Europe Stories

Samantha Miller

Conservation Success Stories from Switzerland: Rewilding the Alps

Successful, well-funded conservation programs and effective international coordination with other European nations have established Switzerland as an...

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Cathy Brown

How to Unplug on an Iceland Adventure 

For all too many of us, we plan a trip as a much-needed break from our normal daily routine. We know that our tired minds could benefit from stepping out from...

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Cathy Brown

The Callanish Standing Stones: Stonehenge of the North

The Callanish Standing Stones are Lewisian gneiss ritual stones on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides that predate Stonehenge by 2,000 years.  The wild...

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Cathy Brown

The Via Dinarica: One of Europe’s Best Hiking Trails

When imagining hiking in Europe, images of the Matterhorn or the Dolomites may spring to mind. While absolutely beautiful with undoubtedly some of the best...

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Cathy Brown

Becoming Acadia National Park: History & Culture

Acadia National Park, encompassing the highest rocky headlands along the U.S. Atlantic coast, has a long and interesting history. The Downeast Maine region...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Iceland Video: The Eruptive Side of the “Land of Fire and Ice”

Iceland’s landscapes have been described with many superlative adjectives, commonly including words such as “amazing,” “elemental,” “natural,” “spectacular”...

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Michelle Peters

Historic Gems of St. Petersburg & Petrozavodsk

The winter of the Russian and Arctic far north is a magical scene, from the snow-covered cathedral domes to the expansive frozen tundra. Bundled in the...

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Laura Kiniry

The Sami Reindeer Herders of Lapland

Each summer, hundreds of thousands of reindeer and their herders, known traditionally as bozaovazzi (reindeer walkers), start their annual migration down from...

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Cathy Brown

7 Reasons to Visit Northern Norway and Finnish Lapland During Winter

Many travelers understandably want to go to Norway in the summer to enjoy the pleasantly cool summer climate, hike through the magnificent fjords, and have a...

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Michelle Peters

Discover the Top Places to See Animals in Iceland

When one daydreams about Iceland, the images that likely spring to mind are volcanic landscapes and vast glaciers—after all, this is the Land of Fire and Ice....

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Michelle Peters

Where to See the Northern Lights in Norway and Finland

Witnessing the dancing glow of the northern lights sits atop many adventure-minded travelers’ bucket lists. Such a spectacular natural phenomenon has the...

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Michelle Peters

Where to See the Most Beautiful Places in Switzerland

With sky-soaring Swiss Alps that include such recognizable names at the Mattherhorn and the Jungfrau, and its high-country meadows dotted with grazing cows...

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Natural Habitat Adventures

Top Places to Visit & Things to Do in the Cotswolds 

If you have ever researched a holiday to the United Kingdom, it probably didn’t take too long before you discovered a place called the Cotswolds being...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Norway Video: Why a Foreign Place Can Seem Like Home

My maternal grandmother was born in Norway. She came to the United States when she was a small child and didn’t speak English. But she was smart and an avid...

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Emily Goodheart

Zermatt to Murren: Enchanting Villages of the Swiss Alps

The Swiss Alps are a region of untamed beauty, dramatic peaks rising above pastoral villages. This fairytale realm is filled with sapphire lakes, wildflower...

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Emily Goodheart

The Golden Eagle: A Luxury Train Trip Across the Arctic

As you prepare for your trip to the European Arctic by luxury train, harken back to the days of Imperial Russia on a city tour through the streets of St....

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Cathy Brown

Slovenia: One of the World’s Greenest Countries

How Slovenia, a tiny unspoiled mountainous country nestled between Croatia, Austria and Italy, has managed to stay relatively under the radar for nature...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Greenland and the Culture of the Kayak

The first time I heard the expression “Eskimo roll,” I was standing on the deck of the M/V Sea Spirit, a small, polar-adapted, expedition ship that was my...

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