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A view over Porto rooftops. Photo: Frances Ambler Travelers often neglect it in favor of Lisbon but Porto—Portugal’s second city—more than justifies its place on an itinerary. While it’s still very much an industrial, working city, it’s got more than enough riverside views,...

Even simple perks like an elevator make a London stay special. Photo: Meininger Hotel It’s easy to be overwhelmed by the choice when looking for somewhere to stay in London. Price and location are important considerations, but what about those little perks that really help to...

Nestled in the cozy natural climes of a Danish forest, the outdoor art gallery known as Skovsnogen is a dreamy collection of permanent and semi-permanent installations that lead visitors on a surreal walk through a wilderness that has become an adult playground.  The site is...

Miles south of the Utah state capitol city of Salt Lake City on the outskirts of the small town of Goshen lie the remains of the Tintic Standard Reduction Mill, a nearly century old ore refinery that has become a haunting ruin of graffiti and crumbling industrial architecture....

Despite the vocal objections of a number of taxpayers, the Civil War-era East Race Waterway was resurrected after being filled and is now a commercial and competitive white water river course that runs straight through a bustling downtown.   The East Race was originally...

At the Studebaker National Museum, visitors can marvel at the stylish automobiles of another era that made South Bend, Indiana famous including such famed automobiles as Fozzie the Bear’s car from The Muppet Movie. Studebaker was originally founded in 1852 by Henry and...

Gainford Spa is a little known mineral spring in the small village of Gainford on the River Wear that once promised to bring the town wealth and notoriety by cashing in on the Victorian mineral waters fad. Unfortunately the odorous sulphuric waters never caught on, however the...