Touted as one of the greatest presidential speeches in American history, Ronald Reagan’s words on the Fourth Of July in 1986 in front of the Statue of Liberty are as relevant today as they ever were: ...

What was the vitriolic report of Liutprand of Cremona, whose insults towards the Byzantines created a caricature of the ...

From Abraham Lincoln's appetite for apples to Mark Twain’s odes to oysters, these are some of the surprising favourite foods ...

In 1471, Pope Sixtus IV transformed the ancient Capitoline Hill into a temple to ancient art. Five centuries later, the Capitoline Museums complex still remains the oldest public collection in the ...

Europe is filled with elegance, but Rick Steves has a particular love of this city in Austria. With art, history, and delicious food, you'll fall in love too.

Valley Forge National Historical Park might be the most underappreciated 3,500 acres in Pennsylvania – a place where you can literally walk through the pages of American history while also getting ...

Exploring Grand Palaces, seeing Egyptian mummies and gazing at the Holy Shroud are some of the things to do in Turin. This ...

Pope Leo XIV is starting a six-week vacation this weekend at the papal summer retreat south of Rome. It's his first break ...

The Vatican Museums has unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms. These are the spectacularly ...

When Palace Hotel Tokyo first opened in 2012, Japan was a very different place. Although back then Tokyo and Japanese cities such as its ancient capital, Kyoto, were already popular destinations ...

Access to this vast complex of grand palaces, abundant gardens, and sacred pavilions was off limits to most of imperial China's people, who could only imagine the grandeur beyond the gates.