Category: travel books

Whales. These days you may see them in a distance out to sea, or in a book, or as part of an exhibit in a museum. Time was that …

Exploring a community, a neighborhood, a whole region, even a country through the tastes of its food brings extra dimension to how you experience and come to know a …

What is a micro trip? The editors of Lonely Planet have taken the idea of short trips in a rather interesting direction in the book called Micro Trips. They’ve …

Food: it’s an essential part of travel. Maybe you seek out special meals, look for a farmer’s market, or happen on a quick snack at a roadside stand. Whatever …

Tudor England: it has been a continuing source of inspiration for film, for novels, for television. Though Tudor monarchs reigned for just a bit over a century, it was …

The Mississippi River is central to the geography of the United States. It is also central to natural and social history of the United States.  The Mississippi River basin has …

A city girl with no thought of a rural life, Imen McDonnell was happily building a career in television production in the US. Love changed her path, though. She …

Hygge — that’s said hooga– is a word in Danish. There’s not a word in English that quite gets at its meaning. It is related to a Norwegian word …

Books have the ability to transport us into different worlds, from fantasy to fiction set in other countries and eras. After being inspired by Anne Morgan’s “A Year of …

I don’t have all the answers. My writing career is a constant work in progress, though anybody who takes their work seriously would likely say the same thing, regardless …

Do you have a New York City visit on your schedule? If you are planning such a trip or speculating or dreaming about such a journey, Lonely Planet’s Make …

The DH Lawrence Ranch Re-Opens for Visitors ‘This was the spiritual place he found, that he had always been searching for,’ Robert Cafazzo tells me as we huddle against …