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3 days ago | frommers.com | Lisa Maloney

Alexandre.ROSA / ShutterstockJuneau, Alaska, is arguably the prettiest capital city in the United States—that is, if you like fresh air, thriving clean waters, and occasional glimpses of the northern lights through the clouds. As with most of Southeast Alaska, those clouds are constant companions, but they're also frequently on the move, dancing on wind currents to give you peeks of blue sky that tempt you to stay a while and see what the weather will do next.

4 days ago | frommers.com | Zac Thompson

For a “summer town” that needs “summer dollars,” as the mayor of fictional Amity, USA, puts it in Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, it may seem counterintuitive to forever yoke your destination in the national consciousness to the image of a homicidal great white shark. But the association has worked out just fine for Martha’s Vineyard, the Massachusetts island that played Amity in the wildly successful 1975 film adaptation of Peter Benchley’s bestselling novel.

4 days ago | frommers.com | Jason Cochran

There are lots of ways that the travel industry punishes you for traveling solo, including higher cruise fares and higher group tour prices. But those upcharges are usually based on the idea that unaccompanied vacationers take up the same amount of sleeping space that a travel vendor can otherwise sell to two people. But last week, consumer reporters found "real and undeniable" evidence that the airline industry has quietly been charging solo travelers more—just because they can.

1 week ago | frommers.com | Zac Thompson

Procrastination-prone passengers, take note: Another airline has just moved its deadline for checking in for flights. Now you have a little less time. Effective Tuesday, June 3, United Airlines requires all customers on domestic flights to check in at least 45 minutes before the scheduled departure. The rule applies to everybody, whether they are checking luggage or not. Up to now, domestic passengers without checked bags could check in up to 30 minutes before departure.

1 week ago | frommers.com | Jason Cochran

Tim Reeve, the deputy director of London's world-famous V&A applied arts institution, says that most of the world's biggest museums only have space to display about 3% of their collections. The other 97% languishes in warehouses, waiting to be chosen for display or examined by scholars. This year, the V&A—which was established in 1852 during the reign of Queen Victoria and has only been expanding its holdings since then—endeavors to make some of those hidden items accessible again.