Paris 2026
Nine days in the City of Light, day by day — the Louvre, Versailles, the Catacombs, and a thousand café tables. 221 photos
Brazil 2025
Sao Paulo's monuments and street art, and Rio de Janeiro — Copacabana and Ipanema, Sugarloaf and Christ the Redeemer, the Selaron Steps, and sunsets over the bay. 67 photos
Iceland 2025
Nine days around the Ring Road — the Blue Lagoon and the Golden Circle, waterfalls you can walk behind, black-sand beaches, the icebergs of Jökulsárlón, and Kirkjufell standing over Snæfellsnes. 120 photos
Pictured Rocks 2025
Lake Superior's painted sandstone cliffs by boat, the waterfalls around Munising, a Fourth of July on the bay, the beaches of Grand Marais, and a glass-bottom tour over century-old shipwrecks. 56 photos
Prague 2024
Four spring days in the City of a Hundred Spires — the castle, St. Vitus, Charles Bridge, and the Old Town at every hour. 103 photos
Portland 2024
The Pacific Northwest — the Columbia River Gorge waterfalls, snowy Mt Hood, Haystack Rock and the Peter Iredale shipwreck on the coast, Powell's Books, and Silver Falls. 24 photos
Florida 2024
The holidays in Florida — Miami Beach sunsets and the Wynwood and Little Havana murals, then Orlando: Disney's Animal Kingdom safari, Epcot's Spaceship Earth, and Universal's Diagon Alley. 34 photos
Costa Rica 2023
Volcanoes, cloud forest, and pura vida — Arenal, La Fortuna waterfall, geothermal fields, hanging bridges, and wildlife. 51 photos
California 2023
Up the length of California — the Lone Cypress and Big Sur, the giant sequoias of Kings Canyon, Yosemite's waterfalls, and San Francisco's Golden Gate, Alcatraz and Chinatown. 104 photos
Portugal 2022
Lisbon's tiled hills and Belem's Manueline stone, the fairytale palaces of Sintra and the Regaleira well, the wild Atlantic coast, Evora, and the golden cliffs and sea caves of the Algarve. 97 photos
Puerto Rico 2022
El Morro fort and the painted lanes of Old San Juan, the sandstone cliffs of the north coast, and the waterfalls and jungle mountains of the El Yunque rainforest. 60 photos
Texas 2021
San Antonio to the Hill Country — the Alamo and Austin's Capitol, Dallas's bronze longhorns and dinosaur halls, the Fort Worth Water Gardens, and Houston's Saturn V and lunar module. 99 photos
Colorado 2021
Red rocks and sand dunes to the high Rockies — Garden of the Gods, Pikes Peak, the Great Sand Dunes, and Rocky Mountain National Park with its moose, elk, marmots and alpine lakes. 91 photos
Florida 2021
Holidays in South Florida — Miami's Art Deco Ocean Drive, parasailing over the turquoise, the Key West sunset sail, New Year's fireworks, and the guitar-shaped Seminole Hard Rock tower. 42 photos
Glacier 2020
Turquoise lakes you can see the bottom of, waterfalls down every cliff, mountain goats on the high rocks, and the climb up the Going-to-the-Sun Road to Logan Pass. 134 photos
Grand Canyon 2019
The canyon from the rim and the air, Horseshoe Bend, Lake Powell, the glowing Antelope Canyon, and Sedona's red rocks. 191 photos
Nashville 2019
Music City's full-size Parthenon replica and its towering golden Athena, the Elgin Marble casts, and the jungle-under-glass atrium of the Opryland resort. 27 photos
St. Louis 2019
Back under the Gateway Arch — the Mississippi from the top, the zoo, the dazzling mosaic domes of the Cathedral Basilica, and the salvaged-steel City Museum. 25 photos
Rome 2018
The Colosseum and the Forum, the Pantheon and the Trevi Fountain, the Vatican and St. Peter's, with a day trip to Pompeii. 244 photos
Yellowstone Road Trip 2018
A western road trip — Grand Prismatic Spring and the geysers, the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and its falls, bison, elk and a black bear, plus Mount Rushmore and the Needles Highway. 110 photos
India 2017
Western India in winter — Gujarat's temples and the carved Adalaj stepwell, Vadodara's vast Laxmi Vilas Palace, and Mumbai's Elephanta caves, the Gateway of India, and the harbour gulls. 71 photos
Mackinac Island 2015
A return to the car-free island — the Wings of Mackinac butterfly conservatory, the flower gardens, and the long views from Fort Mackinac over Lake Huron. 26 photos
Washington DC 2015
Independence Day in the capital — the parade down Constitution Avenue, fireworks over the Washington Monument, the war memorials, the Library of Congress and Supreme Court, and the Smithsonian. 30 photos
Traverse City & Sleeping Bear 2014
