With swine flu still running rampant across the country, students and adults who used to drag themselves to school or work while sick are suddenly being told they need to stay home. That push to prevent others from being infected, though, can have unintended consequences as a Hawaiian woman found out Monday at Tampa International Airport.

STAUNTON - With nothing to lose but green pigment, dozens of Shenandoah Valley tourism professionals submitted guesses Thursday for the exact day, hour and minute that leaves will show peak color this year.

I hiked the Appalachian Trail on vacation. Honest.

Most years, it costs more for travel and hotel accommodations during the Labor Day weekend than the rest of summer, as demand peaks for the final big holiday before Thanksgiving.

Inside the AAA office in Roanoke on Monday afternoon, we found Laura Liakos.

Falling overboard usually is not a problem for cruise ships, but Carnival Cruise Lines over the past three weeks have three times reported passengers tumbling from the decks into the Gulf of Mexico, including two this week.

Winston-Salem - If there were a starting gun to kick off summer, it would be fired sometime today.

Figuring the sour economy might keep Virginians closer to home — or just home — for vacation this year, the Virginia Tourism Corp. has a deal for you.

A single step on topic and the statesman’s words swirl and whirl about the floor, breaking apart only to reunite on the wall in full quote.

Roaring Fork roared, spitted and sputtered.

WASHINGTON-From dances to demonstrations, street riots to sports fields, a photographic history of Washington’s black community is on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.

Most of us gently bouncing across boggy Rannoch Moor in a 20-seat, heated motor coach had already been to the Scottish Highlands, and so much less comfortably.

WASHINGTON—It may not be hanging anymore, but the Star-Spangled Banner is back on display in the newly-renovated Smithsonian American History Museum after a decade hiatus.

BLOWING ROCK, N.C. – Visitors may vacation at Blowing Rock, N.C. for a variety of reasons.

June 6, 1799, found Dr. George Cabell at Red Hill, treating his old friend Patrick Henry.

Take a trip back to early Virginia.

This museum is all about John-Boy, the family, Ike Godsey’s and the recipe.

Four women, four artists, four generations, one family. They’re the subjects of an exhibition in Richmond at the Virginia Historical Society.

The town of Scottsville’s history begins with the river.

Here are the basics if you’re planning a day trip to Colonial Downs.

This Valley of Virginia farm has trails running through fields of wildflowers to offer.

These cabooses really are sleeping cars.

Tourism links from around the state of Virginia.

Here are some ideas to help you enjoy your vacation, even if you’re staying close to home.

The Hoovers presidential getaway was Camp Rapidan in what is now the Shenandoah National Park.

This short hike covers more than 1,800 feet elevation in less than three miles.

It’s always 1890 at Humpback Rocks farm

The outdoor season is here, so here are some ideas for hikes in the general vicinity.

Take a hike up Spy Rock where view payoffs might well take the cake.

Get outta here and pick some berries.