Travel guides and tips

Central Park is my favorite park in the entire city. Whether you’re lounging on the lawn during the summer or frolicking in a December snow, the park offers…

In the 1st arrondissement of Paris, in the heart of Île de la Cité, lies Sainte-Chapelle. This chapel, gleaming with light, remains a mystery for many travelers who…

Paris is one of the great medieval cities of Europe. Like Rome, it has vast underlying passageways and quarries, called catacombs. This labyrinth of tunnels is thought to…

Brooklyn has some of New York’s most exciting sites and neighborhoods. One of the most famous, DUMBO, has earned quite the fan base, partially due to its catchy…

The Palace of Fine Arts is a San Francisco landmark that looks like a page from a fairytale. Thanks to its unusual architecture — Roman columns and pale-pink…

If you get lost trying to navigate New York City’s Grand Central Terminal, you’re forgiven — it’s the largest train station in the world, after all. Many visitors…

Just a short walking distance from St. Peter’s Basilica, the Castel Sant’Angelo is one of my favorite landmarks in Rome. But because of its proximity to the more…

Wall Street is named after an actual wall.  No, really. When the Dutch first colonized the island of Manhattan, they built a wall to separate their colonies from…

After the devastating attacks on September 11th destroyed all seven World Trade Center buildings, a plan to rebuild was quickly put in place. This plan, necessarily, included a…

In the heart of Rome, just west of the Tiber River, is Vatican City. A city, yes, but also the smallest country in the world.  Inside Vatican City…

The greater Los Angeles area has some of the most diverse food scenes in the U.S. You can find taco trucks, the largest Koreatown in the country, fine…

Thinking about visiting the Windy City for the first time? You’re in for a treat! As a local, I can tell you that Chicago is one of those…