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Boston, Massachusetts, is one of the most exciting, cultural, and historic cities to visit in the United States. Whatever you like to do on vacation; you will most likely find it in Boston. It is a place where the history of this nation merges gently with today’s modernization to...

To first timers in Amsterdam, it’s overwhelming to see a surplus of bicycles blanketing the city. Bicycles are leaning on everything, and transporting everyone, everywhere at all times of day and night. Questions that come to mind are: 1. Which one is the bike lane? 2. Why do all...

Thinking of heading to London this winter? Congratulations, you’ve picked a wonderful time to visit. Sure, it’ll be a little chilly but with average temperatures of around 37 to 50 degree Fahrenheit, it’s nothing a good coat, gloves and a few warm layers won’t cope with. For...

Even with falling oil prices, flights to Europe from the US are still really expensive. It often seems like there’s no way around it. That’s where we come in. Our main expertise might be hotels, but we also know our way around low-cost airlines. This past fall I was able to nab a...

Tucked away in the densely forested mountains of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala lies an idyllic limestone paradise that despite the grueling hours of off road forging it takes to get there is one of the most beautiful of the world’s hidden natural gems. Virtually inaccessible to...

The Appellate Division Courthouse in Madison Square is a highly ornate building. Designed at the height of the Beaux-arts movement by James Brown Lord in 1896, it is adorned with marble sculptures of notable law givers, Moses, Lycurgus, and Solon among them. Some...

Judging from its swish-sounding name, the New Brighton Athletic Club brings to mind the sort of exclusive, private member’s racquet clubs found in midtown Manhattan. In reality, it was one of the seediest, deadliest dance halls and drinking dens of the Lower East Side, the...

Off an otherwise unremarkable exit on US Highway 36, in the town of Clarence, Missouri is what seems to be a working gas station from another time, perfectly preserved, complete with gleaming vintage cars at the pumps. But on closer inspection, the station is no longer in service...

The multi-storied home at 481 Laurel Avenue in Saint Paul, Minnesota, is one of three sites in the city that is dedicated to the late, great author F. Scott Fitzgerald who penned such American literary classics as The Great Gatsby and This Side of Paradise.  In...