Passport in hand, Americans are globetrotting to some unsuspecting destinations giving a big boost to tourism numbers across Europe. We’re not talking Paris, Barcelona, and Athens—nope. These 3 surprising destinations have slowly crept up on Americans’ radars, whether they’re more enticing with fewer crowds, offer sensational year-end Christmas markets, or offer epic train rides and …

I love traveling more than most other things in life, but I’ll never warm up to scrambling to the airport three hours early just to sit around waiting for the plane to show up. I know it’s better to show up early on the off chance that security is crazy slow and I need to …