Here’s a bedtime story for you... We’re in Australia. We wake up early one morning to scale the Sydney Harbour Bridge. After a safety...

I recently stayed in the picturesque Alsace region of France. Every town looked straight out of a fairytale. While visiting Strasbourg, I...

I have a story that has become a family classic. Christmas Day. 1992. I'm 21 years old. My husband, (then boyfriend) Gord, and I get back...

Kijongdong, North Korea Grab a cup of afternoon tea. Today I'm going to take you to Kijongdong, North Korea. But first, let me tell you...

A long time ago, when the gods were still roaming around Earth, there was a young Spartan prince named Hyancinthus. Hyancinthus was super...

By Nhl4hamilton (Rick Cordeiro) - Own work, Public Domain In a park, overlooking the picturesque Burlington Bay, the British set up a...

Gather round for story time! Actually...hop into my little golf cart because today I'm taking you to the Palace of Versailles. We...

Gather round for story-time. Here’s a beautiful one for all you dog-lovers. 1850’s Scotland. A gardener named John Gray moved to...

My lovely neighbour gave me some rhubarb from her garden, which made me wonder if you knew about its interesting history...so gather...

Flowers from my garden The frilly white flower to the right of the blush-coloured rose is a scabiosa. Scabiosa? Why-oh-why does such a...

Gather round for story time! The three of us are alone, marching single file through a jungle path on some tiny, mysterious island off of...

Today, I'm going to take you to a spot you'll most likely recognize from the news: The DMZ and the Joint Security Area (JSA). DMZ stands...

Snapshots Of The Past, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Everyone’s heard of Charles the Great— Charlemagne. But, Charlie had a son,...

Gather round if you’d like. I’ll tell you a little tale. Nestled deep in the alps, next to a shining lake, a picturesque town has existed...

John William Waterhouse - Echo and Narcissus (Public Domain) Grab a cup of tea and come along for story time, if you'd like! Once again,...

We are somewhere in rural China in the Sichuan province. It’s the three of us, our guide, ”Julie”, and our driver. We are hours from...

In the 8th century B.C., an old, blind Greek man named Homer wrote a poem. It was --both literally and figuratively-- an epic one. Meant...

My husband and I wished on our wishbone and look what happened! Luckily, I know the basic ins and outs of wish-making. So, here's your...

Here's your interesting fact of the day: Jolly old St. Nick. Standing in front of a shrine to St. Nicholas with our historian in...

Roses are timeless. I love their history as much as their blooms. So....that inspired your useless, but interesting, fact of the day: I...