Angelenos go north and stick to the coast to escape the tumult of Los Angeles.

Its designation as UK City of Culture 2013 has kick-started a remarkable regeneration of Derry, the second largest city in Northern Ireland.

Checking out the Northeast's coolest (yet most bizarre) roadside landmarks.

How's the winter weather on Vancouver Island? Often dreadful, which is just how storm watchers like it.

EcoCamp Patagonia in Chile is lush with waterfalls, glaciers, lakes and mountainous terrain.

Research has shown that having a "multicultural experience" can enhance one's creativity, and that learning a foreign language can benefit the brain in areas ranging from complex thinking to mental flexibility to interpersonal skills.

Pascal Nibaudeaue, a five-star at the Regent Grand Hotel Bordeaux, reveals his local haunts.

With its retina-grabbing illuminated signs and frenetic, arcade-like electronic tunes, a night in Tokyo's Shibuya district is like being in a vast, walk-through pinball machine.

Take a constitutional around the area where the framers crafted the United States Constitution.

From desert dunes to walled oases, ancient cities on rivers to faded colonial towns lapped by the Atlantic, Africa's music festivals are among the most magical on the planet.

Boston's Harbor Islands shelter a multitude of surprises, from hills set on reclaimed dumps to lonely beaches to ruins haunted by history.

If you have a little extra time and an adventurous spirit, you can fly to Mexico and take a first class bus 300 miles down the coast to Belize.

The Ghan, Central Australia's great railway, now offers "Platinum Service" and a complementary range of luxury rail journeys which span the oldest and driest continent.

Swallowing water from the River Thames will not kill you.

If a traveler makes the wrong decision in the Australian Outback, they may not see home again.

A budget-hugging approach to enjoying Switzerland's largest city.

She is the grand dame of Cuban hotels. The Hotel Nacional De Cuba has seen it all. Countless international celebrities, the rise of the American mafia in Havana, Castro's revolution and the cold war. This year the Havana landmark turns 80.

Don't take all the fun out of sightseeing by letting on that travel is educational. Be devious.

Visit the NYC hot spot for the art, sure, but check out the sleep pods.

Consider a volunteer vacation. On Sierra Club service trips, work can range from cutting fallen trees to weeding out invasive plants to changing drainage systems.