It is easy to forget that the UK is an island due to the dearth of tropical palm trees, white sandy beaches and rays of the ...

There’s a Cornish word, mordros, for the relentless sound of the sea. You barely hear it in Falmouth harbour, outside the ...

The island was synonymous with serene rice terraces and mesmerizing sunsets over the Indian Ocean. Back then, Bali still ...

The beach has a way of getting into your head. Maybe it’s the sound of the waves or the feeling of sand under your feet, or just the fact that life feels slower when you’re near the ocean.

In 1955, Colonel John Churchill, known as "Mad Jack", became the first person to surf the bore, standing atop a homemade ...

Located on the unspoilt island of Sumba, just an hour's flight from tourist hotspot Bali, this wild-around-the-edges beach refuge – Sumba is also a surfer's paradise – is attracting the spa-curious ...

For generations, women have been operating lighthouses across the country, saving lives and keeping history. John Yang reports from the oldest continuously operating lighthouse on the U.S. Pacific ...

The history of Jews in the Hawaiian Islands, when they arrived, what happened during World War II, and what their lives are ...

In 1905 the world’s oldest known surfboard was discovered in Hawaii. It dated back to the early 1600s. And it belonged to a ...

Roosevelt wrote in 1930 that he couldn’t “stand idly by” and watch the impending “destruction” of Bali from the inevitable ...