Planning a trip to Europe from the USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand, or Canada means a lot of moving parts. Flights, trains, city switches, and somewhere between all of it, you need your phone to just work. Maps loading at a busy train station, a booking confirmation pulling up at a hotel desk, a quick…
Have you ever wanted to leave everything behind and head out on the road in an old van? Most people have, at least once. That restless urge sits at the heart of Into the Wild, Sean Pennβs raw and deeply affecting film based on the real story of Christopher McCandless, the young man who renamed…
A summer holiday is a perfect opportunity to re-energise your body and mind, and to return to your daily life feeling refreshed. But to get the maximum benefit from your break, youβll need to approach it in the right way. Letβs consider a few worthwhile tips that might allow you to do exactly that. Plan…
Prior to the 20th century, people of Greek and Turkish descent lived a fairly harmonious existence in the Turkish village of Kayakoy. Referred to as Livissi by the Greek population, the village was home to a Greek Orthodox church, rows of homes, and a school. A cultural rift between Greece and Turkey in the wake…
Like most mid-sized cities, Rockford, Illinois is home to an art museum, a natural history museum, and a childrenβs museum. What visitors donβt expect is a quartet of 12-foot stone statues that have been likened to stone gladiators, petrified robots, and golems that will spring to life at any moment to defend the town of…
Some landscapes donβt need much interpretation. You arrive, and the setting already feels removed from everyday life, shaped more by geography than anything built around it. Movement tends to follow natural routes, including coastlines, valleys, and forest paths. This guide looks at a handful of destinations where that sense comes through clearly. From island chains…
Since the dawn of the 21st century, Roosevelt Island has been hailed as a sleek and very desirable strip of land rising from the East River. Located between Manhattan and Queens, Roosevelt Island is home to a handful of parks, Cornell Techβs state-of-the-art campus, and numerous residential towers. The ruins of a Gothic building that…
Just off the Columbia River Gorge highway in Oregon, there is a stop that feels unexpectedly prehistoric. The Bonneville Fish Hatchery does not look particularly unusual at first. There is a small parking area, picnic tables, and a short walk toward a concrete pond where visitors gather along a metal railing. Some stay for only…