On an October day in 2015, ecologist Meredith Root-Bernstein was watching a family of rare pigs at a Parisian zoo when something caught her eye. Intrigued, the scientist returned to the menagerie at ...

Victorian houses sit on the hillsides like fancy wedding cakes. Many of these homes have been turned into cozy bed and breakfasts. You can sleep in rooms where famous people once rested their heads.