Sometimes the smallest towns offer the most fun for family vacations, and this exceptionally charming Kansas destination is a perfect example.

He was a real-estate agent, fortyish or so, and he came back later when I'd fin­ished my soaking communion with the cosmos. Turned out he was a serious family man, not really a car nut at all, but ...

Stuffed porpoise stomachs and blood custard for the rich, pickled carrots for the poor, and ale for all. Europeans in the ...