Debra A. Klein

Elton John, Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, and more recorded songs and albums at George Martin’s recording studio on Montserrat, which today stands in disrepair.

When Taylor Swift and Katy Perry sing about falling in love or dumping erring boyfriends, their words may have been written by Max Martin, a 43-year-old Swedish man.

It’s official: the organic movement has infiltrated our bars. But whether or not your martini is made from organic, kosher, locally-sourced vodka, it still isn’t “healthy” for you.

On the bucolic island of St. Kitts, the scenery masks a complex history often kept secret, including the island's role in the birth of the slave trade and its connections to an American president.

To kick off the Commonwealth Games, a baton standing in for the Queen travels the globe with a special message from the regent to her (former) subjects, who give it the royal treatment.

Before the great recession, Anguilla was a favorite for celebrities who wanted to disappear. Then the market crashed. Now the island is coming back, bigger and more luxurious than ever.

Escaping from home. Joining a cult. Inheriting a vineyard. What may sound like fiction was the real life of a Japanese immigrant who became the largest winemaker in California.

Most works of art convey a specific message from the artist. But at David Best’s new temple in Sonoma County, visitors help build the piece out of their own memories of love and loss.

The locavore craze has gone beyond just a trendy activity. In California, tourists have been pitted against career foragers, causing problems for wild mushrooms and abalone.

Tech geeks aren’t the only people trying out Google Glass. One artist is debuting a Glass-based work of art in Miami—in which the viewer looks at art that looks back.