Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2754 Most Recommended Travel en-us Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:30:18 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2754 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/us_sears_tower_ledge ap_travel/20090701/us_sears_tower_ledge AP travel Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:05:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/us_sears_tower_ledge"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.9ffd3328812f4de8a2b4e00e351417d9.aptopix_sears_tower_ledge_cx104.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=U1TqcN5D4tGEnpazlkUnSA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Anna Kane, 5, of Alton, Ill. lays down on 'The Ledge,' the new glass balconies suspended 1,353 feet (412 meters) in the air and jut out 4 feet (1.22 meters) from the Sears Tower's 103rd floor Skydeck Wednesday, July 1, 2009 in Chicago. The Ledge will open to public on Thursday. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)" border="0" /></a>AP - Visitors to the Sears Tower's new glass balconies all seem to agree: The first step is the hardest.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/us_sears_tower_ledge"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.9ffd3328812f4de8a2b4e00e351417d9.aptopix_sears_tower_ledge_cx104.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=U1TqcN5D4tGEnpazlkUnSA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Anna Kane, 5, of Alton, Ill. lays down on 'The Ledge,' the new glass balconies suspended 1,353 feet (412 meters) in the air and jut out 4 feet (1.22 meters) from the Sears Tower's 103rd floor Skydeck Wednesday, July 1, 2009 in Chicago. The Ledge will open to public on Thursday. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/us_travel_brief_liberty_crown ap_travel/20090702/us_travel_brief_liberty_crown AP travel Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:30:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/us_travel_brief_liberty_crown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.b5b8361d584e4629a617881d8a2aa63d.liberty_crown_ny343.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Qv2ecDnjsNzRaguwaZgByg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this June 2, 2009 photo, the Statue of Liberty is seen in New York harbor. The crown is set to open July 4 after being closed since shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0" /></a>AP - It's crowded. It's hot. You have to climb hundreds of steps to get there. And throngs of people can't wait to visit.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/us_travel_brief_liberty_crown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.b5b8361d584e4629a617881d8a2aa63d.liberty_crown_ny343.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Qv2ecDnjsNzRaguwaZgByg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this June 2, 2009 photo, the Statue of Liberty is seen in New York harbor. The crown is set to open July 4 after being closed since shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)