In Ireland, the pub isn’t just a place to grab a pint — it’s where revolutions were whispered into motion, where writers tested lines before they hit the page, and where tradition is kept alive ...

Often dubbed Scotland’s working-class hero of a city, Glasgow doesn’t try to charm you; it just does. This is a place where creativity is painted on tenement walls, where museums are always free, and ...

Tuscany is no stranger to splendor. But beneath its postcard-perfect hills and Renaissance silhouettes lies a deeper kind of richness: one of ideas, innovations, and ideals preserved through the ...

Since the announcement of Habemus Papam in 2013, Pope Francis captured hearts and headlines in a way few modern pontiffs have. Upon his election, Jorge Mario Bergoglio chose the name "Francis"—a quiet ...

View of the Bowery Savings Bank, as seen from across the street New York in the 20th century is endlessly fascinating on a number of fronts, but perhaps none more so than from the perspective of ...

Lavender grows beside the Bridge of Avignon. There are few sights in the world as transporting as Provence in lavender season. By midsummer, the fields ripple like a violet sea under the weight of ...

"The House of the Jas de Bouffan" is one of the first Provençal paintings in which Cézanne applied the bright palette and free handling he had developed in Paris with Pissarro and the impressionists ...

The centuries of history behind Venice can't be seen directly, but evidence of its complex past are laced all over the magical city, especially in its canals. Stumbling onto this incredible ...

The centuries of history behind Venice can't be seen directly, but evidence of its complex past are laced all over the magical city, especially in its canals. Stumbling onto this incredible ...

Milan is a city of striking juxtapositions. Renaissance façades stand shoulder to shoulder with glass-clad towers. Sculpted gardens soften the sharp angles of modernist buildings. Here, Gothic ...

When we think of the word “Caucasian,” we don’t immediately think about the Caucasus region in Eurasia. Of course, what comes to mind is a person that is white, most likely of European descent. The ...