Here are seven of the best small coastal towns in New England for a beach vacation. Just a shell's throw away from the bustling town of Mystic is the antithesis of a tourist magnet. Connecticut's ...

To her, New Smyrna has a “tightknit” surfing community particular to small beach towns in the U.S. — similar to what her family experienced in the Golden State. “Everyone is pretty chill ...

Curved like a smile across the North Island’s east coast, the Bay of Plenty and the string of towns threading its white-sand shorelines is a popular destination for New Zealanders, especially in ...

On the windswept stretch of Koekohe Beach along New Zealand’s Otago coast, a group of massive, spherical rocks has been turning heads for generations. These are the Moeraki Boulders of New ...

CHATHAM ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND—The New Zealand Herald reports that a father and son duo combing a local beach for wood may have made one of the most important discoveries in New Zealand history.