A tiny island’s fight to stay alive

A walk around Papa Westray – a four-square-mile island on the northern edge of the Orkney archipelago in Scotland – is a walk through...

The tiny forest on the world’s edge

Every year, travellers head to Patagonia to marvel at the vast glaciers, huge open skies and soaring mountains. But at Omora Ethnobotanical Park on...

A trail to an ancient world

At the trailhead, under the shadows of towering pine trees, a large sign warned of bears. At Yellowstone or Yosemite in the US, this...

The planet’s fastest commercial train

I stepped away from the check-in desk, boarding pass in hand. My flight was scheduled to depart Shanghai in just more than two hours,...

Ireland Says “May The Tourism Force Be With You”

If you become excited with the thought of seeing Ireland castles, there is now more reason to visit the land of the saints and...

India’s ancient engineering marvel

Hidden in plain sight, just minutes away from the bustle of New Delhi’s commercial hub, Connaught Place, is an ancient landmark unknown even to...

The places that ‘don’t exist’

Kolja Spori packs light. For a short trip, it’s nothing more than a travel jacket, the pockets stuffed with underwear and a toothbrush. For...

A White House built by blacks

Michelle Obama’s June 2016 words about diversity during her last commencement address as First Lady – and again at the July 2016 Democratic National...

A surreal synchronised wave of light

Although there are about 2,000 species of fireflies in the world, synchronous fireflies ­– ones that can coordinate their flash patterns ­– exist in...

Bourdain: ‘Hopefully we will endure’

More than 15 years in, Anthony Bourdain is still the king of TV travel. His show Parts Unknown – in which food, travel, politics...

This is the deadliest path in Britain

If you consult a large-scale map of the Essex coastline between the River Crouch and the River Thames, you will see a footpath –...

The city with a chip on its shoulder

I don’t know who invented the term “Second City”, but I’m willing to bet it wasn’t someone who lived in one. Yes, technically a Second...

A fairytale island frozen in time

Last month’s top-rated #FridayFeature is from Canadian-based photographer Jeff Bartlett, who perfectly captured the pristine beauty of Lake Bled in northwestern Slovenia. The photo...

A rare sighting of the Milky Way

In the late 1800s, an Icelandic poet and entrepreneur is fabled to have tried to sell the Northern Lights to a group of businessmen...

Inside Britain’s most bizarre boats

It's been called the “wackiest street in Britain”, much to the annoyance of residents. Set on the estuary of the River Adur in the...

4 of the Hottest Tourist Destinations Identified

According to the World Travel & Tourism Council, here are some of the countries that did well in their tourism sector as seen in...