Category: Travel

The city of Lyon dedicated a monument to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry to celebrate his legacy as both a pioneering aviator…

It is midnight. The moon is dim, and hundreds of diminutive people—bearded, flat faced, and pale, with large blue eyes—are…

An elusive beast is said to lurk in Pennsylvania’s hemlock forests. It supposedly slinks between the shadows on moonlit nights,…

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The mountains of British Columbia tend to be extremely steep because they’ve been oversteepened by deep and extensive glacial downcutting.…

This unassuming pub is a building that one might walk past without a second glance at the treasures that lie…

The Paseo del Sistema Solar (Solar System Walk) is a three-dimensional model of the solar system that was inaugurated on September…

Charles M. Schulz, creator of the comic strip Peanuts, was born in Minneapolis and spent his childhood in Saint Paul.At its…

This story was originally published on The Conversation. It appears here under a Creative Commons license. I teach a course…

Počitelj is a charming historic fortified village located in the south of Bosnia and Herzegovina, along the Neretva River. The…

Founded in 1337, Ryūkō-ji Temple is located atop a hill overlooking Enoshima Island. The name, also read as Tatsu-no-kuchi, means…

Cascata Diamantina is one of the most beautiful waterfalls of Tijuca National Park. Accessed by an easy-difficulty hike, this waterfall…