The Cotswolds are some of the UK’s most family-friendly destinations, offering fun activities for adults and kids. With stunning medieval villages and gorgeous countryside, visiting The Cotswolds is a fun adventure for families. And while the region is home to many family-friendly cottages with amenities dedicated to kids, you’ll find plenty of options if you…
While the bright lights of the big city may appeal to most travelers, it is the obscure and quaint countryside that holds the most alluring charms. If you want a deeper look into a country’s culture, you will find it in the most unfiltered form in its countryside. Small villages with picturesque landscapes and close-knitted…
There are few things more beautiful and terrifying than the slumbering remnants of a once fiery supervolcano. Approximately 420 million years ago, a massive volcano spewed boiling lava and sheets of ash into the sky above the area that we now know as Scotland. It was during this period the rounded, rocky mountains of Glen…
Millionaire Flex-O-Glass inventor Harold Warp long dreamed of building a monument to American ingenuity, progress, and hard work. Warp used his millions to assemble a fictional Pioneer Village that features several displays that celebrate the warp speed trajectory of American innovation. Pioneer Village features rows of vintage cars, fully intact kitchen scenes, and a helicopter….
When most people think of visiting Italy, they think of strolling the streets of a posh city like Rome. Italy is home to countless small villages that are every bit as lovely as Italy’s glamorous big cities. The tiny village of Santa Maddalena—which is located in the shadow of the Dolomites—has all of the charm…
In order to pass the time, veteran Huang Yung-Fu decided to beautify the dull, grey Taiwanese village that he called home. Huang Yung-Fu’s neighbors—also fellow veterans—were beginning to leave in droves. Huang Yung-Fu had settled in his neighborhood after fighting in the Second Sino-Chinese War and the Chinese Civil War. Several neighborhoods in Taiwan were…
Centuries ago, fishermen in the Italian village of Burano—which is located on an island near the city of Venice—painted their houses vibrant colors so that their village would always be visible on the horizon when they were out at sea. Bright shades of pink, orange, red, and yellow also helped to separate one building from…
Cinque Terre is a collection of 5 villages located on the Italian Riviera that appears from the water as a colorful natural outcropping of the coast’s jagged mountains. The 5 villages of Cinque Terre—Monterosso Al Marne, Vernazza, Corniglia, Riomagglore, and Manarola—date back to the 11th century. Cinque Terre remained isolated from most of Italy until…
