The Scottish accent can be notoriously hard for other English speakers to understand, but what if that’s because it’s not actually English at all? Though closely related to English, Scots is ...

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IN THE AFTERNOON glow before sundown, Mount Washington and Mount Madison towered in the distance like sunlit temples of snow. Nineteen people, mostly couples, came to the Bretton Woods Nordic Center ...

A married couple introduced an eastern Idaho community to an adrenaline-fueled sport with roots that date back hundreds of ...

As populations were moving along the Atlantic Ocean, either for commercial gains or war, they would stop at the islands just off the coast. Researchers said there are extensive chronicles of Vikings ...

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New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place ...

From North America to Asia, discover the global destinations that group travelers should put on their radar in this year.

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