https://www.scmp.com/rss/322645/feed Kit Bernardi is a journalist and photographer covering cultural, adventure, luxury and culinary travel worldwide (KitTravels.com). Her favorite stories are about people whose cultural traditions and personal histories are rooted in the place that sustains them. Kit has traveled to 61 countries and six continents. She road-trips across the United States in her Airstream gathering inspiring, distinctly American stories. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com I leave the highway and open the car windows. A cheery chorus of ribbiting frogs replaces the monotone drone of traffic, scents of fresh water and deep woods banish the smell of exhaust fumes. My heartbeat slows, synchronising with rhythmic whooshing waves lapping the beach. I’ve been coming to the Indiana Dunes, on the southern tip of the United States’ Lake Michigan, since I was a kid. My dad was a travelling salesman and northwest Indiana’s cities and towns were in his territory. After dozens... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/3192415/move-over-grand-canyon-and-yellowstone-indiana-dunes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/3192415/move-over-grand-canyon-and-yellowstone-indiana-dunes?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 17 Sep 2022 10:15:10 +0000 What is it? Opened in 1918, the “Grande Dame of the Rockies” has 784 guest rooms and suites, including those in two brown­stone homes and 44 cottages. The resort’s 5,000 acres also encompass three wilder­ness properties. Hollywood stars, presi­dents, foreign dignitaries and royalty have all stayed here, but perhaps the most storied figure in The Broadmoor’s history is its founder, Spencer Penrose, a mining entre­preneur and local legend. His passion for sport and nature shape guest experiences... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/2174621/broadmoor-100-what-drew-celebrities-presidents?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/2174621/broadmoor-100-what-drew-celebrities-presidents?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 25 Nov 2018 12:00:22 +0000 Necessity is the mother of invention; the proverb could have been devised specifically for the bicycle. The first was built 201 years ago in Mannheim, in the southwest German state of Baden-Württemberg, in response to a natural disaster halfway around the world. In 1815, the eruption of Mount Tambora, in the Dutch East Indies, blanketed the skies over Europe with dense volcanic ash clouds, killing crops and causing widespread famine. Families were forced to slaughter their horses for food, so,... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/2161957/germany-bicycle-black-forests-gateway-birthplace-bike?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/2161957/germany-bicycle-black-forests-gateway-birthplace-bike?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:03:59 +0000 What is it? For generations of Midwestern Americans, summer has meant a stay at the Grand Hotel, an iconic lake retreat on Mackinac Island, Michigan’s oldest state park and the United States’ second national park, after Yellowstone. The 393-room resort, which operates from May to October and opened on July 10, 1887, is on the Straits of Mackinac, which separate Michigan’s upper and lower peninsulas and connect great lakes Huron and Michigan. Since 1933, the Grand has been family owned, and it... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/2147719/experience-old-school-americana-michigans-grand-hotel?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/2147719/experience-old-school-americana-michigans-grand-hotel?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 26 May 2018 12:00:30 +0000 What is it? The mirrored, faceted facade of The ART hotel shimmers like a diamond set among the venerable cultural institutions of Denver, Colorado’s Golden Triangle Museum District. Curator Dianne Vanderlip, formerly of the Denver Art Museum, composed The ART’s 50-piece collection of paintings, sculptures, photography, mixed media and large-scale installations. The chic, 165-room boutique hotel is adjacent to the Denver Art Museum, History Colorado Centre and Clyfford Still Museum, and within... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/2095361/denvers-art-hotel-where-it-feels-youre-sleeping?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/2095361/denvers-art-hotel-where-it-feels-youre-sleeping?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 May 2017 12:02:35 +0000 Where and what is it? British entrepreneur Richard Branson, known for his playful, innovative business style, professed his love for America's heartland while opening the first ever Virgin Hotels property, in Chicago, last year. The art-deco, 26-storey hotel is in the 1928 landmark Old Dearborn Bank Building and inside The Loop, named after the elevated train tracks lassoing the heart of Chicago's pulsing financial district. The 250-room boutique hotel is within walking distance of the Chicago... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel-leisure/article/1947254/inside-richard-bransons-swanky-virgin-hotels?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel-leisure/article/1947254/inside-richard-bransons-swanky-virgin-hotels?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 May 2016 14:00:45 +0000