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Does this little amusement park really have the best wooden coaster in the world?

Ride enthusiasts beat a path each summer to ride the world's best wooden coaster in one of the most unlikely of places: a small amusement park located halfway between New York City and Boston that bills itself as the oldest continuously operating amusement park in the United States.

Street food isn't as scary on a guided food tour in Hanoi

Hanoi teems with sidewalk life. Motorbikes beep as they zoom past, pushing you closer to the woman washing chickens on the sidewalk who's crouched in front of a cafe packed with people drinking egg coffees or local beer.

My Disney mind

My name is Todd, and I am addicted to Disney theme parks.

No mystery about legendary status of Cape Town's 'Nellie' hotel

It may remain a mystery as to which room Agatha Christie chose to reside in while at the Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa, but no doubt she would have been perfectly at home writing her mysteries in my suite, albeit considerably updated since she was there in 1922. I can also well imagine Sir Winston Churchill smoking his cigar while soaking in a steaming bathtub during the Boer War (1900-1902) as he wrote, "It is the most excellent and well-appointed establishment which may be thoroughly appreciated after a sea voyage."

Hotel del Coronado is going to become a Hilton

The storied Hotel del Coronado will soon become a Hilton hotel, joining the huge hospitality company's smaller Curio Collection of more unique, upscale properties around the world.

Minnesota woman is last who can tell of Nazi concentration camp horrors

The Nazi hunters from Germany were midway through a four-hour interview with Judith Meisel when they pulled out a photo of a young SS guard the 88-year-old Holocaust survivor hadn't seen for nearly 75 years.

Hitting the road? Take along these apps to spice up your summer trip

It's July, which means it's time to hit the road.

Time, immigrants made Montreal cuisine a delicious melting pot

Ola Claesson sat comfortably for a chat off to the side of the busy main dining room at Auberge Saint-Gabriel.

Profile of an American road trip: Where we go, what we eat, what we spend

Nearly 75 percent of Americans will take a road trip this year, and California is considered the preferred destination. Alaska and Florida finished second and third, respectively.

Pinball as science? Game on at Chabot Center

So there I was, bouncing off the walls like a human ball in a room of bumpers, playing a 1999 "Attack From Mars" pinball game at Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland, Calif. – unofficially known for the summer as the "Chabot Arcade."

Canada's Banff may be beautiful, but Jasper is bigger – and better

About 25 years ago, when my hair was much darker and my wife's hair color had achieved a perfection that will never change, we took a trip to Banff National Park. We stayed for several days and liked it, of course.

Late to the craft beer scene, Milwaukee's small brewers are a big hit

It took only a couple of hours to hear the inevitable.

From bar to barber shop: Visit Hemingway haunts in Northern Michigan

"You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another," wrote Ernest Hemingway in "The Sun Also Rises."

Adventurer of the Week: Ruston man writes books about motorcycle trips to Chile

Keith Thye rode his motorcycle to South America twice, 50 years apart.

Artist haven, foodie heaven: The tiny paradise of Edison

Edison nestles into the watery-green Skagit County farmlands like a lazy bend in the slough. At 11 a.m. on a Friday, you could be the only person walking around the old-fashioned storefronts and tangled, art-filled gardens. But foodie journals and lifestyle blogs have been discovering Edison for years now: a tiny hamlet (it’s not officially a town) filled with more artists, artisans and chefs than you’d think possible, yet still keeping its offbeat, dusty-saddle charm.

Canada’s First Nations return to Vancouver

Wearing a woven cedar headband that distinguished her from the other boots-and-backpack-clad hikers, Candace Campo guided a walk in Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, last fall, pointing out path-side huckleberries and blackberries. She stripped a soft piece of bark from a fraying cedar trunk to demonstrate how it can be used as fiber for clothing, and detailed how to extract vitamin C from western hemlock needles by steeping them in boiling water.

Searching for chimpanzees in the Mahale mountains

The dhow slowly makes its way south down Lake Tanganyika, the Mahale Mountains in the background. The captain keeps the boat moving extra slow, and his crew hands me sodas to combat my motion sickness. We are halfway through an adventure trip trough Tanzania — and I am focusing on the horizon to squelch the queasiness.

Tanzania trip gets up close with elephants, giraffes in natural habitat

The Cessna Grand Caravan circled the dirt landing strip as I peeked out the window. Giraffes bound across the arid ground below. A herd of elephants picked up their pace as we came closer. As the bush plane touched down, it finally sank in — I was in East Africa.

Drone project works to stop animal poaching in Tanzania’s parks

Catching and stopping animal poaching is a top priority and passion project for Tom Lithgow and his partners at Bathawk Recon Limited. Based in Arusha, Tanzania, the partners saw a need for unmanned aerial vehicle surveillance that could get into Tanzania parks and stop ongoing illegal activities.

On the road for Dec. 3

Leavenworth Christmas Lighting Festival

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Training to set a water fight world record

Jul 21, 2017

2,500 water warriors set out to break the world record for the largest Splash Ball fight on Aug. 5. Tacoma's portion will be at Fort Steilacoom Park.

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