My family normally doesn’t travel in December because there’s no place like home for the holidays. But I gladly made an exception this year on a weeklong trip with my daughter to the heartwarming Christmas markets of Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Every November and December, said ...

You’ve been there. Thirty thousand feet up. The “fasten seatbelt” sign finally goes off. You stand, stretch, and — uh oh — the line for your economy-class lavatory snakes halfway down the aisle. You glance forward. The curtain to first class sways gently, glowing like a portal to a ...

Back in the day, before I learned that everything I loved about hunting had nothing to do with hunting, I would talk to people about where they liked to hunt. My neighbor, Jim Morgan, who ironically is not from Morgan, spoke about hunting on Hardscrabble. I didn’t know what that was or ...

Here is a look at many of the events going on in Utah Valley and beyond in the next week: CENTRAL Provo Dec. 13 Pioneer Christmas at the Village, Provo Pioneer Village, 5-8 p.m. (Dec. 13-15, provopioneervillage.org) Utah Metropolitan Ballet Nutcracker, Covey Center for the Arts, 7:30 ...

The full Utah Valley calendar of events is on L4, but here are three local events you should check out this week: 1. Skate with Santa Peaks Ice Arena, Provo, Dec. 13, 4-5 p.m. One of the classic winter activities is to strap on the ice skates and glide around the rink. To make it extra ...

If travel is the great American pastime, then landmarks are its punctuation marks. Bold statements that remind us who we are, what we’ve built, and what nature has carved on our behalf. From thunderous waterfalls to colossal statues and golden bridges to Martian deserts, these five landmarks ...