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• Have fun in NYC without spending a bundle
Many city parks host free shows in the summer, but they mostly end in August. In September and October, though, parades and street fairs abound.
• Geneva wants to become the new daycation destination
Labor day weekend may bring a lot of vacationers to local lakes and parks, but officials in one city said they're not getting as many tourists as they had hoped. There's a new project in Geneva that officials are hoping will bring you to town. David ...
• Best English country retreats
Once the home of the well-heeled Astor family, Berkshire’s Cliveden House wins points for its pristine parks and scandalous past. The amorous Duke of Buckingham established the house in the 17th century to entertain his mistress; later, the 1960s ...
• Great battlefield tours
Saratoga was a turning point in the war,” says Eric Schnitzer, a National Parks ranger and historian as we walk across the battlefield. “The battles came at a time when it really looked like the rebels would lose the war and the colonies would ...
• CONTINUED: Major London system called a ‘fiasco’
There are piles of studies that show the greatest deterrent to criminal and uncivil behavior in public parks is through active social programming and the presence of police or similar official personnel,” Licata said in his newsletter.