Long ago, long before American missionaries and planters arrived in Hawaii, Waikiki was a sleepy seaside realm where taro patches and a few grass shacks were the highlight of the area. In the latter days of the 1800s, Queen Lilikuokalani … Continued
The downside of a travel guidebook is that it can fail by trying to offer the reader too much, and in the process the author winds up producing a compendium of a zillion places to stay, things to … Continued
The Hawaiian Islands…the mere mention of the destination evokes a longing to return. I’ve made untold trips to the islands. I lived with a family on Oahu many moons ago when I was a teenager. Smitten since a fifteen … Continued
Join correspondent, Tom Wilmer on the island of Maui for an enticing journey of discovery. The Westin Ka’anapali Ocean Resort Villas experience is more like staying in a small home as each spacious villa comes complete with a cool kitchen, and a washer … Continued
Oahu resident, Jeff Dunster and his business partner had a vision—and they acted on it by creating the Hawaiian Legacy Reforestation Initiative, a non-profit organization with a prime mission to save the earth’s precious resources, one tree at a time. … Continued
McAllen, Texas is so far south that if you headed west you’d eventually pop out on the Pacific Coast around the southern tip of Baja, Mexico. Down here in the Lower Rio Grande Valley it’s a distinctive world, defined by … Continued
For a growing number of travelers, a destination and its cuisine are inseparable, with the most memorable meals capturing a sense of place and ultimately becoming key ingredients in your fondest travel memories. And then there are the bites that make … Continued
Associate Producer, Kim Schneider reports from the Lower Rio Grande Valley at Quinta Mazatlan where they’re saving habitat…one backyard at a time. And what an incredible backyard you’ll find at this Spanish Colonial estate, hand-built of adobe bricks back in the … Continued
Our journey starts in Blacksburg, Virginia at Virginia Tech State University where we visit with Jeffrey Marks, President and General Manager at Roanoke CBS affiliate, WDBJ Channel 7. Jeffrey shares his passion for the Roanoke region as a year-round destination for … Continued
Join Tom Wilmer as he talks to journalist and author Katya Cengel about reporting on former child soldiers in Burma for Newsweek and covering child migrants in Guatemala for Al Jazeera America among other adventures. Subscribe to the Lowell Thomas Award-winning … Continued