Usually, bad weather is a traveler's nightmare, but on Canada's Vancouver Island and elsewhere, winter travelers arrive hoping for stormy days and nights. Zoe Baillargeon travels to this wind-lashed island in the heart of storm-watching season to enjoy its wild tempests—and investigates why humans are drawn to storm-watching.
While tourists flock to the Pyramids of Giza, the nearby Saqqara Necropolis offers a less crowded, alternative Ancient Egypt experience. Not to mention the oldest surviving pyramid in the world. Egypt-based writer Tamara Davison explores.