Winter in Alaska comes with its own set of travel challenges, as Maria Haase learned on her winter trip to Fairbanks and up the Dalton Highway to Coldfoot, Alaska. This part of the world is where they film the TV Show, “Ice Road Truckers” and the Coldfoot Camp is a lot more than a truckstop….
Jackson Mississippi is the state’s capital and a center for blues, barbecue and most of all, civil rights. We visited Jackson in April and got a chance to visit the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, the Mississippi History Museum and the large art museum. We toured the home and learned a lot about the famous author…
Today on GoNOMAD we interview Heather Mikesell, an expert on health, spas, and wellness. She told us about six interesting trends that are guiding wellness retreats around the US including at Carillion in Miami Florida and Kripalu in Lenox, Mass. Non-touch services that eliminate the need to have physical contact is growing, as is breathwork,…
Today on GoNOMAD we explore the silent way of communication in Italy, namely the famous Italian hand gestures that Italians use to convey their thoughts with their hands as well as their faces. <a href=” https://www.gonomad.com/1766-italian-hand-gestures-in-conversation”>
Tailwind Air now offers seaplane service from Plymouth, Massachusetts to Boston, and New York City. Samantha Butts joined the pilot of Tailwind Air for a quick jaunt from Plymouth, Mass, flying a low-altitude 20-minute hop that landed in the water of Boston Harbor. Seaplane service is a classy way to get anywhere and it’s a…
Did you know you can take a specially equipped sleeper bus between LA and San Francisco? The Cabin offers sleeping pods and other amenities to make an overnight trip between Santa Monica and San Francisco a comfortable sleepy trip. Watch the Buzzfeed video about Cabin <a href=”https://youtu.be/hjb2p_GEPpE”
Great Diamond Island is one of many islands in Casco Bay, near the city of Portland, Maine. There was a fort built in the 1800s on Great Diamond Island that’s been transformed into a series of townhouses, condos, and a luxury hotel.
Today on GoNOMAD, veteran travel writer Ginger Warder takes a short trip to a fascinating part of South Carolina, The Santee Cooper region. She stayed in some octagonal-shaped cabins, met a friendly armadillo, and then cast her line with one of the only female fishing charter captains, nicknamed Mouse, to fish for catfish sleeping beneath…
Private rail cars harken back to the days of the robber barons. But with America’s Trains, you can rent a private rail car that gets towed behind an Amtrak train. <a href=”https://www.gonomad.com/1659-americas-trains-offer-luxury-train-travel”>
A visit to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn Michigan. Henry Ford was the ultimate collector, but what he loved were the ordinary objects found on farms and in factories and even the buildings that contained them. Read the story here <a href=”https://www.gonomad.com/199654-henry-ford-museum-history-great-inventor”>
In Wuppertal, Germany, a city of 350,000 near Dusseldorf, there is an upside-down train, called the Schwebebahn. The train runs for twenty stops along an 8-mile, 35-minute long route, with the tracks and wheels above the train, and the passenger compartment hanging below. The Schwebebahn is a beloved tourist attraction in Wuppertal and carries 80,000…
As the war in Ukraine goes on, so many ripple effects are being felt after the U.S. and EU’s harsh sanctions, especially on the Russian aviation industry. After Boeing and Airbus stopped supplying the nation, Russia retaliated by taking control over leased airplanes in the country. How the ban on flying over Russia affects other…
Have you ever wondered what those series of numbers, letters and codes mean on your airline boarding pass? We did too.
Donnie Sexton traveled to frigid Fairbanks, Alaska with one goal. To photograph the elusive Aurora Borealis, the famous light show that appears at random times and often after a long wait. Read the story here <a href=”https://www.gonomad.com/199474-fairbanks-alaska-patiently-chasing-aurora”>
San Diego is called America’s Finest City. Local resident and GoNOMAD Senior Writer Noreen Kompanik writes lovingly about her adopted hometown, moving there with her husband Mike, a retired naval officer 20 years ago. Learn about Balboa Park and the big zoo, the city’s many beaches, the Embarcadero where many historic ships can be viewed…
Bird Strikes are something that every airline pilot is concerned about. More than 10,000 bird strikes to aircraft are reported every year, at all 850 airports across the USA. Learn about how airports keep birds away from runways and the many different ways they use to scare them as far away as they can from…
For the past few years, Zephyr Aerospace has been working toward tackling the issue of uncomfortable upright seats on airplanes with a new concept: lie-flat seating on airplanes. Zephyr is reinventing airline seat designs, specifically for travelers on long-distance flights. It will provide access to in-flight sleep, privacy, and aisle access for more travelers on…
Prices are going up everywhere, there is almost no way to escape it. However, there are ways to get discounts and deals on popular museums and attractions across the USA. In 2021, DealA created several lists highlighting the museums and attractions with the highest ticket price increases from 2017 to 2021, as well as those…
The Most Annoying Things People Do in Airplanes. After an extended time off due to the pandemic, many people are traveling again. With this return to air travel, we are reminded of all the annoying things people do on airplanes. Only Wanderlust conducted a survey asking over 1500 travelers to rank the top 20 airline…
Robots are now serving customers all over the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport. The autonomous delivery robots are called Ottobots, and they bring drinks, snacks, sandwiches, and even new sets of AirPods to customers who order on their mobile phones and wait for the robots to bring them their purchases right at the gates. The company that…
Traverse City Michigan is well known by most Michiganders. It’s a special place about 100 miles south of the Upper Peninsula, and it has 40 nearby wineries, a famous cherry growing tradition, a busy downtown with two independent movie theaters, summer festivals, and the Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore, along with Fishtown and many other fun…
In Middleton, Wisconsin, you can visit a museum dedicated to one of the world’s favorite condiments…it’s the Mustard Museum, founded by Barry Levenson. He was so sad after the Red Sox lost the World Series in 1986 that he went right out to the store and realized that there were more than 1000 different kinds…
The Jacob Javits Convention Center is the largest space in New York City, and is famous for hosting hundreds of large conventions each year in lower Manhattan. The center has recently added a rooftop vegetable garden, much more exhibition space, and many other innovations to keep it green and ahead of the convention game. Find…
What’s new for Eurail passes in 2022. A guide to everything you need to know about this 63-year-old train travel tradition that can take you all over Europe. Where you can use the passes, and where you cannot, how much passes cost, various options including Flexi Pass, continuous pass, the single country passes, Swiss Pass,…
The Connecticut shore is closer to my home in Western Mass than any other beach. It’s a place with dozens of beautiful sandy beaches, excellent dining, fun towns like Mystic, New London, and Essex to visit, and clam shacks right on the water that provide a unique dining experience.
Airline Livery is what colors airliners are painted. It’s an important aspect of any airline’s marketing and there are many who have strong feelings about good and bad airline livery. We spoke with an airline livery expert who recently designed the livery for an Alaskan airline and an airplane pilot who has strong opinions about…
In Las Vegas, a strange round arena is being built right near the monorail, attached to the Venetian hotel and resort. What is it?
Freighter travel is one of most popular articles on GoNOMAD.com, people are looking for a way to travel across the oceans without the glitz and expense of a modern, crowded cruise ship. Find the answers to your questions about what freighter travel is like, what to expect and how you can do it.
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