What to expect when Charleston’s International African American Museum opens in 2023

Looking to start planning your next adventure? We have a new reason for you to travel to Charleston, South Carolina in 2023.  Although it’s one of the most charming places in the South – and maybe even in the entire USA – Charleston, South Carolina is also a city with a very complex past.  The…

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On a trip to the Galápagos Islands, class is in session

Nature can be the best classroom and the Galápagos archipelago has much to teach us. In a land of ancient tortoises and equatorial penguins, I fell for the humble mockingbird. About nine inches tall and with plumage that spans a dull spectrum of grays and browns, the Galápagos mockingbird seems like the kind of mundane…

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Germany’s most delicious dishes

Sausages with sauerkraut. Dumplings as big as snowballs. Schnitzels the size of boots. Pretzels bigger than your head. And foaming tankards of bier – glorious bier! German food brings a blizzard of clichés. Some are warranted, some not. Yes, this country does still have a taste for piggy parts, potatoes and liter mugs of foaming…

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10 things to know before going to Yellowstone National Park

After 15 years living in Yellowstone County, Montana, and authoring four editions of Lonely Planet’s guidebook to Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks, I’ve learned a trick or two about visiting Yellowstone.  From avoiding the summer crowds to staying safe in grizzly country, here’s what I wish I had known on my first visit to…

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Postcard from Durham: My cozy trip to northern England in pics

Amy Lynch, a commissioning editor at Lonely Planet, shares a snapshot of a recent cozy getaway to Durham in northern England. I just returned from three days in County Durham in northern England. Having never ventured further north than London, I was eager to see more of the country that I’ve read, heard, and watched…

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The best 6 hikes in Yosemite National Park

A dramatic area crammed with goose-bump-inducing vistas, shimmering lakes, towering waterfalls, soaring striped granite boulders, and vast emerald-green forests, Yosemite National Park is a beacon for the world’s hiking community – some 4 million people come to explore its 750 miles of trails each year.  The best way to experience it all is to lace up…

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The top 6 hikes in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

With each season, you’ll experience a new and magical side of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Whether popping with wildflowers in the springtime or exuding the most vivid shades of oranges and reds in September and October, you can embark on the same hike(s) year-round and always be left mesmerized by a different perspective. The…

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