Flipboard 2025 Destinations

While many Americans insist they don’t judge people by where they’re from, that claim falls apart almost immediately under even minimal scrutiny. From whispered stereotypes to loud online takes—and backed up by surveys and studies—opinions about other states are everywhere. And here they are.

Public transit in the United States is famously uneven. In many parts of the country, owning a car is practically mandatory, but these are the 20 states that actually got public transit right.

Some trips feel like destiny. Others feel like you accidentally bought a ticket to a crowd, a queue, and a very expensive sandwich. The truth is, “overrated” usually doesn’t mean “bad”—it means the hype-to-reality ratio got a little out of hand. So here’s a travel-friendly reality check: 10 destinations that often leave tourists shrugging…and 10 that quietly deliver the kind of trip you brag about for years.

Most Americans break European laws without realizing it—sometimes within minutes of landing. Not because they’re reckless, but because everyday U.S. habits quietly cross legal lines overseas. The fines come fast, the rules aren’t obvious, and “that’s normal back home” doesn’t help.

At first glance, it sounds simple. A few homes, familiar faces, and steady routines. Look closer, and the story becomes about endurance, inherited choices, and what happens when a community has no margin for error.

Across the United States, grand mansions once built to showcase power and ambition now stand empty, weathered, and largely forgotten. Each crumbling staircase and silent hall tells a story and still raises questions.

For decades, asking Americans whether the U.S. was the greatest country in the world felt almost rhetorical. The answer was assumed. But when pollsters asked the question again recently, the confidence wasn’t nearly as universal—and the shift caught even seasoned researchers off guard.

You finally arrive at your hotel after a long travel day but then the front desk drops the bomb: your room is gone. They say you checked in too late, the hotel is sold out, and there’s nothing they can do. Hotel guarantees are trickier than they sound, and what happens next depends on details most travelers never realize matter.

One of the biggest surprises people have when they start looking at retirement abroad is just how far their money can stretch outside the US or Western Europe. Using cost-of-living data and retiree reports, we've figured out the 20 countries that are most affordable for retirees.

A data-backed ranking of the top 10 countries Americans are moving to right now—plus where Americans are researching most, key stats and recent trends.

Free speech exists in both the U.S. and Canada—but the rules are very different. This guide explains why free speech works differently in Canada than in the U.S.

For decades, the U.S. and Europe have described their relationship as a close partnership—shared values, shared history, shared goals. But recent surveys suggest that beneath the diplomatic language, public opinion across Europe has shifted noticeably. And the results aren’t subtle.