Dennis Lennox

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  Jan 12, 2025

  Travel: New Orleans is open as the state steps forward to keep visitors safe

  Is New Orleans safe? That was a question I kept asking myself over the course of four nights at a hotel just a short walk from the French Quarter.

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  Dec 29, 2024

  Travel: In Paris, Notre Dame is open but visiting may be a challenge

  Notre Dame is arguably the most important part of the City of Light. In the year before the 2019 fire, it was the most-visited place in all of France with 12 million visitors.

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  Dec 8, 2024

  Travel: Finding Tiffany’s masterpiece chapel in Florida

  In a museum in a somewhat overlooked suburb of Orlando is an ornate chapel unlike anything I have ever seen.

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  Nov 24, 2024

  In Dallas, this megachurch is Episcopalian

  God isn’t quite done with the Episcopal Church. That was travel writer Dennis Lennox's impression after a recent trip to Texas took him to the Church of the Incarnation in Dallas. Admittedly, this part of the country is still culturally Christian. The parking lots of most churches across all denominations are considerably fuller than their counterparts elsewhere.

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  Nov 10, 2024

  Travel: Postcard from Clarksville, Tennessee

  Once an outpost on the early frontier and later a port for steamers carrying tobacco and cotton, this town in northern Tennessee is today a hidden gem.

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  Oct 27, 2024

  Travel: Postcard from Irving, Texas

  Sometimes suburbia is the destination. One such suburb is Irving, Texas. Once a bedroom community for Dallas, it has become a destination in its own right.

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  Oct 6, 2024

  Travel: Postcard from Las Cruces, New Mexico

  Overshadowed by artsy-fartsy Taos and Santa Fe, this is New Mexico’s most underrated city.

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  Sep 15, 2024

  Travel: In Europe, 3 places to visit this fall

  As the calendar ushers in fall, now is the perfect time to visit Europe.

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  Sep 1, 2024

  Travel: Postcard from Plymouth, England

  As I learned during a return visit this summer, the real draw in Plymouth is the centuries of maritime history. It goes well beyond the Mayflower, whose sailing from here 424 years ago on Sept. 16 was a historical fluke.

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  Aug 4, 2024

  Travel: In the middle of nowhere on Lake Superior, a city defined by industry

  “Nobody really comes here,” the waiter at my hotel said. “People only stop when they’re driving through.” I heard that a lot during my recent three-night visit to Thunder Bay on the north shore of Lake Superior in Ontario, Canada.