Flipboard 2025 Destinations

Most historic landmarks can only be admired from a distance, but some of the world's oldest hotels let you spend the night surrounded by centuries of living history. While modern comforts have been added over the years, each of these properties has preserved a remarkable connection to its past, allowing today's guests to experience hospitality traditions that stretch back hundreds—and sometimes more than a thousand—years.

Discover the surprising things Canadians notice immediately when visiting Florida, from alligators and afternoon storms to giant highways, beach rules, toll roads, and oversized restaurant portions across the Sunshine State.

Canada feels familiar to many Americans at first. The culture can seem similar from a distance. Then the small differences start piling up.

The CDC’s latest state life expectancy table makes one thing hard not to do: wonder where your own state lands on the list. Well, here they are...ranked 50 to 1.

When people think about American museums, famous institutions like the Smithsonian or the Metropolitan Museum of Art usually come to mind. But scattered across the country are dozens of smaller museums that tell remarkable stories through unique collections, passionate curators, and local history. These museums may not attract millions of visitors every year, but they often deliver a far more personal and memorable experience.

Using National Park Service recreation-visit totals, we found the most visited park and the park with the lowest valid total among places that held official national park status for the entire calendar year.

Some of America’s most recognizable bridges, buildings, transportation systems, and scientific achievements cost far more than taxpayers and planners were originally promised. The overruns caused scandals and outrage, but many of the finished projects eventually became treasured landmarks or defining symbols of their cities and eras.

For decades, retiring to Florida wasn't just popular—it was practically the default setting. You worked hard, packed up the house, bought something near a golf course, and spent the rest of your days arguing about the best early-bird special. But something unexpected has happened….

Canadians are famously proud of their country—and quick to point out where it outperforms the United States. But polling and cross-border comparisons suggest something more complicated is happening beneath the surface. On certain issues, many Canadians will admit the U.S. has real advantages. Not always comfortably. And rarely without caveats.