Which warm weather destination is right for you?

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  • Which warm weather destination is right for you?

    Which warm weather destination is right for you?

    To help you decide, follow the flow . . . chart.

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  • In the company of wolves at Yellowstone

    In the company of wolves at Yellowstone

    Wolf-watching is big sport in Yellowstone National Park, where the once-endangered species thrives.

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  • It’s not easy staying fit in the Big Easy

    It’s not easy staying fit in the Big Easy

    In the laid-back Big Easy, indulgence is practically a patrimony. So if you want to stay fit, you have to work at it.

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Where a drug lord once cavorted, children now play

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The myriad charms of German Village in Columbus, Ohio

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Reindeer games in Alaska

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The many delights of Vermont’s Stratton Mountain

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Hangin’ at a former Band hangout in Woodstock, N.Y.

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Right on queue: Real-time security estimates at Dulles

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Don’t pet the TSA dogs. Do collect the cards.

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Cape Town’s colorful Cape Malay cuisine

The cuisine of Cape Town’s Muslim Cape Malay quarter brings together the traditions of far-flung cultures.

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What a Trip

A mother-daughter birthday surprise in Quito, Ecuador

One of the many gorgeous squares in old Quito with the Flag of Ecuador flying high, the Cotopaxi mountains in the background , October 2013 (Jenel Wyatt, Silver Spring, MD and Her mother Glenda Steele of Detroit, MI)

A daughter takes her mother to Quito, the gorgeous historic capital of Ecuador.

Enter What a Trip

Bed Check

HANDOUT IMAGE: An exterior of the Nolitan Hotel in New York, NY in this undated handout image. (Courtesy of The Nolitan Hotel) **HANDOUT IMAGE, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO TRADE, NO SALE**

Embracing the boutique in Manhattan’s Nolitan Hotel

This boutique hotel in a hipster neighborhood offers nine floors of contemporary comfort.

CAPE MAY, NJ - NOVEMBER 24: The exterior of Leith Hall, a bed-and-breakfast in Cape May, NJ, that also happens to be just half a block from the beach, seen here on November 24, 2013. (Photo by Becky Krystal / The Washington Post)

Time stands still in the 1880s at Leith Hall

The Cape May bed-and-breakfast is as much a museum as a place to rest your head for the night.

STEPHENS CITY, VA - OCTOBER 11: The Inn at Vaucluse Spring is a A15-room Shenandoah Valley property which features six buildings tossed about like wind. In the middle of the property, the eponymous spring runs past the old mill. (Photo by Andrea Barber/The Washington Post)

Good things spring forth at this Virginia inn

A night at the Shenandoah Valley’s Inn at Vaucluse Spring.

BUTLER, PA - OCTOBER 15: Beautifully kept greens grace either side of the driveway of the Conley Resort in Butler, PA seen here on October 15, 2013. (Photo by Bonnie S. Benwick / The Washington Post)

Go for the golf, or resort to the simpler pleasures

At the Conley Resort in western Pennsylvania, there’s midrange golf and a top-notch vibe.

MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA - OCTOBER 17: The Clarion Hotel Morgan is Morgantown’s historic grand hotel, it is seen here on October 17, 2013. (Photo by Zofia Smardz / The Washington Post)

A W.Va. hotel that shines brightly

The Clarion Hotel Morgan in West Virginia is a grande dame in miniature with a decidedly nice streak.

The Navigator

When your tour operator flakes on you

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Travel galleries

Baotou, China, yields surprising pleasures

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Ankara, Turkey’s ‘second city’

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Sochi in the spotlight

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Past and present in Nuremberg

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German-style Christmas market in Baltimore

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