Researchers have discovered the remains of medieval cities perched above the ancient Silk Road in the rugged mountains of southeastern Uzbekistan. One of them is a sprawling, high-altitude ...

Ancient mountain-top cities typically bring to mind sites such as Machu Picchu, located 2,430 metres above sea level in the Peruvian Andes. High-altitude urban sites are extraordinarily rare in ...

The three suggestions Southern Living writers had for road trip stops in N.C. included Sliding Rock in Pisgah Forest, the Mile High Swinging Bridge at Grandfather Mountain and Wilson's Whirligig Park.