Dan Smith

When you glance out your airplane window at 30,000 feet, that curved little portal seems like a simple design choice. But...

At the very top of the Eiffel Tower, Gustave Eiffel kept a small private apartment. He finished it in 1889 as...

Just across the water from Manhattan, there’s an island few people ever talk about, and almost no one is allowed to...

If every state had to break off and run independently, not all would sink. A few could genuinely hold their own;...

Popular holiday spots get most of the attention in December, but that often means high prices, heavy crowds, and long travel...

On Fifth Avenue sits a limestone mansion that once belonged to steel magnate Henry Clay Frick. It was built in 1914,...

Carnival Cruise Line has just made cruising a lot more fun for folks who don’t drink alcohol. The company rolled out...

Budget airlines advertise fares that seem almost unreal. A ticket that costs less than a night at a motel raises an...

College towns aren’t only about classrooms and lecture halls. They’re places where the energy of students mixes with local culture in...

Tuvalu, a country of nine coral atolls in the Pacific Ocean, faces the prospect of physical disappearance this century. With an...