River cruises are “more about the experience off the ship than on,” a travel journalist says. Viking and American Cruise Lines operate some in the United States.

American Cruise Lines offers U.S. river cruises all around the country, including the Mississippi River, New England, Southeast, Puget Sound, Alaska, and the Columbia and Snake Rivers. Voyages range ...

Andrea Mickelson would have said "absolutely not" to the idea of becoming a river cruise ship captain if you had asked her during her five-year run as a mate. She's now been a captain for 17 years ...