15 Best Things to Do in Salt Lake City (UT)

State Capitol

Salt Lake City is probably best known as the base of the religious community known as the Mormons or the Church of the Latter Day Saints. The city is also the state capital of Utah and is known for its scenic location, being situated in a valley that sits high above the majestic Jordan River. …

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15 Best Things to Do in Kyoto (Japan)

Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine

Japan is a land of dichotomy, always maintaining a balanced approach to modern advancement and tradition. Where other cities in Japan have technology, Kyoto has temples, reigning as the country’s cultural capital. When Kyoto was initially listed as a target for the catastrophic a U.S. atomic bomb during WWII, the Secretary of War demanded that …

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15 Best Things to Do in Hall in Tirol (Austria)

The old town centre of Hall

This small town is located in the Innsbruck district and is only 10 minutes’ drive from Innsbruck itself. While being so close to Innsbruck, Hall in Tirol does have its own unique heritage, history and style and is a fantastic place to visit in its own right. The salt mining industry played a major part …

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15 Best Things to Do in Breda (the Netherlands)

Grote of Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk

Located in the South of the Netherlands, only 10km from the Belgium border, Breda is the 9th largest city in the country and features a wealth of historical buildings and cultural attractions. In the 11th century, Breda owed allegiance to the Holy Roman Emperor and saw many changes in ownership and allegiance until the 1500’s …

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15 Best Things to Do in Montana

Glacier National Park

Montana is well known as a haven for outdoor enthusiasts. Winter sports, water sports, biking, hiking, you name it. Those who have been there call it Big Sky Country because of the rugged otherworldly beauty. A scenic drive through the Rockies, or along one of the longest state stretches of border with Canada will leave …

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10 Best Places to Visit in Warwickshire (England)

Stratford-upon-Avon

In the West Midlands, the rural county of Warwickshire skirts around the Birmingham and Coventry conurbation to form a big hook of thinly populated countryside. This is a place of castles, medieval towns and marvellous country estates. Warwickshire has given us one of history’s most revered wordsmiths and playwrights, William Shakespeare, and his birthplace Stratford-upon-Avon …

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15 Best Places to Visit in Cornwall (England)

Porth beach, Newquay, Cornwall

With a Celtic heritage and rocky granite coastline, Cornwall has as much in common with somewhere like Brittany as it does the United Kingdom. Sheltered by deep inlets on the coast are village ports that hark back to a different time for their fishing boats and stone cottages. Visit these for tales of smugglers, boat …

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12 Best Places to Visit in Worcestershire (England)

Worcester

Although small in size, Worcestershire packs more than enough to win your heart. In the south are the Cotswolds and their enchanting stone-built villages and heart-lifting rural scenery. Go west and you arrive at the Malverns, dark, brooding hills that rise suddenly over the valley of the River Severn that courses north to south down …

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10 Best Places to Visit in East Yorkshire (England)

Goole

For just a small county on the North Sea, East Yorkshire changes dramatically as you travel through. In the south is reclaimed moorland, criss-crossed by historic canals that helped to get coal to the docks at Goole and Hull for export. Here on the Humber estuary there’s all the activity that comes with prospering industry. …

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10 Best Places to Visit in Bedfordshire (England)

Bedford

In the East of England but with quick connections to London, Bedfordshire is a county that isn’t often associated with tourism. But this isn’t to say that there’s little to see either. There are lots of gigantic and palatial country estates, and several, like Woburn Abbey and Whipsnade, have turned their grounds into award-winning wildlife …

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