Le Méridien Washington, D.C., The Madison opened in 1963 with John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy among its first honored guests. Today, its midcentury-inspired design, contemporary art, and central ...

On May 22, 1960, the largest earthquake ever recorded struck southern Chile. Besides shattering homes and dispatching tsunami waves as far as New Zealand, the 9.5-magnitude Valdivia earthquake almost ...

Perhaps you’ve been reading all these budget travel stories and thinking to yourself, “Well, that sure must be nice for people who have money to do stuff like travel.” But it doesn’t always have to be ...