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OSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. –Yosemite, Yellowstone and Grand Canyon get the publicity, and the visitors. But there are plenty of lesser-known national parks that offer gorgeous vistas and pristine back country, far from the maddening crowds.  (Updated: 11/15/09 8:08 AM )

“You could travel FREE if you gather as few as 10 paying customers for escorted land and river cruise tours, and 14 full-paying passengers on ocean and small ship cruise tours.”  (Updated: 11/15/09 8:08 AM )

ROCHESTER—Michelle Cardulla lived in or near Rochester for 40 years before she went to Nick Tahou Hots and had her first “garbage plate.” Now, she says, she could become addicted.  (Updated: 11/15/09 8:08 AM )

The week’s best travel bargains around the globe:  (Updated: 11/15/09 8:08 AM )

ROCHESTER—Michelle Cardulla lived in or near Rochester for 40 years before she went to Nick Tahou Hots and had her first “garbage plate.” Now, she says, she could become addicted.  (Updated: 11/15/09 8:08 AM )

LILY DALE—Bolts of lightning, claps of thunder and a driving rain chorus around us as we approach the little hamlet of Lily Dale, the world’s largest spiritualist community.  (Updated: 07/26/09 10:57 AM )

ST. CATHARINES, Ont.—“Cheap, cheap, cheap,” calls Summer Bird of 2009—a reality especially true in the vacation department. Let’s face it, finding fun things to do on a dime isn’t easy, but it’s not impossible, either, as a recent One-Tank Trip into Canada proved.  (Updated: 06/19/09 3:34 PM )

ITHACA—“Ithaca is Gorges,” read the bumper sticker on the Mini-Cooper in front of us as we drove along Cayuga Street into the heart of town. A city of about 30,000, Ithaca’s population doubles when Cornell University and Ithaca College are in session. The result is a small city with an obvious appreciation and respect for intellect, for art, for the environment, and for the natural beauty that envelops it, all with a hint of a hippie vibe humming just beneath the surface.  (Updated: 06/19/09 3:34 PM )