We just got back from a fantastic 3-week trip to the French and Italian coasts, Rome, and Venice. It was an amazing way to see many well-known places and experience the beauty, hospitality, and food ...

Think of the Pantheon in Rome or Michelagelo's iconic ... number 76, which is a cave inside a mountain. Marble extraction in Carrara is done with a 5-millimeter diamond wire or with big chainsaws.

Built at the behest of King Louis XV of France; the king intended it as a church dedicated to Saint Genevieve, Paris' patron saint, whose relics were to be housed in the church. By the time the ...