The great sand dunes of Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore tumbling to Glen Lake, the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive, a covered bridge, and Northern Michigan wildflowers. 24 photos
Orlando 2014
Walt Disney World at Christmas — Animal Kingdom's safari giraffes and Tree of Life, the Hollywood Tower of Terror, and Cinderella Castle lit blue under the fireworks. 68 photos
Cancún 2014
The Captain Hook pirate galleon by night, and a long day at Xcaret — scarlet macaws, a lagoon of flamingos, underground rivers, jungle Maya pyramids, and the torchlit México Espectacular show. 22 photos
New York City 2014
Grand Central's zodiac ceiling, the lights of Times Square, the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline from the harbor, the 9/11 Memorial, and a long afternoon in the Met. 26 photos
Cancún & Riviera Maya 2013
Turquoise Caribbean water, white-sand beaches, the Interactive Aquarium and its dolphins, a mangrove lagoon, and snorkeling the coral reef. 101 photos
Lake of the Ozarks 2013
Down into the amber-lit formations of Bridal Cave near Camdenton, then out to the long blue water of the Lake of the Ozarks. A July-4th weekend in Missouri. 23 photos
Gulf Coast 2013
New Orleans City Park's sculpture garden and Celebration in the Oaks lights, Mobile's Exploreum science halls, and the great grey battleship USS Alabama on the bay — a Christmas-week Gulf Coast road trip. 25 photos
Niagara Falls 2012
The green wall of the Horseshoe Falls and the spray-rainbows below it, the Maid of the Mist, the whirlpool rapids, the falls lit up at night, and a drive-through day at the African Lion Safari. 49 photos
Western Caribbean Cruise 2012
A fall cruise out of Galveston into the Western Caribbean — open ocean, a turquoise beach, and the jungle-wrapped Maya pyramids of the Costa Maya coast. 9 photos
Smoky Mountains 2011
Misty Clingmans Dome and the high ridges, cold forest streams and waterfalls, Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies, a cabin in the woods, and the Ober Gatlinburg alpine slide. 59 photos
Mackinac Island 2010
The Victorian island that banned cars in 1898 — horse carriages, lighthouses on the Straits, Arch Rock, Fort Mackinac, and the Grand Hotel. 30 photos
Los Angeles 2008
The Hollywood sign, the bubbling La Brea Tar Pits, the aquarium, and the Venice & Santa Monica coast. 25 photos
St. Louis 2007
Up the Gateway Arch over the Mississippi, the Anheuser-Busch brewery, and the Budweiser Clydesdales. 17 photos
Meramec Caverns 2007
Down into the amber-lit limestone of Meramec Caverns near Sullivan, Missouri, then up to the lake for boats, a parasail, and go-karts on a July-4th weekend. 22 photos
Las Vegas 2004
The Strip after dark, the Mojave desert, and the jaw-dropping Hoover Dam over blue Lake Mead. 62 photos
Orlando & Tampa 2015
Holiday days in Florida's great parks — Universal's Wizarding World, a full day at SeaWorld with dolphins, penguins and killer whales, the alligators of Gatorland, and the tigers and Christmas lights of Busch Gardens Tampa. 60 photos
Maui 2019
Ten days on the Valley Isle — the volcanic coast and blowholes of West Maui, the green spires of Iao Valley, the Maui Ocean Center, snorkeling in turquoise shallows, and sunset above the clouds at Haleakala. 75 photos
Los Angeles & Anaheim 2016
A New Year's week in Southern California — Disneyland and California Adventure in their holiday best, the Hollywood Sign and Walk of Fame, the La Brea Tar Pits, Santa Monica, the USS Iowa, and fireworks over the castle. 39 photos
Shawnee National Forest 2021
A Memorial Day weekend in southern Illinois — the sandstone hoodoos and cliff-top vistas of the Garden of the Gods, slot canyons, time-carved rock shelters, and mossy forest creeks. 59 photos
Bahamas & Key West Cruise 2011
A December cruise to Nassau and Key West — turquoise Bahamian beaches, the towers and aquariums of Atlantis on Paradise Island, parasailing off Key West, and Gulf sunsets. 34 photos
Cancún 2019
A February week on the Riviera Maya — turquoise Caribbean water, thatched palapas over the pier, the resort's fountains, and sunrises and sunsets over the Gulf. 15 photos
Door County 2017
A late-summer weekend on Wisconsin's Door Peninsula — the giant Adirondack chairs of Egg Harbor, cedar trails and bluff overlooks in Peninsula State Park, the Lake Michigan shore, and Washington Island. 14 photos
Punta Cana 2016
A March stay at the Alsol Luxury Village in Cap Cana — turquoise Caribbean water, rooftop pools and terraces, palms over the lagoon, and colonial-style resort grounds. 11 photos