Dennis Lennox

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  • Travel: Postcard from Cottonwood, Arizona

    Travel: Postcard from Cottonwood, Arizona

    Forget Sedona, which in recent years has become openly hostile to tourists, and instead plan a trip to nearby Cottonwood.

  • Travel: 3 overlooked places to visit this winter

    Travel: 3 overlooked places to visit this winter

    Forget a beach vacation this winter. Instead, plan a trip to one of the following three places.

  • Travel: Postcard from Quebec City

    Travel: Postcard from Quebec City

    With Christmas rapidly approaching, now is the time to visit Quebec City.

  • Travel: Why Mazatlan has me rethinking Mexico

    Travel: Why Mazatlan has me rethinking Mexico

    My visit to Mazatlan, a coastal city in the state of Sinaloa, came a couple months after this column warned readers about visiting the country. And yes, Sinaloa is the home of that Sinaloa — the notorious cartel and drug traffickers.

  • Travel: Postcard from Victoria, Kansas

    Travel: Postcard from Victoria, Kansas

    If there is one place in Kansas that looks and feels like somewhere in Europe then this is the place.

  • Travel: Postcard from Golden, Colorado

    Travel: Postcard from Golden, Colorado

    I’m in an old mining town located where Colorado’s plains meet the mountains. As the iconic arch that spans Washington Avenue — the main street in all but name — proclaims, this is also “where the West lives.”

  • Travel: Postcard from Abilene, Kansas

    Travel: Postcard from Abilene, Kansas

    Anyone who has ever done a cross-country road trip on Interstate Highway 70 has passed through Abilene, Kansas. Notwithstanding all the small-town charm, which is in and of itself a draw, Abilene’s real claim to fame is General of the Army and President Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969).

  • Travel: Postcard from Fort Benton, Montana

    Travel: Postcard from Fort Benton, Montana

    The westward expansion that Lewis and Clark ignited would put Fort Benton on the map. The trappers, traders and pioneers who followed over the ensuing decades made it the birthplace of Montana.

  • Travel: This fall, visit these 3 overlooked places

    Travel: This fall, visit these 3 overlooked places

    As summer ends and fall begins, this column looks at three destinations to visit.

  • Travel: Postcard from Durham

    Travel: Postcard from Durham

    This historic city in the northeast of England seems overshadowed by Canterbury and York with their archiepiscopal sees or Edinburgh farther to the north in Scotland.