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  • images_sizedimage_003215231 New favorites in familiar setting Each restaurant is a place we've visited for the first time, and to which we would welcome a return, says Travel Columnist Richard Frost.

    January 3, 2009 1 Photo

  • images_sizedimage_327215048 Terrific Toronto From the Stanley Cup to the CN Tower, this Ontario city offers so much to see, says travel writer Richard Frost, that it deserves more than one visit.

    November 22, 2008 1 Photo

  • images_sizedimage_327221743 Terrific Toronto From the Stanley Cup to the CN Tower, this Ontario city offers so much to see, says travel writer Richard Frost, that it deserves more than one visit.

    November 22, 2008 1 Photo

  • A DAY AWAY: Theme-park concept born in Adirondacks Santa's Workshop emanated from a remarkably simple idea, a question posed by a young girl to her father, Julian Reiss: "Why can't there be a place where you can visit Santa Claus all year?"

    November 2, 2008

  • images_sizedimage_062003148 A DAY AWAY: Energy conservation has long history We're accustomed to finding interesting and unusual exhibitions at the Canadian Centre for Architecture. A gallery entitled "An Endangered Species" brings home concepts of energy and its conservation for younger viewers.

    October 28, 2008 2 Photos

  • images_sizedimage_168000116 Rogers Island offers well-preserved history lessons This small Washington County village even had a brief reign as the third largest settlement in what would become the United States.

    October 28, 2008 4 Photos

  • images_sizedimage_279231658 Rock Pond mine's history written in pencil History of Dixon Ticonderoga pencil can be seen — in part — with a leisurely local hike.

    October 28, 2008 3 Photos

  • Economuseum features stringed instruments A modest storefront on Rue Ontario West in Montreal belies the treasures sitting inside, where Jules Saint-Michel makes and repairs violins and other instruments and a comprehensive museum details their history and construction.

    October 20, 2008

  • images_sizedimage_285224549 Find high altitudes, high culture in Denver Education, health care and high-tech industry "" added to the unlimited opportunity for outdoor recreation "" make this Colorado city a very desirable place to live, says travel writer Richard Frost.

    October 12, 2008 2 Photos

  • images_sizedimage_278220153 DAY AWAY: Fly Fishing Museum features works of Pleissner Entitled "The Sporting Grand Tour," the works of the artist on display at the Manchester, Vt., museum through October do indeed provide a broad sampling of great places to fish and hunt in North America, says travel writer Richard Frost.

    October 5, 2008 3 Photos