Monhegan Island, Maine, is almost too pretty for words. That's probably how the problem started: Everyone wanted to go there.
Every year Boothbay Harbor, Maine, hosts a celebration of their rich maritime history. Don't miss this year, the 50th anniversary of the festival.
Economists typically aren't known for being nuanced. But Ostrom won a Nobel for her nuance for a reason.
Our work isn't done, but today's removal of the first portion of the Great Works Dam is an important step toward restoring the health of the Penobscot River, widely regarded as our best hope for bringing back endangered Atlantic salmon.
I've focused my picks on man-made monoliths that are enormous enough to make you grab for your camera and text message friends.
The U.S. Peace Index was launched last year with the aim is to further understand the types of environments that are associated with peace and its economic impacts at a more specific regional level.
Chaos, confusion and irritation best describe this forced gothic nightmare, based on the vampire soap opera from 1966.
Over half of 2,500 Americans surveyed by the U.S. Travel Association said that an increase in fuel costs would make them rethink their summer road trip plans.
A bolt of lightening crashed through the kitchen window, mowed me down like a freight train hurtling through my chest. Then came smoke. Fifteen minutes later we were out in the storm, watching in disbelief as our beloved home vanished in a towering wall of flame.
The U.S. Peace Index is based on analysis of homicide, violent crime, policing, incarceration rates and availability of small arms data. With improvements in all five of these indicators from the 2011 to the 2012 USPI, the U.S. was found to be more peaceful than at any time since 1991.
While you certainly don't have to be a woman to support women's rights, you do have to have a record of increasing the financial security of women and their families.
Sadly, the ocean's dark transformation has already started. Every hour, a million tons of carbon dioxide spewed from cars, factories and power plants rain down on the world's oceans.
On each sailing trip, 24 knitters gather on the 120-foot, two-masted schooner.
When Ayla Reynolds was abducted in December 2012, she was 20 months old. Her second birthday is in less than a month and it doesn't seem like she will be found. Sometimes in cases like these, the things that are not said are sometimes more noticeable than the things that are.
Here are eight amazing shorter road trips that showcase some of the best scenery and wide-open spaces that America has to offer.
Small ship cruises aren't always cheap, but their prices are often comparable with big ship cruises and can offer more bang for your buck.