by Kwin Mosby | Aug 10, 2014 | Festivals and Celebrations, videos
Edinburgh Festival Fringe (Photo Courtesy of Getty Images News) Scotland’s capital city, Edinburgh, is the hot travel destination in August for 2 reasons — the Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In addition to visiting Edinburgh...
by Kwin Mosby | Jul 11, 2014 | Beaches, Culture, Festivals and Celebrations, Summer, videos
Paris Plage (Photo Courtesy of Reuters / Charles Platiau) Celebrated on July 14, French National Day or Bastille Day commemorates the beginning of the French Revolution and the Storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789. Celebrations are held all over France, but...
by Krystyna Barnard | Jul 3, 2014 | Festivals and Celebrations, Summer, Trends, videos
Photography by Archive Photos / Getty Images Tomorrow, people across the US will don their red, white and blue in celebration of America’s 238th birthday. Pictured above, actress Louise Synder wears a vintage swimsuit and a Stars & Stripes top hat to set off...
by travel channel | Jun 30, 2014 | Festivals and Celebrations, videos
Photography by Thinkstock While Americans famously celebrate Fourth of July, Canadians celebrate their own nationalistic holiday, appropriately named Canada Day, on July 1. Until Oct. 27, 1982, Canada Day was actually known as “Dominion Day.” It was almost a hundred...
by Valerie Conners | Jun 13, 2014 | Festivals and Celebrations, videos
Pop the Kennebunk Festival (Photo Courtesy of Maine and Maine Home+Design Magazines) The Dish For 6 remarkably tasty days in June, food and travel lovers from across the US unite at the Kennebunkport Food and Wine Festival, an annual event that has – hands down...
by travel channel | Jun 5, 2014 | Festivals and Celebrations, History, Museums and Memorials, videos
Photography By National Park Service As Francis Scott Key watched the smoke clear and the sun rise above Baltimore’s Fort McHenry after witnessing its bombardment by British naval ships during the final months of the War of 1812, he had every expectation of seeing a...
