Erik Trinidad

For winter sports enthusiasts and adrenaline junkies, heli-skiing is, at least, intriguing. Contrary to popular belief, it's actually a relatively accessible sport with diverse terrain perfect for everyone from beginners to double-black diamond experts. It's similar to a backcountry skiing excursion, but without a snowcat terrestrially bringing you up a mountain or the chore of having to hike up yourself with climbing skins. Instead, choppers in different regions of the world provide the lift up the mountain to otherwise inaccessible areas, so you can make ski (or snowboard) tracks in the most pristine and picturesque palaces of powder on the planet. Here, five places to try it.

Many new to the world of dogsledding opt for a leisurely ride in a sled while a musher leads them across the snowy landscape with some help from a team of tireless canines.

Everyone has an opinion about chicken—some prefer white meat; others swear by dark. However, if there’s one thing both camps can agree on, it’s the awesomeness of bird's skin. That's why we're calling it now: chicken skin is the new bacon.

Street art is truly celebrated in the southwestern French town of Angoulême, the self-proclaimed “Capital of the Comic Strip.” In addition to a comic art school, museum, and annual international festival dedicated to bandes dessinée, it also has more than 20 commissioned murals.

The Klondike Gold Rush of 1898 may have taken place more than a century ago, but history buffs can still relive it in Alaska and Canada’s Yukon Territory.

There, sights, museums, and tours like John Hall’s Alaska Klondike Gold Rush Tour and those by Klondike Tours allow you to get into the Gold Rush spirit, while also experiencing the region’s beautiful landscapes and wildlife. If you’re lucky, you might come home with some gold for yourself.

When Dian Fossey arrived in Rwanda, there’s no way ...

We all love to eat, but—news flash—sometimes all that consumption of delicious food equates to an extra inch—or inches—around your waist. Well, there are ways to work off the poundage that don't necessarily involve repetitive actions at the gym—in fact, they involve going on vacation...

Trekking the Colorado Rockies with a Wooly Companion

When you think of the activities that tourists usually do in Israel — exploring historic ruins, visiting religious sites, enjoying water sports or nightlife...

I stood in a rental house in Portland, aptly named the Maker Flat, admiring a particular item that stood out to me. It wasn’t a kitchen magnet or a shiny set of knives, but a unique lighting fixture hanging from the ceiling: a slab of wood tastefully carved, polished, and intentionally raw on one side, with a hole cut out in the exact shape of the lightbulb that filled its space...

Curaçao, former Dutch Caribbean colony of the Netherlands Antilles, may be known for spectacular underwater dive sites as much as its eponymous blue liqueur, but there are plenty of seafaring activities to do on the surface of its cerulean waters as well — a popular one being windsurfing...

I had long toyed with the idea of traveling around the world long-term and experiencing the wonders I’d only read about or seen on television—a trip I knew I had to do on my own. None of my friends or family at the time was willing to sell their car, leave their apartment, or do whatever it took to build a financial nest egg to last a year or more. But more importantly, I wanted to travel alone to prove that I could, and to see how a solo trip of this nature would challenge and shape me and my ability to get through both good and bad situations without the comforts or hindrances I was leaving behind.

Snow may be fun for some, but for others, the winter weather out there is, as they say, “frightful.” However, you don’t need that frosty white powder to have fun on the slopes, for there is an alternative that can be every bit as exhilarating: sandboarding.

Green tea has been known to be a cure-all for many things, from high cholesterol to hangovers. Rich in antioxidants, it's also been linked to weight loss and healthy circulation -- not to mention it's a less jittery alternative to coffee for those who need to stay awake...

I’ve been snowboarding for 17 years, but am a complete novice when it comes to skiing—just above the beginner’s ski school lesson of forming a “pizza wedge” to slow down, and straightening out to “French fries” to accelerate. Unfortunately for me, my snowboard boots were in baggage limbo along with the rest of my luggage and…