Peter Kinney articles

Working abroad sounds amazing in theory, getting to experience a new culture, new paycheck, new perspective. In practice, though, everything hinges on one thing: the work visa. Based on expat reports, immigration policy data, and factors like demand for foreign workers and processing timelines, here are 20 countries that make getting a work visa easy.

At The Hermitage, Andrew Jackson's plantation, the earth has just revealed a story long buried—literally. A recent discovery of enslaved worker's gravesites on Jackson's sprawling estate sheds new light on the history we often overlook.

From housing and healthcare costs to taxes and everyday living expenses, where you choose to spend your later years has a massive impact on how far your savings will go. Based on recent retirement cost analyses and data on savings needed to retire comfortably, here are the 20 most expensive states to retire in and how much you’d likely need saved to call that state home.

Most museum pieces sit quietly behind glass, harmless and historical. Then there are the others. Objects that carried weight in their time and somehow still do. Ancient cultures left evidence of their darkest beliefs.

The first successful airplane ever built was in 1903. Centuries later, look how far aviation has come. While we're busy catching flights and not feelings, check out these interesting facts surrounding international flights and travel.

For a woman like Amelia Earhart, the sky was never the limit. Born during a time when social norms restricted women, she blazed through. Tragically, though, her story ended amidst the winds of the Pacific skies. This is her story.

Deep in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, beneath layers of desert sand, archaeologists made an extraordinary discovery in 2021. A limestone statue, standing just over 40 inches tall, emerged from its 4,300-year slumber to challenge everything experts thought they knew about Old Kingdom art.

In the rolling hills of central Italy, about 43 miles northwest of Rome, a team of archaeologists led by Baylor University's Dr Davide Zori made a discovery that historians are calling one of the most significant Etruscan finds in decades. The region, long known for its layered ancient scenery, has produced countless artifacts, but rarely something preserved with such integrity. While investigating the ancient necropolis surrounding San Giuliano, the research team encountered something rare—a completely sealed Etruscan tomb that had remained untouched for 2,600 years. Its undisturbed state immediately signaled that the excavation could reveal information often lost to looting or earlier excavations that relied on outdated methods.

Those towering walls above Cusco carry a story far more complex than their imposing appearance suggests. Thanks to geological tests, textures and patterns that no early survey ever recorded are pushing researchers toward surprising conclusions.