This historic lakeshore city in Israel’s north offers numerous delights—to the spiritual sojourner, the spa vacationer and the sun-in-the-fun tourist equally.

Refined luxury awaits visitors to the new Ritz Carlton and Waldorf Astoria hotels open in the Tel Aviv area and Jerusalem.

Scientists are combatting a scourge on the prickly pear fruit that has become synonymous with native-born Israelis.

The recent discovery of the remains of a 2,300-year-old village outside Jerusalem sheds light on how ordinary people once lived in the Holy Land. The

It was the most daring—and seemingly impossible—mission. On February 8, 1914, when Palestine was still part of the Ottoman Empire, two planes of the fledgling

The most mysterious country in Europe—which celebrates its 100th anniversary of independence this year—is a place of dramatic extremes. Cut off from the Western world

A new, 30-ton bronze statue of Alexander the Great towers over Skopje’s central square. The statue is part of Skopje 2014, a $102-million project that

The Jordan River runs through Salt Lake City, Utah’s mountain-ringed capital. Despite hot, dry summers, it is one of the greenest cities in America, its