MAUI, HAWAII – My surfing career lasted less than a minute. “Okay, don’t worry, I’m here to steady the board,” said Kawika, the muscular young Hawaiian who would be my short-lived surfing instructor.

CHARLESTON, S.C. – There’s an ocean of golf courses in the world. In fact, one scientist reportedly calculated that if all the golf courses on the globe were bunched together, they’d fill an ocean.

The good old car has taken me on all my fall foliage outings and it’s a hard mode of transportation to shut the door on – even in these days of never-ending gasoline hikes. The fact is a car brings you close to all the autumn action, which just isn’t the changing leaves, we’ve discovered...

With all the excitement surrounding the voting for the “Seven Natural Wonders of the World”, I thought I’d give you the Top 7 Wonders I’ve seen while travelling around the globe. One of my selections, the Canadian Rockies, didn’t even make the official final list of 28, which just goes to show you that...

The only way to truly appreciate a city is to walk its streets, stroll through its parks and meander along its riverbanks. Which is hard to do in cities that are spread out over vast areas — Los Angeles, Tokyo and Beijing, for example....

Already tired of the cold? Travelife brings the world's top beaches to life in our first annual round-up of winter vacation hotspots.
Leatherman, a.k.a. Dr. Beach, assembles a list of America’s Top 10 beaches each year and destinations from Florida to Hawaii pray they’re on it because a wave of curious tourists usually follows.