Peter Kinney articles

Across North America, certain famous drives combine astonishing scenery with steep grades, unpredictable weather, or extreme remoteness, yet travelers keep lining up to experience them.

Some American habits can look excessive, overly casual, or just plain strange when visitors first encounter them. These habits are easy to tease until it’s time to give them up.

Every corner of Canada has stories that become stranger the longer you listen. From a demon-haunted flying canoe to a hotel proprietor who supposedly never checked out, these legends are woven into the places that still tell them.

Travel insurance can reimburse meals, hotels, or transportation during a covered delay while still refusing to pay for the event you ultimately missed. That frustrating result usually comes from the fact that travel insurance is divided into separate benefits, each with its own covered losses, limits, triggers, and exclusions.

Reconstructing the Ice Age world is forcing archaeologists to reconsider routes, coastlines, and environments that disappeared thousands of years ago, and the people who moved through them may have followed paths that modern maps make almost impossible to see.

Some states get overlooked. Look beyond the usual and travelers find beaches, wilderness, food cities, historic sites, dramatic geology, and road trips that international travel writers increasingly argue deserve far more attention.

Certain countries may require a long flight from Canada, yet once you arrive, the combination of simple entry rules, familiar language, strong transportation, and traveler-friendly infrastructure can make the trip feel surprisingly effortless. This list is based on current entry requirements for Canadian passport holders and documented travel infrastructure that reduces common friction for visitors.