After seven years, the author bids farewell to Rome, but not to the words it stirred up.

When it comes to Green Cards, American bureaucracy can make Thomas Wolfe seem wise.

A Midwest city's downtown wasteland has been recharged by an unusual art competition.

Their numbers increasing, illegal immigrants from Africa and Asia face a rough road in Rome.

Becoming less of a foreigner can mean accepting your role as a foreigner for keeps.

Trips taken early in life, when the world seems vast and mysterious, can leave a profound imprint.

A newly trendy Rome neighborhood still has enough charm to make it a joy to live in.

In Rome's Centro Studi Americani is a stunning library — and too much silence.

Judging a California coastal town by its glitzy inhabitants leaves out the happy ending.

Seville's annual Semana Santa festivities represent devotion in a reveling key.