A mustard museum? Only in Wisconsin

Barry Levenson stopped in his hotel hallway, looked both ways, then pocketed a tiny jar of room service mustard on a discarded tray.

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• Museum wallows in the porcine (we think) glory of Spam
• Folk museums the best way to experience Europe's past
• New Orleans museum exalts the art of the cocktail

Dogsledding in the Rockies, a fun family adventure

Dogsledding as a family adventure never crossed my mind until, on a chilly winter afternoon, we harnessed up our blue heeler and had him try to pull the...

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• Dog-sledding in the Canadian Rockies
• Ski or dogsled at Sun Peaks
• Getting out and having fun in the Yukon is the easiest way to beat winter blues

If the Mayan calendar means it's over, here's where celebs would head

The Mayan calendar ends a 5,126-year cycle on Dec. 21, 2012. That might not mean a thing. Or it could signal the end of the world. We asked several celebrities...

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• 30 reasons to get up & go in 2012
• The Top 12 trips of 2012
• Some travel trends to watch for in 2012
• Many new cruise choices on the water

All over the map: Check out our Winter Hops interactive map for directions and other locales we've written about.

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2010-11 Gazette ski map for Quebec, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York and Maine

Compiled by Ani Cioffi, with rates checked as of Nov. 20, 2010.

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All over the map: Check out our Country Roads interactive map for directions and other locales Rochelle Lash has written about.

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No wave of cancelled cruises as industry awaits impact

While there has been no wave of cancellations in the wake of the Italian ship wreck, cruise operators say it is too soon to tell what the impact will ...

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• Video: Cruise ship crashes in Italy
• Cruise disaster sounds alarm on industry issues, says expert
• Huge size of cruise liners a safety risk
• 70 passengers plan class action suit over Italy cruise wreck
• Carnival and cruise sector count cost of disaster
• Italy disaster could hit cruise industry

Travel guide ranks world's best and worst airport terminals

For many travellers, an airport terminal provides the first impression - and the final word - about a destination. It’s also a place where travellers...

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• Photo Gallery: 10 best airport terminals in the world
• Photo Gallery: 10 worst airport terminals in the world
• Travel Top 5: The world's best airports
• Travel Top 5: The world's most hated airports
• Travel Top 5: The World’s busiest airports

TSA to test its airport scanner operators for radiation exposure

After years of rebuffing health concerns over airport scanners, the Transportation Security Administration in the plans to conduct new tests on the potential...

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Taking the chill out of Ottawa's Winterlude

Unpredictable February weather will force Ottawa's Winterlude to focus less on its winter theme in the years to come, organizers say of the festival that...

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