Machu Picchu pilgrimage: a study in engineering, miracles
When pelting rain wakes me at 4 a.m. on a Monday, about all I can do is listen and wonder. The closest weather forecast online […]
Articles by Mary Bergin
How to deal with the unexpected during travel
I sometimes welcome the unexpected in travel because that’s the foundation for fond and lasting memories, even though you might not think so at the […]
Reader mail: River cruises, Holyland churches,
Time to lighten the reader mailbag – thanks for taking the time to write with your questions, ideas, critiques and praise about destinations close to […]
Eagle watch: Mississippi River, Raptor Center
Up to 2,500 bald eagles winter near the Mississippi River’s locks and dams because open water makes it easier to fish for dinner. That’s why […]
Frommer’s travel advice: Bali, Europe, Nashville are good value
So many travel stories concentrate on exotic and extravagant destinations that have huge budgets for marketing and promotion. We all know they are off-limits to […]
Cooking with beer, brandy at Schlitz campus, Appleton brewery
Cooking with alcohol used to mean little beyond a splash of beer in a crock of cheese soup or tub of simmering brats. Now ales, […]
Chicago Restaurant Week: From the Farmhouse and beyond
Downtown Chicago might seem about as far away as you can get from rural America, but think again. At Farmhouse Chicago restaurant, an antique tractor […]
Valentine’s Day ideas: cave, art, chocolate, wine, spa getaways
What cracks the deepest freeze of winter? A warm heart, and February is just the time to stoke up a little romance. Here are a […]
Early O’Hare flight or layover? Check out Rosemont, Ill.
I am a fickle consumer when it comes to airline transportation and spend way too much time weighing fares and gateways. I favor no airline […]
Paralympics’ best Nordic skiers in Hayward for world championships
If you look at winter as a season of limitations, head to Cable and Chequamegon National Forest in southern Bayfield County for a profoundly different […]
“1,000 Places” author: thankful, curious, loves long-haul flights
Patricia Schultz was raised in Beacon, N.Y., a Hudson River town with some of our nation’s earliest settlements and the late folkster Pete Seeger as […]
Major Nuremberg brat exhibit opens in Germany
You say you love bratwurst? Germany’s Bavaria is centuries ahead of us in that regard, and now a new exhibit in Nuremberg’s local history museum […]