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  By Brian E. Clark For most Midwesterners, flying to New England this fall to see the brilliant changing hues of the region’s hardwoods is probably off the table. But you can still get your autumn-color fix. The rolling landscape of western Michigan in and around Ludington is an excellent

By Brian E. Clark I’m a diehard schusser, so my favorite season to visit Park City is winter, when the slopes are buried in snow and I can carve turns on the thousands of acres of skiable terrain at Deer Valley and Park City Mountain Resort. But autumn comes in

  by Bobbie Leigh It’s hard to imagine a livelier and more memorable  celebration than November 9, 2014, when  a city-wide event marked the demise of the Berlin Wall. Berlin planners of this huge  anniversary pulled out all the stops, lining more than eight miles of the  Wall’s inner-city border

By Everett Potter That crispness in the air is a sure sign it’s time for the annual pageant of vivid reds, oranges, and yellows that inspires leaf-peepers to explore the towns and byways of New England, the Midwest, the Northwest and beyond. But what makes a fall foliage pilgrimage truly

By Everett Potter I’m standing on the shore of a lake in Maine, watching my daughter and her best friend canoe a hundred yards to visit the little island they’ve visited dozens of times before.  It’s their world, two little girls sitting on a rocky island on a lake in

  Lake Willoughby, Vermont Looking for a fall foliage getaway that’s both affordable and not jammed with tour buses? I’ve scoured the country for 10 of the most affordable fall foliage towns, places you might not have heard of but offer staggering fall color without the crowds and the hiked-up

The Deal: The Chebeague Island Inn’s “Food & Foliage Package.” What’s the Deal: The Chebeague Island Inn is located off the Maine coast on Chebeague Island in Casco Bay.  This three-night, midweek special features an oceanview room; one five-course chef’s tasting dinner with wine pairings, highlighting traditional New England ingredients