Chuck Mai

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...

The nation’s capital will knock your socks off, whatever your politics. After more than a dozen visits, I am still bowled over by Washington. There...

It’s the city of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Anna Akhmatova, Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky and Aleksandr Pushkin. It’s a magnificent expanse of rivers, canals and harbors spread across...

Tall and narrow like a loblolly pine, Chile stretches for more than 2,650 miles along South America’s Pacific coast and averages a width of 109...

Rolling hills, green valleys, sprawling shade trees, quiet back roads, ancient redwood forests, 150-year-old olive trees, some 50 miles of Pacific coastline – and that’s...

Alaska cruise, Day One – The cry of “Look! There’s a bald eagle!” causes a stampede to the side of the ship where our spotter...

[dropcap]If[/dropcap] you like being on the water and crave serenity, you’ll love Portugal. The country was named after two roman cities, Oporto (Porto) and Calem...

[dropcap]It’s[/dropcap] beginning to look a lot like Christmas, even in Hawaii – just trade golden beaches, blue waters and colorful Hawaiian shirts for Oklahoma’s white,...