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The thought often arrives quietly. You are walking beside a Swiss lake after breakfast, watching boats cross the water, when you begin imagining the same walk as part of your normal morning. Perhaps the mountains brought you here, but something about the everyday surroundings makes you want to stay.

Turning that feeling into a realistic plan takes a different kind of e...

Recent archaeological finds on two islands—Greenland, and the Ile de la Cité in Paris—are providing new answers to old questions whose answers have been locked in the past.

In Greenland’s case, the discovery of a medieval church, likely dating to the 13th century, is revealing significant information on early Viking settlement. A Viking colony began in the 10th century...

Adults often remember a destination through its landmarks. Children may remember the bakery where someone learned their name, the playground with an unusually tall slide, or the bus ride they wanted to repeat.

Those details can tell a family something useful about a place. Traveling with children brings everyday needs into focus: somewhere to rest, something familiar t...

Two of the many stately churches to be found along Pittsfield’s main streets.

This stegosaurus is permanently tethered outside the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Massahusetts