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'In ten minutes something will happen in this dining car that has never occurred before aboard this train. It'll be self-explanatory,' said the chef de train, answering a request for [...]

The City of Brotherly Love celebrates freedom of expression this year with special events and exhibits in honor of the 200th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights, [...]

ENCORE FOR MOZART 'You know that I am immersed in music, that I am busy with it all day--speculating, studying, considering,' Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote his father. Throughout 1991, the [...]

This hosterly and restaurant with the unpretentious name of Randall's Ordinary--ordinary is the Pilgrim-era word for inn--is a restored 1685 plank-frame Connecticut farmhouse with beam ceilings, lace-canopied four-poster and trundle [...]

By the outer reaches of a vast 'ocean,' in the world's largest granite world map, stands a lone, defiant seven-foot sailor. He is the kind of sailor you'd be willing [...]

For $11.88 a week-the only deduction was 12cts for Social Security-foremen kept their laborers busy constructing the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway in the 1930s. Completed in 1987 after 52 years, [...]

WASHINGTON AFTER THE CHERRY BLOSSOMS FALL 'Without training, that 5-footJapanese bonsai would be an 80-foot forest tree,' says the National Arboretum's director, Dr. Henry M. Cathey. 'We have the finest [...]

On the roof of the WORLD The verdant land of Kashmir, 5,300 feet above the sea--only slightly smaller than Great Britain--is surrounded by the world's tallest mountains, the Himalayas. It [...]

Discusses whitewater rafting at West Virginia's Upper Gauley River. Characteristics and features of each Big Class V rapids categories; Founders of Class VI River Runners; Rafters' need to sign a liability release outlining risks and dangers; Pressure of water released by the United States Corps of Engineers to create storage capacity for winter and spring rains; More. INSET: For more information..

'CROCODILE' DUNDEE COUNTRY The legions of fans who admire themovie-screen exploits of 'Crocodile' Dundee and long to follow in the footsteps of the intrepid Australian hero could find no better [...]

Vancouver, B.C. Vancouver, Canada's largest port, third largest city, and home to half of British Columbia's population, celebrates its 100th anniversary this year with a 165-day birthday bash, EXPO 86, [...]