Laura Longwell

There are few things that have the potential to be as life-changing as travel.

Whether you board a plane once a year or once a week, it’s critical to add as much comfort and ease as you can to the process. A few little things can go a long way.

Given the chance to do things differently on our second trip to Spain, we decided to approach Barcelona without a huge agenda…and we fell in love.

The Petroglyph National Monument in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is a good reminder of the deep history of North America, beyond the colonies, declarations, and wars.

We have been lucky to have very few crummy travel days across the five continents we’ve visited. But our worst travel experience and biggest travel mistake happened just a couple of weeks ago, practically in our own backyard…and it was all our fault.

Where does a President live when he’s not in the White House? The choices are as varied as the Presidents themselves.

It’s five minutes until 3:00 in the afternoon and already there’s a line of 20 people snaking outside the dark green door. You would think someone was giving away money. But it’s just a normal Sunday in Amsterdam outside a bar that’s been here for over 300 years.

From the outside, it looks just like any other canal house in Amsterdam. But inside, there’s a different story altogether.

Palaces in Europe are filled with the very best that money (and centuries worth of inheritance) can provide. Here’s a look at eight royal residences that are worth the time to visit.

From the unusual to the historic, the handbag has quite a story.