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Travel goods for today: Travel comes home

Many people who would love to travel aren’t doing so at the moment, yet they still pine and plan for those travel experiences. Until you can get there in person, satisfy the travel itch with a little piece of the place topping your wish list. OPEN A BOOK TO THE SEASHELL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD Dreaming of sand and sun, seashells and the seashore? When you can’t get to the beach, do the next best thing: Pick up a great beach read. "A Shell of a Problem" by Jennifer L. Schiff transports readers to Sanibel Island, Florida, for a mystery involving a rare, beautiful and highly sought shell in this bea...

With museums closed, here are 5 great online museum experiences

CHICAGO — A few advantages to digital museumgoing: 1. No lines. 2. No fees. 3. No alarms sounding when you venture a little too close to the item on exhibit.So below are five great ways to visit museums digitally during this resurgent COVID-19 pandemic.What’s behind this? The big Chicago-area museums have closed down again. With coronavirus rates in the state and region rising dramatically, museums operating indoors fell under a general state order that also shut indoor casinos, theaters and, at least according to the rules, restaurants.A person could question why a health club operating at 25...