Chicago is one of America's premier cities. It's clean, lively, energized, full of culture, and packed with sights. But how many times...

You may think that bike riding in a super-hilly city like San Francisco isn't the smartest or easiest thing to do. But it offers so many...

Madrid's main square of Plaza Mayor, much like Times Square in New York City, has its share of interesting characters. And I mean literal...

They're not regular "dogs" by any means. Whether you call them wild dogs, painted dogs, spotted dogs, or anything else, they bear little...

I spent hours at the Brandenburg Gate. It was my first stop in Berlin (after the TV Tower for a bird's eye view of the city I had wanted...

The best fireworks display I've ever experienced was in Paris on Bastille Day. But it was more than the fireworks themselves that left...

On the Rhine River, staying in an old castle is a must. Not an old castle with a new hotel stuck onto the side of it, but staying in the...

My friends and I had just hiked the ruins of a German castle on the Rhine River, and we couldn't wait to grab a nice beer. Settling in to...

In the suburbs just outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, there's a small amusement park that mixes the thrill of modern-day...

On the last day of a week-long trip to Madrid, Spain, we were just ending a day trip to Segovia. During the drive back to Madrid, we...

Elephants don't have hands. It's true. I'm not even sure an elephant can push something with one of its legs...it may not have the...

What if you could see the Manhattan skyline, watch the sunset, see the expanse of Central Park from above the trees, have some drinks...

My friends and I had always wanted to go hiking back home. So when we found ourselves planning a bachelor party in Las Vegas for one of...

My Everest. That's how I think of my trek down and (thankfully also) up the Bright Angel Trail at the Grand Canyon. No one can ever...