From late May to mid-October, the nine vessels belonging to the Maine Windjammer Association offer 3- to 6-day vacations along the coast of Maine. Carrying between 16 and 40 passengers, this is the oldest and largest fleet of working sailing vessels in North America.Most of the windjammers have been designated National Historic Landmarks. Sailing o...

The American Museum of Natural History, founded in 1869, is one of the world's preeminent scientific, educational, and cultural institutions. The Museum encompasses 45 permanent exhibition halls, including the halls of the Rose Center for Earth and Space and the Hayden Planetarium, as well as galleries for temporary exhibitions. It is home to the T...

​ The Colorado Cattle Company & Guest Ranch, a member of the Dude Ranchers' Association, has 800 head of cattle grazing thousands of acres of Colorado grasslands. The ranch owns some 70 well-bred and highly trained quarter horses selected for good bloodlines, great training and sensible attitude. Guests will get an average of 50 hours of horseb...

​ The Gobbins Coastal Path in Islandmagee, County Antrim, was first enjoyed by the Edwardians, following its original development in 1902, by railway engineer Berkeley Deane Wise. The dramatic two-mile long path, part of Northern Ireland's Causeway Coastal Route, consists of a network of walkways, bridges and water-splashed gantries embedded into t...

21 November 2015 to 31 January 2016 St. Augustine, the USA's oldest city stages Nights of Lights, during which the city's historic district is lit by more than 3 million white lights. Historic buildings, museums, local businesses, the Bridge of Lions, the city's bay front walkway, hotels, bed & breakfast inns and private residences all take par...

Myanmar (formerly Burma) is a Southeast Asian nation of more than 100 ethnic groups, bordering India, Bangladesh, China, Laos and Thailand. With more than 130 national groups, Myanmar has a wealth of different cultures. Most groups live in the mountains surrounding the central plains, many in villages reached by hours of walking through jungles and...