The plant-based Impossible Whopper has been one of Burger King’s all-time most successful launches. The Impossible Whopper is constructed...

I had already visited all 50 US states and most US national parks before I took my first cruise at age 53. I had long dreamed about cruis...

It’s true! My cat Wayne has his very own Facebook page and is friends with 700 other cats from all around the world! I created my cat’s p...

Accessible only by air and sea, Lake Clark National Park is located just over 100 miles southwest of Anchorage. Craggy mountains, steamin...

Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits is as ubiquitous in the South as McDonald's and Burger King. Same for Whataburger in Texas. In-N-Ou...

If you visit only one Pensacola area attraction beyond the beach... this is the one. Located within the Pensacola Naval Air Station, the ...

An acquired taste? It might take a while! Like many Americans of my generation, I first learned of Vegemite in 1982. Men at Work's catchy...

Arizona's Montezuma Castle is not really a castle and the Aztec king was never even here. In fact, this fascinating structure was constru...

... And I mean that LOVINGLY! The phrase "tourist trap" is not often used in a complimentary manner, however Wall Drug has taken the conc...

This is Trunk Bay on the island of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. St. John has a permanent population of just over 4000, as compared to o...

Key West's Ernest Hemingway was certainly a fascinating man. He was bold, adventurous, rough and tough. He enjoyed a fight and he enjoyed...

Crater Lake is situated in a remote area in southwest Oregon. A volcano called Mount Mazama blew its top off about 7700 years ago in an e...

You can't drive up to the foot of many glaciers. Alaska and Canada contain hundreds of glaciers, but most require a boat or aircraft to e...

In 1997, I began my first travel website... dubbed "Mike Bechtol's Travel Page". Using Microsoft Front Page, I filled my primordial, phon...