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Man typing on a laptop, used for Boggle puzzle on finding time
David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

Boggle BrainBusters: Finding Time

How many hidden words can you find?

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek | June 2, 2025
A cocktail and an emptied flight at the Copper Fox Distillery Williamsburg tasting room. Credit: Annie Tobey
Annie Tobey

Copper Fox Distillery

Smoke, no mirrors

By Annie Tobey | May 29, 2025
The Nikolai pillar illuminated at night in Leipzig. Built in view of its importance in the 1989 Peaceful Revolution. CREDIT: Holger Kleine
Rick Steves

Remembering the Peaceful Revolution in Leipzig

The German city that helped halt communism

By Rick Steves | May 27, 2025
grandmother and granddaughter looking at a tablet, possibly doing puzzles, like this one on money matters. Photo by Fizkes Dreamstime
David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

Jumble Puzzles with Money Matters

Two scrambled word challenges – Jumble for Kids and the Classic

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek | May 26, 2025
Dhos Bittersweet NA spirit for article on non-alcoholic drinks
Annie Tobey

Treat Yourself to a Non-Alcoholic Buzz

Products that provide unadulterated pleasure

By Annie Tobey | May 23, 2025
In Istanbul, Turkey, where East meets West. Built by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian in the early sixth century on the grandest scale possible, the Hagia Sophia was later converted from a church into a mosque by the conquering Ottomans. CREDIT: Carrie Shepherd, Rick Steves’ Europe.
Rick Steves

East Meets West in Istanbul

A crossroads of civilizations in Turkey

By Rick Steves | May 21, 2025
Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas: Spring fed ponds at the northern entrance to the Grand Promenade. Credit: Debby Thomas
Nick Thomas

Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas

Take a Hike! with Nick Thomas

By Nick Thomas | May 20, 2025
man on tablet, maybe finding the Boggle hidden countries or the numbers in the letters. Prostockstudio
David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

Boggle Puzzle: Numbers in the Letters

How many hidden words can you find?

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek | May 19, 2025
A city street through York in England: York’s atmospheric old butchers’ quarter, The Shambles, hosts tipsy medieval buildings. Though the lane looks tidy today, the blood, guts, and waste flushed into its center channel was once truly a shambles. CREDIT: (Dominic Arizona Bonuccelli, Rick Steves’ Europe).
Rick Steves

The Historic Layers of York in England

Viking artifacts, Roman bricks, railroads, and more

By Rick Steves | May 13, 2025
A granddad and grandson looking at a laptop together, perhaps doing a Kids Jumble puzzle
David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

Jumble Puzzles: Noisy Cows and Happy Cat

Two scrambled word challenges, for Kids and the Classic

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek | May 12, 2025

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