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Northern California's famous Wine Country encompasses Napa, Sonoma and Mendocino counties. California Highway 128 traverses all of them, from the eastern border of Napa to the Mendocino Coast on the Pacific Ocean. Here, Highway 128 meets Highway 1 at the edge of the continent, and a decision must be made.

A right turn will take you north along ...Read more

If there's a destination in the United States with a more convergent personality than Palm Beach, Riviera Beach and Singer Island, Florida, I can't imagine where it is. One morning during my recent visit there I observed nattily dressed men and women playing the genteel game of croquet. That pastime traces its roots back to England in the 1860s,...Read more

Palm Beach, Florida, is well known for Mar-a-Lago, beaches, golf courses, extraordinary wealth, President John F. Kennedy's Winter White House -- and spas. Since I don't golf or have extraordinary wealth, that's where I focused my energy.

Spas are ubiquitous -- and most offer similar services: massages, facials, reflexology, hot-stone ...Read more

Amsterdam's historic canal ring, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a beautiful and eclectic symphony of 17th-century elegance where gabled houses line the canal-side like architectural soldiers standing at attention.

At the heart sits The Dylan Amsterdam -- a five-star boutique hotel that champions understated luxury. I'm always looking for a ...Read more

Getting sprayed, splashed and soaked at a water park is an exciting rite of spring and summer for families. These mega fantasies of all ways to get wet provide multiple opportunities to scream happily with -- not at -- your children. Think of racing down slippery slides, getting doused by bucket dumps and splashing in wave pools. Plus, the ...Read more