Cuenca, Ecuador, located in the Andes Mountains, sits at an elevation of 8,400 feet above sea level, and is the capital and largest city of the Azuay Province of Ecuador. The estimated population in 2015 was 580,000. Cuenca boasts many historical buildings and colonial architecture, with the center of the city listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and includes…...

If you have been looking to retire in a relaxed college town with ample access to the great outdoors and where something is always going on, then Olympia, with 55,000 (2020) people in southern Washington, might be the place for you. Outside Magazine recently named Olympia as one of the best college towns in America. There are 3 community colleges,…...

Manchester is a town east of Hartford with about 56,000 people in it.  It is an old town and was once famous for its silk mill. Photo of Shenipsit Trail tree with blue blaze near Case Mountain in Manchester, CT courtesy of Wikipedia and Gdisanto (public domain); photo from postcard of Cheney Brothers Mills, South Manchester, 1920, aerial view, courtesy of…...

Ottawa is the capital of Canada and the second largest city of Ontario and the fourth largest in Canada. The population is over 800,000.  Located on the border of Quebec and Ontario, the city makes an ideal compromise capital for this bilingual country....