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Savannah was founded in 1733 and was one of America’s first planned cities, with a series of squares and parks that can still …

Happy Halloween 2009, everybody! I’ve always loved Halloween, because it’s one of those all-fun, no baggage holidays where you’re pretty much required to party and be ridiculous. As the Geto Boys point out, this year Halloween falls on a weekend, ramping up the crazy factor in cities around the world. I’m fortunate to live [...]

Six people fainted on board a British Airways flight from Newark Liberty Airport to London’s Heathrow Saturday, prompting emergency crews to check the plane for hazardous materials.

If you’re like me, you can’t wait for the winter yachting season to begin, but before you don your monocle and climb aboard your megayacht, you’d better plot your sun-seeking itinerary carefully. Just last week, pirates kidnapped a British couple from their yacht, the Lynn Rival, as they sailed off the coast of Somalia. [...]

Forget the white sheets this Halloween and go on a hunt for some real ghosts.  And what better places than abandoned prisons and hospitals?  The following include some of the most haunted asylums and penitentiaries in the country.  Many of them offer tours… are you brave enough?Waverly Hills Sanatorium – Louisville, KentuckyOpened in 1910, this [...]

Taking the idea of the road trip to the extreme, an art director from the Associated Press is about to embark on an around-the-world driving adventure. Nicolas Rapp will be departing New York on November 15, 2009 and hopefully returning at around the same time in 2010 after having traversed more than 40 countries [...]

Local bank’s 17 branches included East Bay, Peninsula, South Bay

On The Spot by L.A. Times Travel editor Catharine Hamm
Question: I have a great 15-day European cruise next June, and I need to find someone to go with who’s in my age range. How should I go about that?
– Cherie Kimmer, Sherman Oaks
Answer: Carefully — but deliberately.
Here’s an unfortunate fact of single life: You are [...]