Travel Idea: Explore the isolation of the Badlands in Winter.

North Dakota | Badlands Christmas

Travel Ideas: Explore the isolation of the Badlands in Winter.

Travel Idea: Head to Mt. Washington Alpine Resort for some skiing in fabulous early winter powder.

British Columbia: Mt. Washington Alpine Resort

Travel Ideas: Head to Mt. Washington Alpine Resort for some skiing in fabulous early winter powder.

Travel Idea: Explore the vast wilderness of the Yukon Territory on a dog-sledding adventure.

Yukon Territory: Dog Sledding

Travel Ideas: Explore the vast wilderness of the Yukon Territory on a dog-sledding adventure.

Travel Idea: Head to Anchorage for the start of the annual Idatarod dog race in March.

Alaska: Iditarod

Travel Ideas: Head to Anchorage for the start of the annual Idatarod dog race in March.

Travel Idea: Travel North to the light of Iceland.

Iceland: Light

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Editors Pick: Week of May 2, 2011

Travel Ideas: Travel North to the light of Iceland.

Travel Idea: Explore the waters around Vancouver on paddleboard this winter.

British Columbia: Paddleboarding Vancouver

Travel Ideas: Explore the waters around Vancouver on paddleboard this winter.

Weekend Travel Idea: The Berkshires seem dreamlike on account of their frosting... a perfect place for a winter weekend in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts: The Berkshires

Weekend Travel Ideas: The Berkshires seem dreamlike on account of their frosting… a perfect place for a winter weekend in Massachusetts.

Travel Idea: Take to the waters of Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands for winter surfing.

Spain: Fuerteventura Surfing

Travel Ideas: Take to the waters of Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands for winter surfing.

Travel Idea: Ride a ferry across the icy Baltic sea in the dead of winter.

Sweden: Baltic Sea Ride

Travel Ideas: Ride a ferry across the icy Baltic sea in the dead of winter.

Travel Idea: Relax in the winter wonderland at the enchanting and historic Banff Springs Hotel.

Alberta: Snowfall at Banff Springs

Travel Ideas: Relax in the winter wonderland at the enchanting and historic Banff Springs Hotel.

Cultural Travel Idea: Don't try this at home... but go to Zakopane, Poland to see Kumoterki, as they horse-ski.

Poland: Horse-Skiing in Zakopane

Cultural Travel Ideas: Don’t try this at home… but go to Zakopane, Poland to see Kumoterki, as they horse-ski.

Travel Idea: Come to Ottawa's Winterlude festival for fabulous ice sculptures, dog sled rides and truly frozen food treats.

Ontario: Winterlude Festival

Travel Ideas: Come to Ottawa’s Winterlude festival for fabulous ice sculptures, dog sled rides and truly frozen food treats.