Photos show the lavish interiors of The Elms, a Rhode Island mansion built for a coal millionaire in the Gilded Age

Right now, American Airlines is offering some serious bargains on round-trip flights to some of Europe’s most iconic destinations, with prices starting at under $500. The sale, which runs through September 17, covers flights departing on select dates between now and May 2024. Travelers can take advantage of discounted flights to such timeless cities as Athens, Dublin, London, Lisbon, Paris, Venice and many more. 

Avalon Waterways is celebrating a record-breaking year of sales in 2024. And, already, the line is on track to smash its 2025 sales goals, too.

On a balmy night in Marseille, France’s second-largest city, crowds move through the graffiti-toned streets of the central Cours Julien neighborhood. Buildings are splashed in color as if the nearby Mediterranean had washed up, ebbed out and left behind pigments of a shattered rainbow.

American Airlines has just discounted dozens of round-trip flights to Athens, Venice, and other dreamy European cities — all starting at under $500.

Virgin Atlantic is expanding its network with the addition of three "new" destinations.

I'm an American born to British parents. My husband is British and recently obtained US citizenship after living there for 10 years. When we had our son (who also has dual citizenship), we knew we'd spend significant time on both continents. However, the pandemic, finances, and busy schedules kept us from traveling internationally.

The opulent mansions of the Gilded Age's wealthiest families once required exclusive invitations to visit. Today, many of them are museums open to the public.

Want to get away to Europe? Travelers can score one-way flights for as little as 15,000 airline miles with this little-known frequent flier program. 

Even though the summer season doesn't officially end for another few weeks, American Airlines is already plotting big moves for next summer.

Before Vanderbilt mansions like The Breakers and Marble House put Newport, Rhode Island, on the map as an escape for the Gilded Age's wealthy elite, there was Chateau-sur-Mer.

Protesters staging hunger strikes against tourism developments. Local officials threatening to cut off water to illegal vacation rentals. Residents spraying tourists with water pistols.

Passengers looking to embark on a 3 ½ year-round-the-world voyage on Villa Vie Residences' Odyssey cruise ship have been left hanging for the past three months.