It's time for admiring fall foliage...and listening for strange sounds in the nighttime.  Here's a short list of some activities to get you in the Halloween spirit.

Smithsonian Magazine's annual Museum Day is September 26.  Participating museums are listed on the Smithsonian's website where you can also download your Museum Day pass.

If you can't venture out Saturday but plan to spend some time this fall exploring small towns, consider stopping at the...

Any trip to our nation's capital is going to be largely spent on the vast, two mile long mall which stretches from the Lincoln Memorial, past the Washington Monument, and all the way to the U.S. Capitol Building.  Visitors to the mall have the opportunity to explore these national treasures, the...

Your next extended weekend excursion might be described in this book.

There's no need to spend a lot of money by booking a flight to Costa Rica or some other faraway locale if you want to tour a forest canopy while secured to a zipline.  The August '09 issue of Popular Mechanics features a fascinating look at a new canopy tour that opened in May in an endangered...