In this guide, I have put together nine of our family's favorite places to travel together, with a "before you go" section inside each one. Here is what we have loved, what we have learned, and the resources that turn anticipation into preparation.
After almost two decades of publishing Wandering Educators, I greet every new travel planning tool the same way: with curiosity, and with my suitcase-tested skepticism close at hand.
The question filling my inbox this year?
My answer?
The era of tapping on greasy kiosks is slowly fading, making way for sophisticated conversational intelligence. Here's what is going on.
How to choose an educational travel program that is actually worth the time and the money - including the 6 most important questions to ask.
On a misty grey morning at Scotland’s historic Culloden Battlefield, our daughter Lillie did not want to leave.
We had arrived early. Hours (and hours) later, a guide came to tell us the site was closing. Lillie kept going back to the same long stretch of Drummossie Moor, listening hard to the wind. She wandered to and from Leanach Cottage, meandering among clan grave markers, treading lightly and with respect. She asked questions, then went back to the marsh to think.
Hendricks County, Indiana will once again host one of the nation’s biggest events promoting awareness and education of the American Indian culture.
Headed to Stratford, Ontario? It’s one of my favorite towns, ever! Of course, you will spend hours at the Festival Theatre. While my cup of recommendations for things to see, taste, and experience in Stratford runneth over, I have a marvelous suggestion for something you should definitely include – and a fascinating person you must meet.
Each year, Cologne turns into an incredibly thrilling esports venue. The IEM Cologne Major 2026 is not different in that regard. With the playoff stages going on, the eyes of thousands of Counter-Strike 2 enthusiasts are fixed on the amazing LANXESS Arena, home ground of a few of the best teams in the world, competing for the highly coveted trophy.
Smart planning makes family travel much easier and more enjoyable. Here's how.
The first lesson at Chichén Itzá is not written on a sign. It is in the way people slow down when El Castillo comes into view.
People do not all stop at once. Someone is still adjusting a hat, someone is reaching for a water bottle, and a guide is talking over the low buzz of the plaza. Then El Castillo clears the crowd, and the mood shifts in that quiet way old places sometimes manage. A finger goes up toward the steps, then toward the shadow line, then toward the pyramid itself, sitting calmly in all that open space.