A Pacific Northwest trip is incomplete without visiting the world's largest independent bookstore. So let's write the first chapter of your Portland itinerary.

An estimated 10,000 slices of pizza will be served as New Haven, Connecticut, attempts to break a record currently held by ...

How the Largest Volcanic Eruption in Human History Changed the World Read about the volcano that some believe almost wiped humans off the planet ...

The past three "tallest dog in the world" title holders were Great Danes. Two even had the same colossal name. Here are the world's largest breeds.

You might expect the world's biggest Elvis Presley festival to be in Las Vegas, or Memphis, Tenn. One small UK seaside town holds an annual -- and possibly the world's biggest -- Elvis Presley ...

Livraria Lello in Porto, Portugal, is arguably among the world's most beautiful bookstores, and visitors line up each day to catch a glimpse inside.

As the war in Sudan entered its third year, the country is facing the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world today. Nonetheless, the situation receives very little attention globally. Having ...

Cultural critic Jorge Carrión ranks Acqua Alta among a few bookstores around the world that are also travel destinations, like Shakespeare & Company in Paris or El Ateneo in Buenos Aires.

ABQ Castle Studios, one of New Mexico's newest television and film studios, uses 6,000 square feet of green screen staging and virtual sets to bring productions to life."This is the biggest ...

With its giant public debt, the United States is far more dependent on foreign creditors than any other country in the world.

Scientists say they have found the world's largest coral near the Pacific's Solomon Islands, announcing Thursday a major discovery "pulsing with life and color." The coral is so immense that ...