Travel & Leisure

The Mad, Mad, Mad World of Professor Cline

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:53:00 GMT

Hyperkinetic Mark Cline has turned a sleepy tourist town into a home for his kitschy genius.

The Undersea World of Virginia

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:36:00 GMT

Some of the region’s best scuba diving is found in a quarry south of Petersburg. MATTHEW GRAHAM goes under and finds a bus sunk in Lake Rawlings.

Mud Bath to Mossy Creek

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:29:33 GMT

Transforming a muddy river back into a perfect stream can be done. Beau Beasley tells how a cow wallow became an Augusta County gem.

Vision Quest

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:43:00 GMT

Virginia Beach ophthalmologist Dr. G. Peyton Neatrour and family spent two weeks in the Philippines this summer, volunteering with the Physicians for Peace Seeing Clearly program. An inspirational family vacation.

Hot Stuff!

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:41:00 GMT

Bikram Yoga asana (poses) and locations.

The Surfing Life

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:13:00 GMT

Virginia Beach does not have big waves, but it does have a rich history of surfing—it's where East Coast surfing got its start. An epic retrospective!

Pretty, Remote, and Quaint

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:11:00 GMT

This is the 75th anniversary of Shenandoah National Park - 200,000 acres of raw, splendid nature, and the only national park in the mid-Atlantic region.

Ireland, Decidedly Not by the Book

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:23:00 GMT

She’s got no time for Blarney. Ann Cochran’s visit to the Emerald Isle is all spas, horses and castles.

Nestled in Jamaica

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:52:00 GMT

At the Bluefields Bay Villas, the rhythm is luxuriously slow.

Whitecaps on the Reservoir

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:23:00 GMT

A spill into icy water can spoil an afternoon sail.

Bullish on the Beach

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:43:30 GMT

Does King Neptune rule at Virginia Beach, or is it developer and timeshare impresario Bruce Thompson? With city officials, Thompson is keen to bring more upscale development to a resort area trying to shed its reputation as a “redneck Riviera".

More than the Fish

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:40:39 GMT

Angling for striper with his father-in-law on the Chesapeake Bay, BEAU BEASLEY finally gets why his own father never cared whether he caught much.

Going Native

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:39:16 GMT

Three different spas put twists on the trend for indigenous treatments.

A Magical Hideout

Tue, 31 May 2011 15:57:00 GMT

Floyd is a town unlike any other in Virginia—small and rugged, artistic and proud.

En Garde!

Tue, 24 May 2011 13:56:00 GMT

Fencing is one of the world’s oldest sports, but it has always been a peripheral one in America, perhaps because it is not made for TV. However, its popularity is slowly growing. And one needn’t be young to fence—just agile, tactical and tough.