The Cape Town Minstrel Carnival, locally known as Kaapse Klopse or Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year), is a vibrant celebration that takes place in early January in Cape Town, South Africa. This ...

New Orleans is famous for its vibrant, over-the-top New Year's Eve celebrations, blending Southern charm with a lively party atmosphere. Known for its iconic Mardi Gras, the city brings that same ...

The Sonoran Desert in southeastern Arizona is a real paradise for hummingbird watchers. The area lies on the hummers' flyway between their northern nesting grounds and southern wintering locales and ...

Texas bluebonnet (Texas lupine or Lupinus texensis) blooms between late February and April, but the season differs each year. When spring comes to the Lone Star State, these beautiful wildflowers ...

Fall Foliage in and around Washington, D.C.

History of Go Topless Day The Go Topless organization was founded in 2007 with the goal of defending women’s constitutional right to be bare-chested in public, the same right men already had. Go ...

Thousands of beautiful orange-black and white monarch butterflies fly a huge distance every year to get from their breeding sites in the northern U.S. and Canada to their wintering locations in Mexico ...

Yucatan peninsula is home to tens of thousands of flamingos year-round. Endemic to North America, Caribbean Flamingo, aka American Flamingo, is the largest of flamingo species. American flamingo is ...

The Yosemite area offers a phenomenal variety of wildflowers, including some of the rarest varieties around. It is home to both native California plants and species that have migrated from the Pacific ...

Every year, the quaint town of Sonkajaervi in Finland hosts the International Wife Carrying Championships. The essence of the competition is exactly what it sounds like—during its run, husbands have ...

Skippack Village, located 35 mi (56 km) northwest of Philadelphia, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, holds a memorable annual Independence Day party. The event’s organizers have done their best to ...

Located at the mouth of the Portage River on Lake Erie, Port Clinton is a perfect 4th of July gateway. In addition to the great outdoors, the city offers impressive fireworks and a vibrant community ...