The mountains and valleys offer endless playgrounds for outdoor lovers. The oldest legal saloon in Washington state still serves drinks here. If those walls could talk, they’d tell wild tales of gold ...

That’s Silverton, Oregon for you – a town that somehow manages to be both a well-kept secret and a destination worth shouting about from mountaintops. Just 14 miles east of Salem, this little slice of ...

Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia's largest conscription drive in 14 years. His ultimate goal is to have an army larger than America's, our Moscow correspondent explains. Follow the latest below ...