By almost any American context, Galveston is an old city. Located about 52 miles from Houston, Galveston is a city and county on a 30-mile-long barrier island of the same name. Anyone who has ever taken a gulf cruise has probably come through the port.
It’s hard to imagine Christianity without the Nicene Creed. Seventeen hundred years ago, what became the defining statement of Christianity was adopted in Nicaea (present-day Iznik, Turkey). Back then, Iznik was an outpost of the Roman Empire under Emperor Constantine the Great in what used to be called Asia Minor.
Maybe you’ve heard about America’s 250th birthday being in 2026.Officially, this is called a semiquincentennial.
As capital cities go, the Canadian capital of Ottawa is a somewhat overlooked destination, even though it’s the fourth-largest city in the country.
When planning to see the reopened Notre Dame Cathedral I also decided to spend a couple of nights at Charles de Gaulle Airport, as I had heard from a French friend of mine that a few local churches rivaled the art and architecture of notable churches in Paris.
Is New Orleans safe? That was a question I kept asking myself over the course of four nights at a hotel just a short walk from the French Quarter.
Notre Dame is arguably the most important part of the City of Light. In the year before the 2019 fire, it was the most-visited place in all of France with 12 million visitors.
In a museum in a somewhat overlooked suburb of Orlando is an ornate chapel unlike anything I have ever seen.
God isn’t quite done with the Episcopal Church. That was travel writer Dennis Lennox's impression after a recent trip to Texas took him to the Church of the Incarnation in Dallas. Admittedly, this part of the country is still culturally Christian. The parking lots of most churches across all denominations are considerably fuller than their counterparts elsewhere.
Once an outpost on the early frontier and later a port for steamers carrying tobacco and cotton, this town in northern Tennessee is today a hidden gem.
