From housing and healthcare costs to taxes and everyday living expenses, where you choose to spend your later years has a massive impact on how far your savings will go. Based on recent retirement cost analyses and data on savings needed to retire comfortably, here are the 20 most expensive states to retire in and how much you’d likely need saved to call that state home.
Japan doesn’t just run differently—it feels like it was built with a different set of instincts. Travelers often expect culture shock in temples or traditions, but the real surprises live in everyday moments that reveal how deeply systems shape experience.
Across the country, dramatic formations rise, plunge, glow, echo, or twist in ways that rarely repeat themselves. Every state adds its own signature natural scene, each shaped by forces far older than the towns built beside them.
Americans and Canadians seem culturally similar—but legally, they might as well be different planets. Many everyday habits that feel perfectly normal in the U.S. can actually be illegal north of the border. Here are the surprising things Americans do without thinking that could get them in trouble in Canada.
In the Gila Valley of southeastern Arizona, Thatcher is a small town of about 5,700 people. It feels like stepping into a friendly place where mountain views and local living blend seamlessly, even if you’ve never heard of it before.
There was a time when cities stretched outward instead of upward. Vintage photographs preserve those early moments, showing streets, buildings, and crowds before modern height and speed reshaped the urban experience.
Architecture gets interesting once rules start feeling optional. Big risks and strange choices helped American cities grow personalities, stir opinions, and leave behind buildings that feel more like statements than shelter for decades to come.
Lakes respond quietly to the places around them. Light alters their color, shorelines shift with terrain, and distance changes how space feels. Across the country, these waters shape scenery and mood in ways that remain consistent even as regions differ.
Christmas is supposed to be cozy, joyful, and full of cinnamon-scented harmony…yet every year, the same arguments erupt in living rooms and neighborhoods around the world. Families swear their holiday “rules” are the only correct way—and they’re convinced everyone else is doing Christmas wrong. What side of these Xmas fences do you come down on?
Santa won’t admit it publicly, but he has favorite states—and a few he quietly complains about to the reindeer before every landing. Based on real data and Santa’s notes, here’s how the states rank on the big man's nice and naughty list.
Explore 20 of the best lesser-known winter camping destinations in the U.S., featuring hidden gems, snow-covered views, and off-grid adventure. Discover where to pitch your tent away from the crowds this winter.
