Melanie D.G. Kaplan

Historically, the hostel is known as a bare-bones and predictably grungy spot for funky (and I don't mean hip) backpackers to sack out in Europe. But it's been undergoing an...

Burlington, Vermont, had so much of what I had always wanted in a vacation that I often forgot I was on assignment.Perched on Lake Champlain, just south of Canada, Burlington...