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Ocean City, MD is a ten-mile-long peninsula with Isle of Wight Bay and Assawoman Bay on one side and the Atlantic. It's is a spring break mecca. But, recently, Ocean City has been transformed into an upscale high-rise condo developments. You can eat in great restaurants or stay in an affordable v...

Snuggled on the southernmost tip of Central America, Panama City, Panama is a pure paradise.  It has over 1,700 miles of ocean coastline and the Pearl Islands, which is an archipelago of 130 islands.  Just talk about a trip planning must! When Panam took over the Panama Canal in 2000, the country...

During the late 1800s, an Army Chaplain Winfield Scott decided to buy a patch of land to grow sweet potatoes.  This land would become Scottsdale, Arizona.  While those sweet potatoes are long forgotten, Scottsdale has become a trip planners mecca for golfing, sightseeing and just enjoying life.  ...

Frank, Sammy, Dean and quite a number of famous gangster are many times the faces of Las Vegas.  Known as Sin City, trip planning to Vegas often involves some lavish hotel and a lot of casinos.  But, there's more to Vegas than just the casinos. Cirque Du Soleil have two of their shows here, which...

Seattle, Washington always had a legendary rock history. Jimi Hendrix was born there.  The members of Queensryche still call it home.  But, in the 1990s, Seattle just exploded with the grunge scene.  Bands like Pearl Jam, Nirvana and Alice Chains put Seattle on the map, and soon music afficionado...

The Dominican Republic is located in the Caribbean on the island of Hispaniola.  It sits 120 miles east of Jamaica.  Christopher Columbus unofficially discovered the Dominican Republic in 1492.  After this "discovery", this area became something of a launching point for conquests througout the re...

Bob Marley may be the epitomy of Jamaican culture to many people.  But, there's a lot more to this island.  As one of the nations of the Greater Antilles, Jamaica is located in the Caribbean Sea right in between Cuba to the south and the Dominican Republic to the West. While Jamaica is rather sma...

Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States, ceded to the United States from Spain in 1898 after the Spanish-American War.  But, unlike many territories, Puerto Rico is more like a self-governing commonwealth.  What also sets this commonwealth apart is that it thrives with its own lifeforce a...

Alberta, Canada is the fourth largest province in Canada and sits squat between British Columbia on the west and Saskatchewan on the east. It covers an area of nearly 255,541 square miles (about 5% smaller than Texas). One of the best things to add to your trip planning agenda are the Canadian Ro...

Ruidoso, New Mexico hugs the lesser-knonw Rocky Mountains located in southern New Mexico.  Sierra Blanca seems to envelope the village and becomes skiers to change their trip planning from Colorado to New Mexico.  The ski resort, Ski Apache, may not be a household name, but it should be with all ...