Europe is rich in history, but its splendid castles, antique churches, and age-old ruins tell only part of the story. To dig even deeper in time – much deeper – visit a cave. Some of my favorites, in ...

As a traveler, I find myself visiting the homes of lots of dead people. Some are over the top (Louis XIV’s Versailles near Paris); some are haunting (the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam); others inspire ...

The restaurants survive on the town’s short, intense summer season, when vacationing Swedes make the streets lively day and ...

Traveling abroad can be an exciting, heady thing to do, filled with amazing sights, new experiences, and unfamiliar sounds, smells, and tastes. It's a sensory overload at the best of times, and this ...

There’s something deeply satisfying about a visit to a glass workshop, or “glasbruk”, where you feel genuine artistic energy in the air.