Campeche, Mexico is a colorful city and a UNESCO World Heritage site. The old town is still surrounded by the city walls that protected this peaceful plaza from pirates.

The Amateur Traveler talks again to Photographer Ralph Velasco about the state of Chihuahua in Mexico. Ralph was recently on assignment throughout Mexico but this region made the biggest impact on him. ...

“In heaven there is paradise, on Earth Suzhou and Hangzhou”. This is what our tour group leader told us before we visited the “Master of the Nets Garden” in Suzhou, China. This ...

The bastions at Campeche still look ready to protect this colonial Mexican city from pirates. They are one of the reasons that this city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

You are no longer allowed to climb the great pyramid at Chichan Itza unless you work at the site. This shot shows some of the workers apparently doing repairs.

One of the oldest inhabited cities in Israel, the old walled city of Acre sits on the Northern End of Haifa Bay. Like many other cities in the Holy Land, it has ...

Now this castle in Germany’s Rhine River Gorge is surrounded by vineyards but in the middle ages it would have made some of its livelihood from charging tolls on boats passing on ...

This castle is one of several in the Rhine River Gorge in Germany. The gorge is the narrowest spot alone the waterway and an area filled with castles like this one that ...

The Amateur Traveler talks to Gary Arndt of Everything-Everywhere.com about UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The World Heritage List includes 890 sites from around the world which are part of the cultural and ...