cuba is a “cyclist’s paradise,” said Emma Brown and Jacob Fenston in The Washington Post.

Getting the flavor of...Long Island’s end

The Montauk Point Lighthouse, at the eastern tip of Long Island, “has been a beacon” for travelers since 1796.

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Walk through history; Autumn idling; The Thai life

This week’s travel dream: A solo drive through Kiwiland

New Zealand's South Island “unveils wave after wave of jaw-dropping landscapes," said Carrie Miller in National Geographic Traveler.

Hotel of the week: Schloss Ludwigseck, Near Bad Hersfeld, Germany

Though German nobility was abolished in 1919, many aristocratic families kept their ancestral castles, and some of them, like the Schloss Ludwigseck, are now open to guests.

November 13, 2009

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