Temperatures are warming and airfare wars are heating up, too, as airlines bulk up on their flights to the 49th state.  

Forget the usual tourist traps -- if you really want to enjoy Seattle's cosmopolitan flair, pay a visit to some of its many great restaurants.

Keep your eyes beyond the snowberms and above the horizon -- you'd swear summer has already arrived in Alaska. Here are a few early-early season opportunities to get out and enjoy the Last Frontier, before the hords and mosquitoes descend.

Got out of town guests coming up this year? Wanting to take that Alaska vacation you've always dreamed of? It's never too early to start planning, and here's the ultimate cheat sheet.