North America

North America's best train journey

The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic was voted the "best train ride in North America" by USA Today readers in 2016.

My search for a ghost in Sante Fe

I was hoping for a glimpse of Julia Staab, a German Jewish bride brought from the old country by her husband, Abraham, in the late 19th century.

10-year plan to preserve North American salmon stocks

Orcas there have struggled with a lack of food because of greatly reduced numbers of chinook salmon making it to the Pacific Ocean.

Rain, floods still in Florence's forecast

All roads in and out of a North Carolina city of 120,000 people are underwater, it's raining and rivers are still rising.