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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.

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.

Street food is where a country’s culinary soul shines brightest, sometimes humble, always delicious, and packed with culture. Based on travel guides, global street-food rankings, and foodie consensus from around the world, here are 20 countries where street food is a must-try experience, ranked from delightfully flavorful to undeniably the best.

Some views stop conversations mid-sentence. Not because they’re loud or dramatic, but because they’ve been evolving longer than humans have been watching. These beautiful spaces tell stories without ever needing words.

Some countries simply make backpacking easier, cheaper, and more rewarding. Using community insights from travelers, hostel-availability data, and affordability metrics, we’ve ranked 20 of the best backpacking countries in the world, ending with the country that backpackers overwhelmingly rank as the planet’s #1 destination.

Simon Rodia was an Italian immigrant in Los Angeles who used hand tools and salvaged materials to build a monument unlike anything the city had ever seen: the Watts Towers.