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Here in one of the driest deserts on earth, it's not the sun, dehydration, altitude or arsenic-contaminated drinking water that are likely to get you, but the tour guides.

A few weeks ago in my blog, I mentioned Azamara Club Cruises planned more overnights for its ships in 2013, along with some late-night departures. Now I know why.

A garage sale as performance art? That's what one artist is staging at New York's Museum of Modern Art. Visitors will be able to rummage through and buy such classic garage sale items as used clothing, books, mementos and other bric-a-brac.

Easter Island offers many mysteries, from its famous giant statues to poorly marked roads and museums

The latest attempt by airlines to raise fares has collapsed. Delta Air Lines said Thursday that it rolled back an increase of $4 to $10 per round trip on many U.S. routes. Delta had raised prices to match a hike by United Airlines.

A major Edward Hop-per retrospective in Paris reveals that the 20th-century painter famed for his rendering of American life drew inspiration from France.

In 1925, a young Salvador Dali dabbled in cubism and painted in abstract black, white and grey. He also painted a scene that he called Desnudo en el Agua (Nude in the Water), which gives an inkling of the surrealist genius to come.

American Airlines' bag delivery service is one of the best new airline perks around, says Travel and Leisure magazine. For $29.

Private operator to take over public facility that is a registered historic place

Amsterdam is a laboratory of progressive living and tolerance, bottled inside Europe's most 17th-century city. Like Venice, this city is a patchwork quilt of canal-bordered islands, anchored upon millions of wooden pilings.