Travel

ABOVE PHOTO:  Redlin Art Gallery By Renée S. Gordon People around the globe tend to be most familiar with the western region of South Dakota, famous for the Crazy Horse Memorial, Mount Rushmore and the rugged scenery of the Badlands. Visitors who confine themselves to the region west of the Missouri, the boundary between East…

Read More

ABOVE PHOTO:  Lake of The Ozarks Missouri  (Photo by Jon Manjeot/shutterstock) Renée S. Gordon Reuben S. Branson’s general store, followed by a post office, opened in 1882 and became the namesake of the city. Tourism took off in Branson in 1907, when William Henry Lynch’s “The Shepherd of the Hills,” a novel about life and the culture…

Read More

ABOVE PHOTO:  A fine Mexican feast at Finest. By Renée S. Gordon Nearly 5000 years ago Mayans migrated into the Yucatán region of Mexico and between 500 BC and 900 AD they constructed large commercial, ceremonial and religious centers. The first documented Europeans to sail into the area, although they did not land, were part…

Read More

ABOVE PHOTO:  Gaynelle and 32 of her family members in Soweto, South Africa. By Michael H. Cottman Urban News Service Gaynelle Henderson is the second-generation owner of Henderson Tours, a trailblazer among African Americans in the travel industry. Her late parents, Jacob and Freddye Henderson, were visionaries who founded the agency in Atlanta in 1955….

Read More

BPT Picture yourself in a small café, sipping coffee with patrons cheering in Portuguese as a Brazilian soccer game plays on the television. Blocks away you stop by an Italian butcher shop for some prosciutto. As you walk you see more unique stores and hear people speaking over 20 different languages, from French to Hebrew….

Read More

ABOVE PHOTO:  Thomas Point Lighthouse  (Photo: Albert Barr / shutterstock.com) By Renée S. Gordon The Chesapeake Bay was created approximately 10,000-years ago from melting glaciers and is home to 238 varieties of finfish, 173 species of shellfish and nearly 3,000 plant types. It is the largest estuary in the country and the third largest in…

Read More

By Renee  Gordon At the close of World War I, America viewed itself differently and returning soldiers were determined to avail themselves of the American Dream and Kansas City, Missouri stood at the nexus of historic changes. www.visitkc.com The National WWI Museum and Memorial is the absolute best place to start. It is the country’s…

Read More

By Renée S. Gordon North Beach and Chesapeake Beach are twin bayside beaches. North Beach is located on the northern tip of Calvert County and has a .50-mile boardwalk and 7-block waterfront. The Bayside History Museum places emphasis on the history of North Beach. The beach offers fishing, swimming, kayak rentals and boat slips. #1Xmas…

Read More

ABOVE PHOTO: Harbor Park Floating barge Do a Philly STAY-CATION at Spruce Street Harbor Park! visitphilly.com Sometimes the best experiences are right in your own backyard.  In addition to the many great places Philadelphia has to offer for the summer months, Spruce Street Harbor Park has become one of the spots to be. The third…

Read More

By Katka Lapelosová New York City doesn’t have to be a chaos-inducing, wallet-draining experience for a family. Go beyond the Empire State Building and the Toys ‘R Us Ferris Wheel with these tips for having a blast with your fam in the Big Apple. Encourage creativity When traveling as a family, think beyond flashy Broadway…

Read More