Chuck Mai

South of Munich, Germany, and north of Innsbruck, Austria, lies an enchanting ski resort town, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, formed when the two Bavarian communities united to host...

Whether you’re riding on the City of New Orleans, taking the “A” train, letting the Midnight Special shine a light on you or dreaming of...

Get some fresh Maine lobster, straight from the cold waters of the North Atlantic, add melted butter and you have the recognized king of seafood....

Nine hundred miles west of Portugal lie the Azores, an archipelago paradise that the world is finally discovering. This Hawaii of the Atlantic is a...

The Lofoten Islands – beautiful, untamed and north of the Arctic Circle in the tempestuous waters of the Norwegian Sea – bely their location as...

There’s something enchanting about the idea of being on your own secluded island. In the 1950s musical South Pacific, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein expressed...

Hugging the shores of beautiful Grand Traverse Bay in the far northwestern part of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, Traverse City is a clean, crisp, cool drink...

Today’s treehouse paradises are a far cry from the rickety contrivances we used to make out of two-by-fours and plywood when we were kids, so...

The spectacular beauty and organic charm of the Land of Fire and Ice are surprising favorites for adventurers to the North Atlantic. Geysers, lagoons, waterfalls,...

The first of our country’s 60 national parks was Yellowstone, established in 1872, with a relative handful of adventurers. Today, national parks draw visitors by...