After months of disruption by construction and warnings about dropping service over track conditions, Eurostar is headed back to Amsterdam soon.

Thank you for a most interesting post and photographs; it makes me want to visit Southern Idaho. The most impressive basalt columns I have ever seen are on the island of Staffa, close to the Isle of ...

While over 400 overstayers have been deported from the islands so far this year, more serious penalties are possible. The possible jail terms for violators of long-term visas have been increased 6 to ...

DrFumblefinger visits Conimbriga, the largest Roman ruins in Portugal and an important city in the Roman Empire. The site is ...

Flooding in Thailand's Chiang Mai province has left 20 elephant shelters, home to more than 300 elephants, short of food. The floods destroyed existing food supplies.

Rome's Trevi Fountain, mostly in the news lately for overcrowding and a plan to charge visitors to view it, will be closed for the next two months while it gets a long-needed cleaning. The fountain ...

Food culture note: In the U.S., they're usually filled with either raspberry or 'red' filling. Vienna's krapfen go for ...

Fall is my favorite season largely because of the beautiful transition of colors in the vegetation. Whether it’s grasses, small bushes or large trees like these aspens, the forests are even more ...

There are few things I enjoy more than exploring, shopping at, and taking photos of a great farmers' market on a beautiful ...

The church was built in 1933-34 by architect Clemens Holzmeister for a congregation of recent arrivals from Czechoslovakia. He used the open side of the lot, on Linienstrasse, for a handsome brick ...

The fishmonger's district (Quai de la Poissonnerie) is the place where most of the professional fishermen and boatmen of ...

One of things I love about living in New York City is the opportunity to explore other cultures without having to travel very ...