Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Residents of this picturesque Lake Michigan community are known to quip, "The view of the bay is half your pay." It's a sardonic commentary on the local wage scale, but also a tribute to the stunning scenery and small-town quality of life that have lured many a...

Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Mount Washington Observatory museum is planning a major overhaul designed to give summer visitors a feel for the extreme winter weather atop the Northeast's highest peak. The 40-year-old education center attracts more than 100,000 visitors a year, making it the...

Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Mitchell Etess thinks he knows the biggest thing that was wrong with New Jersey's oldest casino. "There weren't a whole lot of people sitting around New Jersey or Pennsylvania that said, 'Let's go party tonight in Resorts,'" said Etess, whose Mohegan Tribal Gaming...

Updated: 50 min ago

NEW YORK (AP) — A company that promised sightseer tours to the Bronx that included a New York City "ghetto" has stopped the bus rides under protest from an outraged neighborhood. Real Bronx Tours, which took mostly European tourists from Manhattan to see life in the South Bronx "from a safe...

Updated: 4 hr ago

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The third season of free weekly tours at the South Dakota Governor's mansion will begin next month. Tickets for mansion tours must be obtained in advance from the Pierre Chamber of Commerce. The tours will start June 5. They will be conducted each Wednesday in June, July...

Updated: 5 hr ago

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's 15 state-run museums and historic sites will be free this summer for active duty members of the military and their families. The free admission will be offered from Memorial Day through Labor Day as part of the national Blue Star Museums program. Free...

Updated: 6 hr ago

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Two dozen Kentucky museums and other attractions are offering free admission to active-duty military personnel and their families starting Monday and continuing through Labor Day. They're among more than 2,000 locations opening their doors at no charge to military...

Updated: 7 hr ago

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Several West Virginia attractions are participating in the National Endowment for the Arts initiative to offer free admission to active-duty military members and their families. The Blue Star Museums program includes more than 2,000 museums across the country offering...

Updated: 7 hr ago

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The New York State Museum has added two artifacts to its exhibition marking the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. Now in the exhibit, entitled "An Irrepressible Conflict: The Empire State in the Civil War," are the notes taken by two physicians who attended President...

Updated: 7 hr ago

MASON, Ohio (AP) — Current and former members of the U.S. military will get free admission to Kings Island amusement park in southwest Ohio over Memorial Day weekend. The park says a valid military ID must be presented at the Kings Island ticket window to take advantage of the free admission...