When the first Europeans came to North America they established their settlements along the Atlantic coast. What began as a cluster of log cabins soon developed into handsome seaport towns and cities, renowned for their fine architecture and lovely formal gardens, but also famous ...

One of the hemisphere’s most extraordinary places is found close to home. “New found isle,” “New found launde,” “Terra Nova,” “Terre Neuve,” however you refer to it, Newfoundland, Canada’s easternmost province and one of ...

The rivers and inlets of Canada were its first highways—not only for the Native Americans tribes, but also for the French and English explorers, traders, missionaries, and colonists who followed these waterways into the interior of a grand new world. Early next summer we ...

Close to home is one of the great natural wonders of the world. Nearly fifteen thousand years ago, the last of the great glaciers retreated, leaving us with the legacy of the Great Lakes. The lakes are unique, for although they are called lakes, they are in reality vast inland ...

This unusual voyage combines the historic cities of America’s Eastern seaboard with the best of Central America. From the shores of historic Massachusetts we’ll cruise down the continent’s Atlantic shore, exploring the first cities of the thirteen original ...