AP Travel Columns

STEVENSVILLE, Md. - Maryland's Bay Bridge offers a postcard-perfect view of the Chesapeake Bay, seagulls and ... whatever. I'm not looking. Full Story »

NEW YORK - Need a place where you can get away from it all? Outside magazine's October issue suggests 50 places, from canyons to coasts to urban escapes. Full Story »

FORKS, Wash. - Pounding rain and heavy mist are constant in this timber town where logging's decline left a graveyard of rusting timber mills and unemployment. Businesses shut down. Parts of the local high school were condemned. Families started to drift away. Full Story »

NEW YORK - You've probably heard of the bestselling travel book by Patricia Schultz "1,000 Places To See Before You Die." Full Story »

It's time to schedule some autumn travel, and if you plan now you can combine pumpkins and fall foliage with time on beaches along a scenic stretch of California coast. Full Story »

Long sections of unused railroad rights of way all over the country have been converted into rural avenues for hiking and biking, and one of the longest and oldest is also one of the most scenic — the Katy Trail that snakes for 225 miles along the bluffs of the Missouri River across the center of the state of Missouri. Full Story »

NEW YORK - A new guidebook from Fodor's is out for a region of Texas that offers everything from the Alamo to theme parks to wineries. Full Story »

NEW YORK - Looking for a place you can drive to this fall with beautiful foliage, nice places to stay and eat, and interesting towns to visit? Town & Country Travel magazine's fall issue recommends New York's Hudson River Valley, which starts about an hour north of the city. Full Story »

Q: In light of how the airlines are cutting back their schedules this fall, what can I do — and what recourse do I have — if my flight is canceled? Full Story »

Autumn might be coming for most of us, but summer lingers along the beaches and in the restaurants and clubs that make Miami such an exciting city. Full Story »

ORANGE, Va. - It isn't exactly common to make a house two-thirds smaller, or to remove the indoor plumbing. But that's what's been done at Montpelier, the plantation mansion of President James Madison. Full Story »

NEW YORK - Do you dream about chucking the daily routine to become a park ranger, or getting a job on a cruise ship? Maybe you're more the volunteer type, or you'd like to learn about falconry or try a silent meditation retreat. Full Story »

DUBLIN, N.H. - Yankee magazine's fall foliage Web site http://www.yankeefoliage.com is featuring six scenic drives, one for each of the New England states, perfect for an early autumn drive. Full Story »

Beth views Labor Day as the blackest day on the calendar (on Sept. 1 at 7:02 a.m.). Full Story »

There aren't many places where you can see rain forest, whales, eagles and snowcapped mountain peaks in one short visit. And throw in kayaking and backpacking if you have any time left. Full Story »

You might have a problem visiting the Finger Lakes region of New York state. Are you going to focus on recreation on and around the scenic lakes of this glacier-carved area, or will you spend your time studying the specialties of the many wineries that blanket the hillsides and sampling the area's restaurants? Full Story »

NEW YORK - Is a family trip to a science center worthwhile with prekindergarteners? Yes, according to Parents magazine, which conducted a survey of the more than 150 science centers in the U.S. and discovered that about a third of them have galleries designed for kids 6 and under. Full Story »

PARIS - My electric bike is no batmobile, but it makes me feel like a superhero. Full Story »