A young New Yorker buys, via Craigslist, an uninhabited 91-acre island in Lake Superior with plans to create a small, sustainable artist residency while keeping

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Artist and teacher Ruganzu Bruno Tusingwire wins the first 10K prize at TEDxQuatar with his innovative recycling idea that helps kids in need.

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A showcase for American artisans, the virtual shop Catherine's Table is a warm and cozy ode to beautiful things.

It's amazing what light can do when seen from the right angle. Check out this beautiful sunset sky from the mountains of Costa Rica.

These programs are designed for writers, visual artists and even musicians to take time off for inspiration.

Artist Amy Guidry uses dreamlike and unusual images to make a statement about the relationship between humans and the world.

British artist Richart Sowa has taken more than 100,000 plastic bottles and built an eco-friendly Mexican getaway powered by energy from the waves and the sun.

Rabbit Island residency programs encourage artists to incorporate conservation, ecology and sustainability into their work.

The man who theorized the Nobel Prize-winning Higgs boson particle is himself a bit of a mystery.

He may be one of the most famous men who ever lived, but there's plenty to learn about Nelson Mandela.

Despite their unhealthy ingredients and piles of sugar, a candy bar could actually be a better choice than these energy and protein bars.

If you can't beat them, eat them — that's what Jamaica and Florida are doing with lionfish, and there’s been a big drop in sightings of this invasive species.

The northern snakehead, a voracious invasive species that can live out of the water for days, is showing up in several states.

'Mobitecture' features portable works of architecture including campers, floating cabins and trampoline tents.

Even if you haven't read some of the books in your library, they are still doing you good.

In the age of Kindles and chain bookstores, some of these towns are vehemently opposed to e-readers and brand-name booksellers.

For dog-lit author Flora Kennedy, dogs can be the harshest — and sweetest — critics.

The Nordic nation gets bookish at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale with an exposition dubbed 'Mind-Building'

With photos and detailed insight, the new book "The Modern House Bus" offers a glimpse into the world of bus conversion projects.

Finland, the world's most literate nation, rings in its 100th birthday with the opening of Oodi Helsinki Central Library.

Writer Stacy Tornio didn't think she'd get such an enthusiastic response from her son Jack about writing a book.

Turns out all those dire predictions about paper books and bookstores were wrong — and personally, I'm thrilled.

Check out this former industrial powerhouse's parks, markets and way-green baseball stadium.

Get out your walking shoes and check out this city by the sea.

Check out this low-key spot for a rustic, Deep South experience.

If your preferred mode of transportation is by horse or bike, this is the place for you.

Although only 22 miles away from L.A., Catalina is a completely different world.

Conservation plays a big part in the development of this laid-back island, where golfing, seafood and bird watching are top-notch.

Reykjavik, the pedestrian-friendly, geothermal-spring-heavy capital of Iceland is ideal for travelers who want to leave a light carbon footprint.

Grand Rapids is the second-largest city in Michigan, claiming a modest-sized metropolitan area with about a million people in total. It is perhaps best known as

Despite a few setbacks, such as the 2004 tsunami and recent political unrest, Phuket remains Thailand's showcase tourist destination. Its palm-fringed beaches,

Prince Edward Island is Canada's smallest province in terms of area, but it is one of the country's most prominent in terms of tourism and the environment. Many

Malaysia's Penang Island is one of the most unique places to travel in Southeast Asia. As a beach destination, it pales in comparison to the region's best stret

The city of Auckland sits at the center of the largest metropolitan area in New Zealand. The nation is probably best known for its tradition of shepherding, for

Birmingham sits at the center of England's West Midlands region. Though it is not on many international tourists' radar, it is the second-largest city in the co

Jeju Island is not on many Western tourists' radar. This speck of land off the southern coast of South Korea is hugely popular amongst domestic tourists and is

Sitting in the Caribbean, only 56 miles from the coast of Florida, Grand Bahama is one of the closest major islands to the United States. Easy access from the N

Cartagena, Colombia's Caribbean port city, might not enjoy the name recognition of Bogota or even Medellin, but it has many of the features of a bona fide mains

Sardinia's true magic, especially from a nature-lover’s perspective, is its interior and its less-accessible sections of coastline.

Green-minded travelers will find plenty to love in Santa Fe. It is highly walkable. Local, organic and fresh ingredients are the norm in many of the city's most

Fiat offers loaner bikes to drivers in need, the Atlantic ocean gets its own garbage patch, and researchers find a massive oil plume lurking beneath the Gulf of

Material from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to be collected, melted down and rebuilt into a floating paradise for green tourism.

The great Pacific garage patch is giving sea striders a place to breed out on the open ocean, changing the natural environment there, new research suggests.

Tern Island is so besieged by garbage it may become the first U.S. hazardous-waste site whose main problem is plastic.

Divers scoured remote Pacific atolls to collect the garbage, some of which had entangled sea turtles.

Euthanasia rates have dropped dramatically at animal shelters across the U.S.

From bully sticks and rawhide to deer antlers and cow hooves, which natural dog chews are OK for your dog?