It's a wide-open world, full of wonders, contrasts, heart wrenches and surprises. Travel writer Susan Spano looked back over 10-plus years of writing travel stories for the L.A. Times and chose her top 50 trips, from Sweden's Arctic Circle to the canyon lands of Utah.*
*The complete stories appear as they did when they were published. The facts were accurate at the time of publication, but may have changed since then. If you're planning a trip, be sure to reverify the information.
