The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal was designated an historical national park with the US National Park Service in 1961. The Canal, known as the C&O Canal operated from 1831 until 1924 along the Potomac River from Washington DC to Cumberland, Maryland withcoal from the Allegheny Mountains Nicknamed The Grand Old Ditch, the Canal today offers a 184...

The Robert Trent Jones Trail links golf courses with golf resorts including Renaissance Ross Bridge Golf Resort in Hoover. The Golf Trail is the world's largest golf course construction project and attracts avid golfers and beginners to its 26 courses and 468 holes of golf at 11 sites across the state. For non-golfers, the eight Resort Collection h...

The Portuguese city of Braga has been voted as the 2021 European Best Destination European Best Destinations promotes culture and tourism in Europe to travellers along with tourism professionals and the media. It has a partnership with more than 300 tourism offices in Europe and the EDEN Network created by the European Commission. It is the most vi...

Parma was named Italy's capital of culture in 2020 and will retain the title for another year following the COVID-19 pandemic. Parma, a university city in Italy's Emilia-Romagna region, is a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy in the heart of the Italian Food Valley. It is known for Parmesan cheese and Parma ham The city also offers an array of muse...

The British Overseas Territory of St. Helena, which takes in the Ascension and Tristan da Cunha islands, is a remote volcanic outpost in the South Atlantic Ocean. It's known as the place of Napoleon Bonaparte's exile and death, as commemorated by a now-empty tomb. Climbing destinations include the 699 steps of Jacob's Ladder and Diana's Peak, shelt...

Tenerife's West Coast has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site for cetacean conservation. This makes it the first Whale Heritage area in Europe with the Responsible Watching certification, granted by the World Cetacean Alliance. This highlights the value of the natural resource of the archipelago's coasts. It also encourages the responsible o...