The best hidden gems in Europe include stunning mountain towns in Italy, overlooked islands in Croatia, the ultimate detox spot in Sweden and some surprising places to hit the slopes. There are a lot of tried and tested holiday destinations in Europe. Many of them are...

All images © Can Dağarslanı, shared with permission An Istanbul-based creative duo, photographer Can Dağarslanı and model Sophie Bogdan consider the curvature and adaptability of the human body in a series of quirky, spirited photographs....

If you’re a traveler, you know how frustrating it can be to live in a place and not be able to communicate with the locals. Hand signals, broken English, and pointing can only go so far, and learning a new language—especially as an adult—is a...

The latest Honest Trailer takes aim at Michael Bay's overwrought mid-90s action classic, The Rock, starring Nicholas Cage and Sean Connery. The 1996 release was just Bay's second movie, following the smash hit Bad Boys in 1995, and it established a number of...

Nestlé’s sleek, chic capsule system changed the way we drink coffee. But in an age when everyone’s a coffee snob and waste is wickedness, can it survive? By Ed Cumming In 1975, a young engineer named Eric Favre took a trip to Rome that would change the history of...

Japanese contemporary artist, Tokuhiro Kawai, is an expert with oil paintings but also a true cat lover. He used his mastery to create surreal images similar to those created by the Italian painters of the High Renaissance.  But instead of biblical figures, kings...

As temperatures and levels of frustration continue to rise during the pandemic, wearing face masks has become a hot topic of discussion. Masks may not be the most comfortable thing in the world, especially in the summer months, but they’re necessary right now to...

For most people, buses are a means of transportation to get around in your daily life, but the masterminds of the advertising world see a bus as a perfect moving canvas for the most creative and effective ambient ads. In a competition-fueled digital world, clever...

Letters from camp Summer camps might look a little different this year, but that doesn’t mean we can’t look back at these hilarious letters from camp from previous summers. Kids really do say the funniest things. Also, check out the cutest mistakes kids...

Once every couple of years I have medical students from the local medical school over for dinner. At some point, the conversation usually turns to finance, and I commiserate with them about their loan burdens. I typically toss them a few pearls of wisdom, wish them...