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France meets the South Pacific across a wide-ranging archipelago including Tahiti, Bora Bora, Moorea, Rangiroa,…

Whether it's a foreign language, Italian cooking, medieval history, or a million other possibilities, taking classes on your vacation can add a truly unique, enriching, and unforgettable dimension.

A homestay isn't not for everybody, but staying with a local family -- whether in your own country or abroad - can give you a unique perspective and instant entrée into local society. And of course it's very…

The "final frontier" of travel on Earth, this majestic frozen continent isn't easy or inexpensive to get to, and increasingly there are ethical questions about "overtourism" even here. But many of those who have…

The "other" China boasts some great eating, history/culture (aboriginal and otherwise), and other urban allures in Taipei, along with some mighty lovely countryside.

The Hashemite Kingdom holds some of the great mysteries of the Holy Land, most notably the ancient Nabatean city of Petra, one of those proverbial places to see before you…

Packing a lot into a small Midatlantic package, it offers urbanity (Baltimore, DC bedroom communities Rockville and Bethesda), beach resorts (Ocean…

Very much undersung as a tourist destination, Korea's home to the temples and various other sites of its ancient culture, scrumptious food, great bargain shopping, and lovely scenery. You can sneak a peek at the DMZ and the forbidding North,…

One of West Africa's most prominent countries, it's friendly, safe, and culturally fascinating.

It's no news that the surfing/windsurfing/kitesurfing subcultures are way travel-oriented - surfer dudes and dudettes will go practically anywhere in search of the perfect wave, right?

Surrounded by the Great Lakes, this state serves up some dramatic contrasts, from the gritty urbanity of Detroit & Flint to resort areas like Saugatuck-Douglas & carless Mackinac Island, not to mention the Upper Peninsula's gorgeous…

This atoll of 1,200 isles spread over some 90,000 square kilometers of Indian Ocean is endangered long-term by sea-level rise, but for now is still a spectacular if pricey destination of pristine…

Still a British colony, three Caymans are exceptionally civilized & gloriously tropical, offering barefoot simplicity and luxe bells and whistles, plus superb diving, fishing, and beaches. Home…

Whether you're living abroad, seeking to, or just want to have a stint working or studying outside your home country, there are loads of opportunities out there - as well as information and organizations to help…

Land of the cheeseheads (aka "America's Dairyland") & the Green Bay Packers, it's bucolic rural & urban hip. Highlights: Milwaukee, breweries, charming Great Lakes & Mississippi River towns, native American heritage. And don't forget…

The birthplace of Mark Twain and Harry Truman offers nature (especially in the Ozarks); frontier, Civil War, and other history; country music (Branson); and big cities like St. Louis and Kansas City.

Ethnically a mix of Ukrainian (78 percent) and Russian (17 percent), Europe's second largest country has strong village and folk traditions; a beautiful Black Sea coast along…

The silverback gorilla is the star but is also just one of the awesome variety of wildlife in this East African country. Here you'll also find the source of the Nile, some beautiful scenery, and a welcoming capital,…

Rounding up lil' dogies in the USA and Canada; hanging with the gauchos in Argentina and Uruguay; riding with Bedouins in the Middle…

Here's a great way to stay cheap and like a local in many places around the world -- swapping apartments, houses, cottages, houseboats, cardboard boxes, whatever! Services exist to vet exchange partners. Let's hear your thoughts and…

The Nutmeg State's a somewhat underappreciated corner of New England, in our opinion. There's New Haven, home of Yale; genteel towns like Litchfield Hills; atmospheric Mystic Seaport; Old Lyme; glitzy Foxwood casino, more.

Did you know that Germany had a colony in southern Africa? In neat, tranquil Windhoek you can still find beer halls and German speakers. That plus spectacular scenery, wildlife,…

A Nordic land of sophisto cities like Helsinki, Turku and Tampere but also lakes, islands, Lapps, and the midnight sun. As Monty Python once put it, "Finland, Finland, Finland, the country where I quite want to…

Perhaps lowest on the radar in Southeast Asia, this Buddhist "land of a million elephants" is today a laid back trekking mecca and a trove of eco-wonders and splendid cultural monuments such as the…