Noel Kirkpatrick is an editor and writer based in Tacoma, Washington. He covers many topics, including animals, science, and the environment. There are few things more romantic than the notion of ...

It’ll take a walk through the 1980s and into a keg storage room at the side of a bar and past a metal door to reach this cozy mountain getaway in the Alps, but you better be on the lookout for a ...

I traveled by overnight train during two European backpacking trips. For my first trip, I booked a bunk in a sleeper cabin shared with three strangers for $84. For my second trip, I booked a private ...