Travel

An artsy cut-out of a tree, with people standing throughout the branches, to represent heritage travel.
Travel

Explore Your Roots Through Heritage Travel

Visit ancestral homelands and even people

By Laura Petrecca | September 17, 2025
In countryside Britain and Ireland, the road can get quite narrow – and pulling over to let vehicles pass is common, an important consideration when driving British and Irish. CREDIT: Dominic Arizona Bonuccelli, Rick Steves’ Europe.
Rick Steves

Driving ‘British’ and ‘Irish’

Tips for seeing the British Isles by car

By Rick Steves | September 16, 2025
The view of Crater Lake in Oregon, from across the car parking lot. Image by Nick Thomas
Nick Thomas

Take a Hike! To Crater Lake in Oregon

Visiting this 7,700-year-old breathtaking beauty

By Nick Thomas | September 10, 2025
Rejuvenated Palermo: Palermo’s La Martorana features high arches and gorgeous gilded mosaics. CREDIT: Dominic Arizona Bonuccelli, Rick Steves’ Europe.
Rick Steves

A Rejuvenated Palermo in Sicily

Still gritty, still classic, yet so very delightful

By Rick Steves | September 9, 2025
Hikers at Jungfrau, an example of multigenerational travel in Switzerland. Image provided by Malika Bowling
Travel

Multigenerational Travel in Switzerland

A perfect journey to share the love

By Malika Bowling | September 3, 2025
With sunny beaches, spectacular modern architecture, tasty tapas, and feisty, free-spirited people, Basque Country is filled with cultural treats. In cities like San Sebastián, bars offer plenty of pintxos– the Basque Country’s version of tapas. CREDIT: Cameron Hewitt, Rick Steves’ Europe.
Rick Steves

Cultural Treats of Basque Country

Sunny beaches, spectacular modern architecture, tasty tapas, feisty people

By Rick Steves | September 2, 2025
Sutherlin House in Danville, Virginia, ca 1969. Image by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Travel

Visit Danville, Virginia

Seasoned charm with new energy

By Kari Smith | August 28, 2025
‘Girl with a Magnifying Glass mural by Smug (Sam Bates) in Scotland's second city. Glasgow is both a workaday Scottish city and a cosmopolitan destination.
Rick Steves

Art, Architecture, and Nightlife in Scotland’s Second City

‘Glasgow is both a workaday Scottish city and a cosmopolitan destination’

By Rick Steves | August 26, 2025
On Friday mornings between April and August in Alkmaar, Netherlands, cheesemakers neatly line up their cheeses for prospective buyers to examine, a highlight of Europe for cheese lovers. CREDIT: Cameron Hewitt, Rick Steves’ Europe
Food Finds

Europe for Cheese Lovers

Highlights of regions and cheeses for ‘turophiles’

By Rick Steves | August 19, 2025
Speicherstadt, Hamburg’s old red-brick warehouse district on the Elbe River, now houses museums and other attractions, part of the captivating culture in Hamburg. CREDIT: Dominic Arizona Bonuccelli, Rick Steves’ Europe.
Rick Steves

Captivating Culture in Hamburg

Germany’s alluring second city

By Rick Steves | August 12, 2025

Signup for BOOMER'S weekly newsletter

Copyright © 2025 Ross Media Solutions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
BOOMER Magazine™ is a trademark of Ross Media Solutions, Inc.