Four days in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is a great amount of time to enjoy local beaches, explore neighborhoods, and see the ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. traveled to west Texas after a second elementary school-aged child who was not vaccinated died from a measles-related illness.

I was born in Bangkok and raised in Los Angeles, spending almost every weekend of my childhood at Thai temples in both North Hollywood and La Puente. I performed Thai classical dance at restaurant ...

From the burning monk of Vietnam to the JFK assassination, these powerful images remain seared into the American consciousness today. Each new decade in American history has brought substantial ...

Every Thursday on Unpacked by Afar, we tackle a new tricky topic in travel. Because the travel world is complicated. We’re here to help you unpack it.

George Harland and his daughter Pat are photographers who discover a wild boy in the jungle. When Pat becomes lost, Bomba brings her back, overcoming plagues of locusts, forest fires and fierce ...

For those who didn’t know, Sarawak in Malaysia hosts a unique annual music festival that redefines what you think a music festival can be. Instead of crowded city streets and concrete stages in a ...

Griffith Observatory sits on the south face of Mount Hollywood and overlooks the Los Angeles basin. Its location gives visitors impressive views of the surrounding area, which many rave about.

The Tsar Bomba wasn’t just a bomb—it was a message. In 1961, the Soviet Union detonated the largest nuclear weapon ever built, unleashing a 50-megaton explosion that was 3,000 times more ...