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By Victor Block

Erik and Ingrid Olson were excited to be exploring their family's Norwegian heritage. They were visiting a late-19th-century village and checking out log homes, a Lutheran church, a one-room schoolhouse and other traditional structures. A museum added to their immersion in local lore with collections of documents, history...Read more

By Bonnie and Bill Neely

On a recent trip to the Kennedy Space Center we arrived just after sunrise even though the park wouldn't open until 9. We wanted to make sure we could get it all in by closing time at 5 p.m., and there was already a long line. We picked up a daily schedule as we passed through the entrance, which enabled us to ...Read more

By Victor Block

It had been two decades since my wife, Fyllis, and I visited the British Virgin Islands. On that visit we checked out the inviting beaches, visited historic and nature-made sites, and oohed and aahed at the magnificent scenery.

During our recent return trip there, we relived those experiences. We also enjoyed others that...Read more

By Fyllis Hockman

Most travelers who have heard of the British Virgin Islands are familiar with Tortola and maybe even Jost Van Dyke and Virgin Gorda. Almost no one, however, has ever heard of Anegada. Which is a shame because it has so much to recommend it.

For starters, it has multiple beautiful beaches with soft white sand and azure ...Read more

By Victor Block

Some visitors to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, take time to drop by museums that house a wide variety of exhibits. One displays more than 150 cars and trucks, another holds vintage pinball machines that are available to play and the Rice Museum depicts the story of when the area was the growing center of that grain for a ...Read more

By Victor Block

In the 16th century, people in Germany had a tradition of marking Candlemas (Feb. 2) as "Badger Day." If that animal emerged from a den and saw its shadow, it meant a forecast of more weeks of winter weather.

Pennsylvania Dutch immigrants to the United States, most of whom were actually German, brought that tradition ...Read more