Travel briefs

Toy Hall of Fame moves across country

Salem, Ore. Goodbye Barbie. See ya Slinky. So long Silly Putty. Wear a hat Mister Potato Head.

You’re all headed to Rochester, N.Y., the new home of the National Toy Hall of Fame. That city’s Strong Museum purchased the Hall of Fame from A.C. Gilbert’s Discovery Village in Salem, where it has been since 1998.

Children from throughout the country each year are asked to submit nominations for their favorite toy. A committee of educators, civic leaders and toy industry representatives pick the toys to be inducted and displayed.

Magazine ranks Caribbean islands

Caribbean Travel & Life magazine has picked top islands in five categories in its October issue. The choices: for adventure, Dominica; for romance, Nevis, with intimate inns and coastline; for shopping, St. Martin and St. Barts; for spas, St. Lucia, where King Louis XIV built volcanic hot tubs for troops; and for family fun, St. John, which is largely a national park.