I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again – sometimes the lesser known a destination is, the bigger impression it makes. We’ve seen the world’s icons in movies. You know, Paris, New York, and London, to name a few. It’s almost as if you know exactly what it’s like to visit without ever visiting. …

Northern Lights, vast nature preserves yet to be spoiled by modern civilization, inhabited by elegant moose and brown bears, and even mahoosive glaciers and winding fjords: Alaska is the trip of a lifetime, and this year, it’s a short direct flight away for millions more people. Alaska Airlines announced it’s touching down in Detroit and …