When Lonely Planet positioned Lithuania in the number-two spot of its Best in Travel in 2025, before Fiji, Laos and Kazakhstan, it roused surprise, curiosity and thrill. Bordered by Latvia, Poland, ...

Early 20th century houses of worship; 16th street as an avenue of churches. Massive structures begun in the early 20th century: a Gothic cathedral and a Byzantine Basilica with “National” titles.

The kernel of ­Catalan-speaking Sardinia still has its 14th-century ramparts and a 16th-­century gothic cathedral – and is close to some of the island’s loveliest beaches (Spiaggia del Lido ...

It’s believed that the tomato wasn’t grown in Britain until around the 1590s. In the early 16th century, Spanish conquistadors returning from expeditions in Mexico and other parts of ...

Health care sales executive Mike Waldron cares for a tree in the sunroom at his home in St. Augustine, Fla., which has become a top remote work hub in the U.S. during the 2020s. Mike Schneider The ...

From tanks to tunnels, theses are the hidden places people must visit in Northumberland. There are of course the popular tourism destinations, such as Holy Island and Bamburgh, but those looking ...

Researchers are beginning to release details about a 16th-century Catholic saint whose body was found miraculously "incorrupt" last year. St. Teresa of Jesus, also known as St. Teresa of Avila ...

About 700 people, mostly Catholics, marched through Old Goa, the colonial-era Portuguese capital, to protest a government plan for a tourism project near the Bom Jesus Basilica, the 16th-century ...

Two men and a child - possibly a study for 'Chelsea Pensioners Reading the Gazette of the Battle of Waterloo, ca. 1818-22 ...

Founded by the Romans in 138 B.C. and long famous as the birthplace of paella, Spain’s third-largest city has recently garnered other titles – it was 2022’s World Design Capital and 2024’s ...

His ‘Interior of a Cathedral‘ painting is similar to another painting titled ‘The Interior of a Gothic ... 16th-century Flemish painting titled, ‘Cavalier in Gold and Black Armour ...

Beneath the feet of everyone who visits the city of Lisbon, Portugal, lie hidden gems – floor mosaics made with limestone. Legend has it that in the 1500s, a rhino sent from India, and the first ...