Whether you know it or not, hiking is always a form of pilgrimage. Hiking is a solitary activity. I discover this on a group trek to the base of Mount Everest.

For Americans planning cruise ship vacations this spring or summer, there could be reason to worry about more than rough seas, experts say.

SOLON, Maine (AP) - From the outside, it looks like any other New England church building: a boxy, white structure with a single steeple surrounded by an old stone wall, set against rolling hills and pine forest.

VENICE, Italy (AP) - Venice is charging day-trippers to the famed canal city an arrivals tax for the second year starting Friday, a measure aimed at combating the kind of overtourism that put the city's UNESCO World Cultural Heritage status at risk.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - As we darted through Addis Ababa's morning rush hour, my jet lag couldn't dull the energy of Ethiopia's capital. We wove through crowds of office workers headed to high-rises and families leading goats home for Orthodox Christmas feasts while our guide explained how one needs at least three weeks to fully experience his country

LONDON (AP) - A desiccated 110-year-old lemon that played a key role in espionage history is one of the star attractions of a London exhibition drawn from the files of MI5, Britain's domestic intelligence agency.

Anger over the Trump administration's tariffs and rhetoric will likely cause international travel to the U.S. to fall even further than expected this year, an influential travel forecasting company said Tuesday.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A bitcoin investor who bought a SpaceX flight for himself and three polar explorers blasted off Monday night on the first rocket ride to carry people over the north and south poles.