Bullet trains may steal their thunder, but these locomotives offer an unrivaled way to see Japan’s most beautiful landscapes.

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Discover the centrepiece of the Lake District National Park at the helm of a newly restored motor yacht from the 1920s.

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Follow the Ruta de las Flores through the temperate highlands of El Salvador, discovering flower-filled landscapes, charming ...

Throughout antiquity, kingdoms and nations rose and fell but Rome stood strong—until its steep decline. The fall of this ...

Gunter’s own museum collection receives newly identified insects multiple times throughout the year, but it's still uncommon ...

Oftentimes referred to as the “king of the jungle,” lions are highly social and intelligent creatures. These big cats are ...

In the Amfissa Valley, an ancient footpath winds through thousand-year-old olive groves to the ancient ruins of Delphi — and ...

From its pre-Columbian peak, the Florida black bear population fell precipitously. Between unregulated hunting and habitat ...

A six-year study off California’s coast shows how marine heat waves and noise pollution are silencing the ocean’s largest ...

New imaging technology has allowed scientists to decipher the tattoos of an Iron Age mummy—and study them like never before.