Video by David Yim and Deborah Brunswick, CNN Northampton, Massachusetts (CNN) — A town’s motto can reveal exactly what’s charming about the place, and it’s also shorthand for its unique quirks.

When the Japanese artist Shimabuku was 31 years old, he took an octopus on a tour of Tokyo. After catching it from the sea with the help of a local fisherman in Akashi, a coastal city over 3 hours ...

News outlets from around the world have visited the Saguache Crescent to pay tribute to its centry-old linotype machine.

With three 650-foot-tall skyscrapers connected across the top by a boat-like skybridge — and an Instagram-famous infinity pool — Marina Bay Sands has given Singapore one of Asia’s most recognizable ...