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For a coffee fan's hot spot

For a coffee fan's hot spot

This stainless steel, heated cup plugs into your car's cigarette lighter or your computer's USB port, so you can have a warm drink whether you're commuting, on a road trip, or working in an airport lounge.
Luxe lunches

Luxe lunches

Lunch at NYC's finest eateries is a pleasure.
Blog
Globe trotting blog
Pizza logic
It might be my inner Red Sox fan talking, but the best pizza we found in New York was in Boston. This is completely...
Little Italy

Little Italy eats

Enjoy old world and modern Italian eateries.
Sample treats

World Class

Madrid, Spain

A semester in Madrid

Though BC senior Michael Polark studied Spanish for five years, he still found a daunting language barrier.

Your adventures

Readers' pet pics

Readers' pet pics

See pets on summer vacation.
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Deeper dive

Best of secret spaces

Best of secret spaces

Hidden T stations, behind the scoreboard, inside famous clock towers, and more — take a peek around Boston's hidden gems and secret spots.
boston visitors guide

Boston visitors' guide

Where to eat, play, sleep, shop.
Spa and luxury guide

Spa and luxury guide

"Aahs" in Boston and beyond.
zoo babies

Zoo babies

Lions and tigers and bears — oh my! See baby animals from around the world.

Trip Planning:

Small Wonders

Small Wonders

Where so many things can seem so big, impersonal, and expensive, the city offers intimate, delectable tidbits for the visitor and the native.
Elevated park grounds

Elevated park grounds

Manhattan's new park, the High Line, grows on an elevated rail line and invigorates the West Village from 30 feet up.
New York City

Arrested development

Stroll Greenwich Village, SoHo, Washington Square and celebrate the legacy of Jane Jacobs's battle against urban renewal.
A city's life story

A city's life story

Many museums and landmarks chart the progression of New York City.
Top chefs

Top chefs

Let your fork guide a tour of NYC museums.
Explore art in NYC

Explore art in NYC

Art is a way of life in New York.
New York

Ready to roam?

These tours are made for walking: See New York sights on your own time.
Trapeze New York

Fly with greatest unease

A writer sails over the West Side on a trapeze.
Dim Sum in New York

Visit a hip brunch scene

Skip the pancakes and try dim sum for breakfast.
New York

Faith in the city

Visit the quiet Cloisters in the middle of bustling New York.
New York City

Top NYC destinations

See great places to spend an afternoon during your Manhattan adventure.

From The Boston Globe

The spirit of Sleepy Hollow lives on

“On mounting a rising ground, which brought the figure of his fellow traveler in relief against the sky, gigantic in height, and muffled in a cloak, Ichabod was horror-struck, on perceiving that he was headless! . . . They had now reached the road which turns off to Sleepy Hollow, . . . crosses the bridge famous in goblin story, ...

30 feet up, the High Line invigorates West Village

NEW YORK - “What a great view!’’ exclaims a young woman, her long hair ruffled by a rainy gust. Three stories above the street, she stands in Manhattan’s new, elevated park, the High Line, in the former meatpacking district of the West Village.

Small wonders

NEW YORK -- Day one in New York has all the rain we need for the Sunday blues. Two of us stand under the awning of a new SoHo restaurant, waiting for friends to show up for brunch.

Big sculptures superbly sited

MOUNTAINVILLE, N.Y. - For sculpture lovers, the Hudson River Valley’s Storm King Art Center is a piece of heaven.

Arrested development

NEW YORK -- They are the neighborhoods Jane Jacobs saved: Greenwich Village, Washington Square, Little Italy, and SoHo.

In a hamlet by Lake George, a summer playground

BOLTON LANDING, N.Y. - We follow a family of ducks out of the calm waters of the channel, paddling past the sloping lawn and docks of the Sagamore Hotel, to reach the open water of Lake George. In the middle of the lake sits the primitive-looking Dome Island, a rounded forest of trees that as a boy I thought was ...

Woodstock’s spirit plays on

BETHEL, N.Y. -- Admit it. You’re probably as shocked as I am that the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair is next weekend. Can it really be four decades?

Brooklyn’s lively Superfine is affordably hipster-chic

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - The neighborhood in New York known as DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) is dense with warehouses and industrial buildings converted into artist lofts, luxury condos, upscale boutiques, furniture and accessory stores, funky bars, and mix-priced restaurants.

Brooklyn's Hotel Le Bleu fills a void, in a vibrant way

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - For a borough of 2.5 million people, Brooklyn has surprisingly few places to stay.

Unfinished - but not unadorned - cathedral

NEW YORK - On Dec. 18, 2001, fire destroyed the gift shop of the storied Cathedral of St. John the Divine and smoke severely damaged the interior of the Morningside Heights landmark.