Three refuges from the heat: a water park, an underground cave and a windswept mountain.
To keep cool in the summer heat, ride all of the water attractions at Kings Dominion in Virginia.
The temperature is always a chilly 52 degrees at Penn’s Cave’s underground caverns.
Travel Features
The Impulsive Traveler: Can a bicycle-loving vegan find happiness in gaudy Branson, Mo.? You bet she can.
Father and son team, Jeff and Spence Siegel, have visited every NBA arena and MLB stadium.
Calling all amateur photographers for the Travel section’s annual photo contest. As always, we want gritty as well as pretty.
The Impulsive Traveler: Glastonbury, Conn., takes visitors through the ages from dinosaurs to orchards.
The Impulsive Traveler visits Traverse City, Mich., site of the heartland’s answer to Washington’s Cherry Blossom Festival.
The Impulsive Traveler browses secondhand bookstores in upstate New York and Vermont.
The northern enclave is a land of history, spectacular scenery and rapid modernization.
The city’s boisterous buildings might be best seen from the river and the “L.”
A woman of a certain age seeks adventure — up to a point — in Mexico’s Sea of Cortez.
Visiting the seaside towns of Kampot and Kep on Cambodia’s southern coast.
Discover scenes painted by the group of artists that originated in upstate New York.
Travel Deals
What’s the Deal: Hawaii hotels, cruises from Rio and flights to Pittsburgh, Bermuda and London.
Going Our Way
Going Our Way: How to take a person-to-person tour to Cuba.
Going Our Way takes a family of five on a driving detour to Canada.
Going Our Way plans a couple’s anniversary trip to Costa Rica
Cool off with a trip to see the northern lights — and maybe some polar bears, too.
Going Our Way scopes out all-inclusive resort spas in the Southeast for a single traveler.
Mid-Atlantic
Bed Check: The Grand Summit Hotel in Summit, N.J., is the summit of elegance.
The Heartwood Center in Abingdon is the new gateway into southwest Virginia’s artisan trail.
The suites at the Commonwealth Park are royal in size but not in price.
Visit the not-so-secret gardens of Manhattan.
Independent Hotel in Philly is a mix of B&B and anonymous hotel.
The Navigator assesses the risks and rewards of traveling to Europe this summer.
The Navigator examines the risks of taking photos in public places while traveling.
The Navigator on whether airline tarmac-delay regulations should be codified into law.
Travel galleries
Three refuges from the heat: a water park, an underground cave and a windswept mountain.
Our restaurant critic tours the eateries of Istanbul.
Rockaway Beach in Queens once again becomes “the playground of New York. ”
The Moonlite Theatre, one of a very few drive-in movie theaters.
With its abundance of culture and handmade goods, the island has much to offer.
With political turmoil behind it, Honduras emerges as an up and coming destination.
Ancient and glorious — and mostly safe — this Iraq destination is ready for its day in the sun.
Discover the southern Alentejo region of Portugal via a six-day, 175-mile cycling tour.
Through the hills and past the lochs, a 169-mile walk along the West Highland Way is never a trudge.
Hop on a plane in Washington and arrive in beautiful (and warm) Freeport before lunchtime.
Marseille, France, has evolved into a town that is cosmopolitan while keeping its gritty charm.
When the sun goes down in Stockholm, the music heats up at a collection of intimate venues.
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