Relocate-America.com has ranked the top 100 cities in its annual list. For the second year in a row, Charlotte, North Carolina has topped the said list for best places to live in America. © NCBrian...

Hmmm...I was just dreaming about Tuscany in the previous post. Now I found this from The Washington Post: That's Italian . . . in Virginia? © trentroche K.C. Summers wrote, about Keswick Hall: I...

The New York Times recently ran a story on the previously unheralded Marunouchi District of Tokyo. For most of its life Marunouchi has been overshadowed by its glitzy neighbor, Ginza. Because it is...

Yes, Cancun is a tourist Mecca. American snowbirds and boisterous (understatement) spring breakers are as much a part of the coastal city as the local population. Most people (including myself) think...

Beijing used to be a city of narrow lanes. These alleys, called hutong in Mandarin, are rapidly vanishing to make way for more modern buildings. The hutongs come with their own rhythms and colors,...

During South Africa's turbulent past, Soweto, the gigantic suburb of Johannesburg was stricken with poverty and oppression. As the video below shows, things are changing for the city of nearly...

Tokyo is electric. Do I mean electric as in exciting? Yes and no. Tokyo is an incredible place to visit, but, like all big cities, it can be quite frustrating and tiring. So visiting will give you a...

Today, the hottest arts scene is not where you'd expect to find it. You can still find cutting edge work in New York or Paris galleries. But, the energy of Beijing's fledgling art scene has...

What I wouldn't give to have been on Nanjing Road in Shanghai in the 1930s. At that time, Shanghai was a boomtown. The Boomtown. It was an international city that was East Asia's center for...

The Nordeast, as Minneapolis residents call it, is seeing a renaissance of sorts. Once a gritty residential area, Northeast Minneapolis now enjoys a fresh atmosphere. The arts and eating scenes seem...