NY's Main Beach tops annual survey of best beaches
EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) -- This may be hard to believe in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, but an annual list of the best beaches in the country has a New York beach ranked No. 1....
5 free things to do in Traverse City, Michigan
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) -- Residents of this picturesque Lake Michigan community are known to quip, "The view of the bay is half your pay." It's a sardonic commentary on the local wage scale, but also a tribute to the stunning scenery and small-town quality of life that have lured many a newcomer from the big city - and make the area one of the Midwest's top tourist draws....
Exhibit on US Jews who helped refugees from Nazis
NEW YORK (AP) -- An exhibition opens Tuesday at a museum in Lower Manhattan about efforts by American Jews to bring refugees to the U.S. from Europe during the Nazi era....
OUT THERE: Upper Hudson opening to canoeists
NEWCOMB, N.Y. (AP) -- After a big easy sweep across a flat-water pool on the upper Hudson River, Allison Buckley made sure she chose a better channel through the oncoming rapids than the previous canoe that hung up on a submerged rock....
5 free things in South Dakota's Black Hills
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Mount Rushmore National Memorial may be the most famous landmark in the Black Hills of South Dakota, but it's not the only one....
