The Washington Monument is ready to welcome tourists after a three-year renovation, starting Sept. 19. Find out how to get tickets.
Author: Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAY
Aer Lingus passenger reunited with parents’ ashes after luggage mishap
The airline briefly lost the bag containing the ashes of Bob Gilmour’s parents. He and his family were returning to Ireland to spread their ashes.
These are the cities and states with the cleanest hotel rooms, according to AAA
AAA is revealing the 10 cities and states with the best housekeeping records. The results may surprise you.
Costa Rica blames 19 deaths on tainted alcohol: What you need to know
After Costa Rica confiscated 30,000 bottles of counterfeit liquor, authorities are investigating whether alcohol played a role in tourist deaths.
The world’s most popular cruise destinations of 2019, according to Cruise Critic
Avignon, France, was rated the world’s top cruise port overall and Cruise Critic’s favorite European river cruise destination.
Tivoli: Why this Italian city is still Rome’s great escape, 2,000 years later
When Rome is sweltering and teeming with tourists, beat a leisurely retreat to Tivoli, home to Hadrian’s Villa and the Villa d’Este and chill out.
Chernobyl is set to become an official tourist attraction, but is it safe?
“Chernobyl is a unique place on the planet where nature has been reborn after a huge man-made disaster,” Ukraine’s president said.”
‘Game of Thrones’ star Lena Headey says Cersei’s ‘traumatic’ miscarriage scene was cut
“It was a really traumatic, great moment for Cersei, and it never made it in,” Lena Headey said of her character’s deleted Season 7 miscarriage scene.
Travel influencers detail ‘dangerous’ Dominican Republic experience, respond to backlash
Great Escape bloggers Cora and Jay Smith say they are speaking out again about her 2018 sexual assault in the Dominican Republic to warn others.
Bodies of Maryland couple who died at Dominican Republic resort returned to US
Edward Nathaniel Holmes and Cynthia Ann Day were found dead in their hotel room in the Dominican Republic on May 30.