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Two Faces of Barbados By Tom Adkinson   Getting Clipped in Portland . . . and Liking It By Tom Adkinson     BARBADOS, West Indies – Barbados, the island nation in the eastern Caribbean that makes even Rhode Island look big, has 230,000 citizens, many of whom work to make tourists take home great memories of excursions to their tropical sun, sand and sea. Full story >>     PORTLAND, Ore. – Portland calls itself “The City of Makers,” but Jerry Ripley is a taker. He’ll take that shaggy head of hair you are sporting and shape it up just the way you want it. Ripley is an old-fashioned barber in an old-fashioned barbershop. Full story >>

Impressive Even Without Any Cherry Blossoms	It Still Glitters in the Las Vegas ‘Glitter Gulch’	Beijing, Shanghai, Xian and Wenzhou?	A Free Steak Dinner? Yep, But It’s a Challenge

Placid paragliding over the Pacific in Peru	Stalking Elusive Brook Trout in Shenandoah National Park	A Wedding in a New York Minute at Grand Central Station	Golf Where You Can Yell ‘Gooooooaaaall!!!’

See What Les Leverett’s Grand Ole Opry Camera Saw	Getting a View from Above on New York’s High Line	Autumn Color in Southern Oregon’s Abacela Vineyard	Recuperating Sea Turtles Are Stars

Night Falls on the Amazon	A Cultural Experience on Two Wheels in Indianapolis	A Banjo, a Didgeridoo and Shakespeare, Too	800 Feet Above the Surf Along the Oregon Coast Highway

Spying on Very Rare Sandhill Cranes in Mississippi	Definitely One of ‘The World’s Last Great Places’	Kentucky, Original ‘Land of Lincoln’	Hiking the Venus Flytrap Trail

Lobster Pot Buoys Add Color to an Oceanside Stroll in Maine	Shrimp Boats and Sunsets in Biloxi	Exploring Wilmington with Ben, the Rescue Horse	On the Wings of Eagles

Searching for Sunken History on the Great Lakes	Mount Rushmore Stands as Patriotic Symbol Every Day	This Chinese ‘Soccer Ball’ is Quite Edible	A Place Where That Luscious Coffee Aroma Originates

Traveling to Japan Without a Passport	Your Home Away from Home in Charleston	Nursing Sea Turtles Back to Health in North Carolina	Bouncing Across the San Andreas Fault in a Shiny Red Jeep

Take Me Out Ball Game – Downtown	A Splashing Good Time at Niagara Falls	Lower Manhattan Sparkles for Circle Line Passengers	The Sound of Music on the Kansas Prairie

Trading Providence for Venice	Spicing Up the World for 150 Years	Face to face with a North Carolina cougar	Fishing in Virginia’s Autumn Sunshine

Autumn Color in Southern Oregon’s Abacela Vineyard	Not the Normal Postcard Image of Hawaii	Unlocking Southwest Virginia’s Treasures at Heartwood	Not One Darn Fish, but the California Scenery Was Huge

Summer Arrives	A New Look at the American Revolution in Yorktown	Back in Time Where the Oregon Trail Ended	Pedaling Through the Nevada Desert Outside Las Vegas

‘I Hear the Train A’Coming’ at Tweetsie Railroad	Going Underground for a Late-Summer Cool-Down	Down and Dirty in a Las Vegas Sandbox for Adults	One Last Beachside End-of-Summer Conversation

Remembrances of Patsy Cline in Nashville	Ava Gardner: Small-town Girl Goes Hollywood	Trying To Make Sense of ‘The Great War’	Fishing in Virginia’s Autumn Sunshine

Easter Reminder Above Lake Atitlan in Guatemala	To Market, To Market in Sacramento	Along the Silk Road	A Place to Relax at Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee’s Only Natural Lake

Detroit’s Eastern Market: A Dash of Vitality	Enjoying a Post-Irma Sunset Cruise in Key West	Enjoying a Sunrise Hike on Amarillo’s Wildcat Bluff Trail	130 Grand Years on the Straits of Mackinac

Out for a Morning Walk on the Grand Strand	Face to Face with a Lionfish at Orange Beach	Where Mucking is a Competitive Sport	The Mountain Is Out’ in Seattle

Palo Duro Canyon: No Shame in Being No. 2	Mighty Mac: 60 Years Old and Still Swaying	A Shopping Spree at the Charleston Night Market	Thoughts of Chattanooga in Wellington, New Zealand

Dogsledding Where the Dogs Speak French	On Top of Ol' Crystal	Winter in Quebec City Means Party Time	Mammoth Lakes takes ‘Four Seasons of Sports’ quite literally

Nothing Says Christmas Like 130 Tubas	Holiday Shopping in the Land of Lost Luggage	Christmas Shopping for Mountain Crafts in Virginia	Spring Break Sundown

Experience a train ride into river gorges, through historic tunnels, and along some of the most beautiful landscapes in America

Tennessee Riverboat Cruises: Romantic Cruises or Family Adventures