A couple of years ago, I joined a private raft trip down the Grand Canyon’s Colorado River. Four of us flew into Phoenix, drove to Flagstaff and then to the South Rim, and hiked down to Phantom Ranch, where we met up with the rafts at Cremation Beach...

On a trip to New Orleans a couple of years ago, one of my main pleasures as a visitor was wandering the streets and catching glimpses of gardens and courtyards tucked inside old buildings, the tantalizing view often framed by a locked metal gate. I wanted...

The Titanic -- which set sail on April 10, 1912, from Southampton, England, en route to New York – collided with an iceberg on April 14 and sank to the bottom of a dark Atlantic Ocean early the next morning. More than 1,500 people died in the icy waters...

Are you one of those people who would rather face down a grizzly than venture out, a quarter-mile above Chicago, onto the glass floor of the Willis Tower’s Skydeck ? Or do you get a little thrill out of heights? I confess to belonging to the former group;...

When Seattle opened its Olympic Sculpture Park in 2007, the appeal of the park was clear. The setting was carefully selected: right on Elliott Bay, with pocket beaches, bike paths and easy access to downtown and the waterfront, and front-row seats to...

My fascination with Disneyland started when I was about six, the first time my parents made the drive to Los Angeles from Seattle to visit friends and stopped in Anaheim along the way. The spinning teacups (which I always insisted on riding first thing...

The official start of spring is still some days away and winter still has a firm grip on much of the country, so if you’re like us you’re dreaming about where you’d rather be. The Bing Travel team wanted to know where you, our readers...

You don’t have to be Irish to enjoy Saint Patrick’s Day: the parades, the beer, all that wearin’ o’ the green. So celebrate with us as we take a pictorial tour of the Emerald Isle, its people, its culture and history in the new...

The sight of cherry trees in bloom epitomizes spring in many countries, from Japan to the United States, which has been the recipient of goodwill gifts of cherry saplings from Japan over the years. Traditionally, the cherry bloom in Japan reminds viewers...

Some landmarks are so familiar to us that we’d recognize them by sight: the Golden Gate Bridge and the Statue of Liberty, to name just a few. But how well do you know your world landmarks? Can you pick them out by a close-up photo and a few clues...

Spring is in the air and spring break is around the corner. For those of you who haven’t locked down your getaway plans, we’ve enlisted the Fareologists at Bing Travel to help. The team has scoured millions of round-trip itineraries to give...

By Julia Dimon, Travel Writer I’ve eaten a lot of strange things in my travel career. I’ve sucked back shots of cobra blood and bile from a freshly killed snake in Vietnam, snacked on fried grasshopper in Thailand, tasted goat brain in Morocco...

A wild Halloween weekend in Las Vegas last year, which involved crazy costumes and club hopping until 5 in the morning, opened my eyes after a lifetime of Vegas-avoidance: This city is a lot of fun, if you have some cash to spend -- and maintain a sense...

When I visited Rome a few years ago with my mother, one of our stops was at the famous Trevi Fountain. She had tossed a lira in it 30 years ago on her first trip to Rome, so it seemed that the legend does indeed come true: Those who throw a coin in the...

During a few weeks in late winter, a huge number of people take to the streets for Mardi Gras (or Carnival, as it’s known in some parts of the world). Celebrations include parades, drinking, socializing, eating special foods and – sometimes, depending...