The lighthouse over Castello Maniace, on Ortigia Island (Photo: Bernard Bialorucki/Dreamstime). The city of Syracuse is also home to the Sanctuary of the Madonna of the Tears, built in memory of the ...

In the Odyssey, the hero Odysseus is said to have hidden a treasure on the island of Ithaca after finally returning home.

In their hunt, they happen upon tools from the 1500s. Here’s the information you’ll need to watch “The Curse of Oak Island” on the History Channel or via a free live stream online.

Robert Jenrick has claimed the UK is "already an island of strangers" after the prime minister faced criticism for using that phrase in a speech on migration. The shadow justice secretary told Sky ...

A trio of archaeologists from the University of Barcelona and the University of Castilla-La Mancha, both in Spain, and the ...

Staten Island’s North Shore is set to host New York City’s largest mass timber residential development. Mayor Eric Adams and the city’s Economic Development Corporation announced their ...

And it all starts with one charismatic sea captain. Captain Maggie McDonogh is the fourth-generation owner and operator of Angel Island Tiburon Ferry, which takes hikers, cyclists and picnickers ...

Those strings of islands include tiny, hump-backed Goat Island, which used to be a small hill overlooking the former Berryessa Valley. Up until the 1950s, this valley was an agricultural jewel ...

The Labour prime minister caused consternation among many left-wing MPs when he said that “we risk becoming an island of strangers” without new rules to curb the “squalid chapter” of ...

The prime minister’s warning that Britain is becoming a “island of strangers” as a result of migration has sparked alarm with claims that it was almost word for word as a line from Enoch Pow ...

With more than 2000 inhabited islands to choose from, this Southeast Asian archipelago can be an overwhelming prospect at first but offers incredible experiences at impressive prices. A quick ...

A video posted online of two orcas circling in an algae-infested pool in southern France has brought a fresh wave of worldwide concern for cetaceans Wikie, 24, and her 11-year-old ...