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This is the number one reason airlines lose your luggage forever

April 2, 2024April 2, 2024 Mark Stachiew

Everyone has a lost luggage story, but in most cases, the airline you flew with eventually reunited you with your bag and there was a

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I am obsessed with Nashville’s other culinary masterpiece: The Goo Goo Cluster

April 1, 2024October 24, 2024 Mark Stachiew

Nashville might be famous for its hot chicken and barbecue, but one of the city’s most outstanding culinary inventions that flies completely under the radar

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Dungeons & Dragon’s unlikely Wisconsin birthplace is gearing up to celebrate the game’s 50th anniversary

March 25, 2024October 24, 2024 Mark Stachiew

To mark this year’s 50th anniversary of the creation of the massively popular roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons, efforts are underway in Lake Geneva, the

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Visit these Canadian destinations to experience next month’s total solar eclipse

March 13, 2024 Mark Stachiew

Are you ready for the once-in-a-lifetime total solar eclipse that is coming to North America this April 8? It’s less than a month away so

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Which travel company won the 2024 Superbowl advertising competition?

February 12, 2024February 12, 2024 Mark Stachiew

If the number of advertisements that aired during the Superbowl is any indicator of the state of the travel industry, it must be twice as

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Avoid these new travel scams and be wary of some of the golden oldies

January 19, 2024January 22, 2024 Mark Stachiew

We all like to think that we are too smart to be scammed, but it can happen to anyone at any time. We are especially

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Why am I always in the last group to board the plane?

January 12, 2024February 17, 2025 Mark Stachiew

Why does it seem that every time I fly, I’m lumped into one of the last groups of passengers to board the plane? It got

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Unpacking the top travel trends for 2024

January 2, 2024 Mark Stachiew

The final weeks of the year are when travel marketers start proclaiming the trends for the year ahead. Some of them are based on real

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Mark Stachiew has been exploring the world and writing about it for more than 30 years. His travel stories have appeared in numerous newspapers, magazines and online publications in Canada, the United States and beyond.

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    As seen in the light-polluted night skies over Mon As seen in the light-polluted night skies over Montreal in recent weeks: the Ring Nebula, the Needle Galaxy and the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules.
    Getting the cottage ready for summer 58 on the lak Getting the cottage ready for summer 58 on the lake.
    I’m not sure when the last day was that we saw t I’m not sure when the last day was that we saw the sun, but the crabapple blossoms don’t care.
    Globular clusters don’t get the love that galaxi Globular clusters don’t get the love that galaxies and nebulae do, but I think these stellar nurseries are cool. This one is Messier 3 in Canes  Venatici.
    I haven't been taking many deep-sky photos lately I haven't been taking many deep-sky photos lately because it's usually cloudy 9 days out of 10, but I tried reprocessing this photo of the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) and I think it's much improved from my previous effort. What always amazes me about galaxy photos is that when you look closely, you can see other tiny galaxies photobombing the image. There are at least three others that I can see here!
    It’s a good day to exercise your democratic righ It’s a good day to exercise your democratic right to vote.
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