Stockholm is one of the most beautiful national capitals in the world. The Old Town is particularly spectacular, and walking around the city's waterways and parks is a great way to spend a week-long s ...
Berlin, first built in the 13th Century, is the heart of Germany. Ravaged in war, divided during the Cold War, it is a city still rebuilding itself from seventy years of tyranny, first under Hitler, t ...
Naples is one of the most ancient cities in the world, having been founded three thousand years ago by Greeks and Phonecians. The sometimes chaotic, always charming city is covered with attractions fr ...
It is one of the most famous neighborhoods in Paris. The 18th arrondisement, or Montmartre, was home to many famous artists who between them, changed the face of painting. Today, if you visit this pic ...
Chartres, a town just an hour away from Paris, styles itself as the capital of light and pewrfume. But it is most famous for the high gothic cathedral which dominates the city. ...
Helsinki seems more like a small-town rather than a national capital. There are no high-rise buildings and the market square is still surrounded by 19th-century architecture. Its green parks and water ...
Seldom has a product been marketed and promoted so successfully. Even though bottled water can cost up to 10,000 times as much as regular tap water, it sells big time. What is it about bottled water ...
Megaliths, medieval dungeons and Calypso's Cave, al combine to make Malta a positively mythic place. The narrow cobblestone streets of its towns are crowded with Norman cathedrals and baroque palaces. ...
St. Petersburg, the capital of Russia during the time of the Tsars, was built from nothing by Tsar Peter the Great in the early 18th Century. It was to be his "window on the west" and has be ...
Beijing is a city steeped in the ancient history of China, and yet reaching toward the future at a break neck speed. One finds artifacts of Emperors and revolutionary communists coexisting with modern ...
Tunisia was and is a crossroads of the world. It has seen the Phonecians, the Carthaginians, the Romans, the Vandals, the Arabs, the Turks, and European colonialists. Each have left their mark on this ...
New York City is a premier vacation destination for many visitors from within the United States and from around the world. Estimates are that at least 4 million people visit New York City every year, ...
Cardiff, the capital of Wales, is dominated by the majestic castle that, while mostly of recent construction, dates back to medieval times. The town is a treasury of artifacts of ancient and medieval ...