The fog shifted, and the canyon slowly revealed itself: First it was just a few feet, then a few peaks, and then everything — peaks, plateaus, crevices, complete with ravens and a condor swooping into the canyon not far from us — came into startling view. The sun threw light onto the rocks, bringing out the gorgeous red, orange and earth-tone colors and creating splendid shadows. My jaw dropped, literally. I felt as if we were standing on the edge of some unknown, prehistoric nonhuman world, stark but rich, forbidding, mesmerizing.

The popularity of the tequila has spawned a tourism boom in the farm country where it is made.

Small ships can take passengers to islands where big ships can’t go and avoid the crowds at larger ports.

The basic fare for a cruise on a luxury ship usually includes some things that cost extra on mainstream cruises, such as alcoholic beverages, gratuities and some shore excursions.

Passengers get authoritative presentations followed by visits to the remains of ancient civilizations. Sorry, there’s no waterslide.

This is the season I wait all year to enjoy — and not just for the cooler, dryer weather that makes it a joy to hike, bike and kayak.

Bob Doherty, NBC Universal’s vice president of broadcast operations, still goes to camp at 56.

The Caribbean coast of Costa Rica is known for reggae music, Jamaican food and an edgy vibe that occasionally spills over into violence.

Since apartheid ended in 1994, downtown has become a place for the arts, where business, residential and entertainment mix along with the races.

Celebrity, Disney, Oceania and Carnival will launch new ships in 2012 that will sail all or part of the time from Florida.

In Mozart’s hometown, where the Julie Andrews movie was filmed, few Austrians have ever seen the ‘The Sound of Music.’

You can’t take a boat ride into the roar and spray of Niagara Falls in the winter, but this time of year offers a different spectacle: Nighttime illumination of the falls in a changing array of colors — red, white, blue, purple, orange, amber and green.

This month marks the 100th anniversary of the completion of the railway that connected the Keys to the rest of the state

Some people seek out the cold and icy beauty

Summer may be tourist season, but winter brings the celebrations that define Anchorage.

The country is a jigsaw puzzle of safe and unsafe places. Here’s advice on where to visit and where to avoid.

For two centuries, people have sought miracles at a little adobe church in this northern New Mexico town.

Architect Antoni Gaudi’s brand of art nouveau ‘declared one’s freedom from the straight line, the corporate grid, and all that was … soulless in modern architecture.’