
Weekends With Yankee
Cooking French-New England fusion dishes with Jacques Pépin; Mount Monadnock; Ducati motorcycles.

Cooking French-New England fusion dishes with Jacques Pépin; Mount Monadnock; Ducati motorcycles.

Alpine adventures include bobsledding, hiking and a boat ride.

Port towns along the Italian Riviera include Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, Riomaggiore, Monterosso.

The longest skating trail in the U.S.; chef Stacy Cogswell cooks a classic New England meal.

The palace of Maria Theresa; Hapsburg crown jewels; a picnic on the Danube.

Jerusalem; harvesting olives near Ramallah; pilgrimage to Bethlehem; Abraham's tomb in Hebron.

Italy's classic hill towns include San Gimignano, Cortona, Orvieto and Civita di Bagnoregio.

Religious tradition in Jerusalem; Tel Aviv; Masada; biblical sites around the Sea of Galilee.

A behind-the-scenes look at "Big Pacific" includes highlights and challenges of filming wildlife.

Hunting for truffles; artichoke festival; farmhouse feast; a ride through cypress groves.

Exploring Versailles; Vaux le Vicomte; Fontainebleau; the glass and statuary of Chartres cathedral.

Fashion in Milan, Italy; cruising Lake Como; lakeside village of Varenna.

Touring four castles -- Chenonceau, Chambord, Cheverny and Villandry; feeding hunting dogs.

The Amalfi Coast: Positano resort; Sorrento; ancient Greek temples at Paestum; the Blue Grotto.

The quest to multiply includes an array of unusual behaviors and adaptations; male pregnancy.

Aerial view of Cappadocia; underground city; circumcision party; exploring troglodyte ghost towns.

Back-street fish markets; pizza; climbing Mount Vesuvius; the ruins of Pompeii.

The streets of ancient Ephesus; natural spa at Pamukkale; lunch in a Turkish pizzeria.

Edinburgh Castle; the new Scottish Parliament Building; Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia.

For creatures of all sizes, the challenge of finding food drives life in the Pacific.