This is the most envy-worthy way to see the Portuguese capital Like a World War II machine gunner, I hunker down in the sidecar of the motorcycle. You see, during the war in Europe, the Americans retrofitted motorcycle sidecars with machine guns so the soldier passenger could exchange fire with the enemy. Motorcycle sidecars were also used in the w...

A multi-generational trip to Scotland hits all the highlights. Swing. Thwack! And my mom's first tee shot at the Devenick course at the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre in Aberdeen, Scotland gets nice air and distance to land – plonk – on the green 10 metres from the hole. A two putt in and my mom, Anne MacNaull, is on par. Me, my son, Alex, and my dad, Bob...

We step onto the cliff top outcropping of rock and let the blue sky and lake vista envelope us. "This viewpoint doesn't even have a name," says guide Diana Blinkert of Visit Essen. "I just call it The Rock. We're so lucky to have found it off this little side path off the BaldeneySteig." This type of epiphany comes early – and often – on the Balden...

"Vamonos, amigos," quips Karina Rios Radilla with a wave of her hand and a snap of her head. Our guide from Juan More Taco Tours is giving us the Spanish command of 'let's go, friends' because we're falling behind in this six-stop, three-hour, lunch-time culinary adventure. That's right, so many tacos and so little time. Karina's admonishment comes...

Ride the snow groomer to the mountaintop to eat and drink. SilverStar Mountain Resort near Vernon, British Columbia, Canada is the only place in the world that has an experience like this. We climb aboard the candy-apple-red PistenBully 400 snow groomer not to actually smooth out any white stuff, but to take an epic ride to the mountaintop for a go...

Sawgrass Recreational Park is a 40-minute drive from both Fort Lauderdale and Miami. In his South Florida drawl, Jimmy Koeppel nonchalantly tells us people "don't get bit" by alligators unless "ya try ta mess with 'em". So what do we do? We hop off his airboat and head straight for Sawgrass Recreational Park's wildlife exhibit to mess with a gator....