Most of us are certain that behind every country's name there's a glorious history, but the truth is much simpler: it all ...

The year was 1982. As I was on the verge of entering the world, my grandparents undertook a pilgrimage to Jordan and Israel — a popular pursuit among Irish Catholics eager to explore sites documented ...

Jordan is the perfect destination for the first-time American traveler. English is an official language of the country. There’s so much to see, do and eat, and a tourism infrastructure built to make ...

New research suggests a long-overlooked bas-relief in King Sennacherib’s palace in modern-day Mosul, Iraq, destroyed with ...

Let's drill down and discover some of the best restaurants in Texas, according to Billy Bob Thornton and fellow cast members of the hit TV series "Landman." ...

The Methodist Church, with its classic white steeple reaching toward the Nevada sky, has stood since 1866, making it the ...

Eden, North Carolina is exactly that kind of hidden treasure. Tucked away in Rockingham County near the Virginia border, this ...

Using images from cameras on Mars orbiters, an international research team has discovered structures on Mars that are very ...

I held an impossibly tiny pendant in my hand, the face as small as my thumbnail. Within the silver bezel was an entire mosaic ...

The oldest river predates the dinosaurs. But how do we know this?

This epidemic was known as Plague of Justinian—it occurred between 541 and 750 A.D., and is one of the earliest known ...

Ancient shoreline features hint that water on Mars once formed a vast ocean.