About Travel Writers
Recently Published from Travel Writers
Monuments Honor People of the Past Oct 31, 2026
By Victor Block The Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial and other famous shrines around the country that commemorate people and serve as reminders of events draw millions of visitors each year. Other lesser-known symbols pay homage to stories of in... Read More
'Portrait of Mai' Comes Home to the Getty Oct 25, 2026
By Athena Lucero The Getty Museum's Italian travertine campus in Los Angeles was the dramatic hilltop setting for the world-class institution's introduction of "Mai" to America — not in person but by way of his stunning likeness in a 7-foot-tal... Read More
Learn About Endangered Species at Select Zoos Oct 24, 2026
By Victor Block The next time you visit a zoo and see emperor penguins, take a good look. Unfortunately, the tallest and heaviest of the penguin species may be headed for extinction. If so, it will join other animals that no longer exist in their nat... Read More
A Pennsylvania-Ohio Ride on the Great American Rail-Trail Oct 18, 2026
By Jim Farber A 3% gradient may not sound like much. But in the age of rural railroads and steam locomotives, a 3% grade over the Kokosing Gap (connecting Danville and Gambier, Ohio) was as steep as it could go. So when I found myself huffing and puf... Read More
