Beyond the north coast of Scotland lie the Orkney Islands, an archipelago of more than 70 islands scattered across the North Sea like breadcrumbs. Long winters, raking winds, and a treeless landscape ...

Throughout the 20th century, the population of Castiglioncello del Trinoro shrank from hundreds to about a dozen. Perched atop a hill in the UNESCO World Heritage site Val d'Orcia, the charming ...

An abandoned fisherman’s cottage on a remote Scottish island that had no running water, electricity, or windows—and sheep living in it. That was all ex-soldier and businessman Robert Tai could afford ...

A group of miners working in Cornwall were itching to make a discovery of tin - the metal was a valuable resource, and the Cornish countryside was well known to be a rich source for this major ...