Cordillera Blanca, Peru, is home to the highest tropical mountain range on earth, with 50 major summits of more than 18,000 feet. (Getty Images) Every Thursday I write about place I'd love to visit, if I had the time and the money. I just got an email from Adventure Life that has me drooling over a new 14-day northern Peru backcountry trekking tour. Here is the email: This tour journeys to the highest tropical mountain range on earth, with 50+...

WASHINGTON — If diplomatic achievements were measured by the number of countries visited, Hillary Rodham Clinton would be the most accomplished secretary of state in history. While historians will debate and eventually rate her tenure as America's top diplomat, Clinton is already assured of a place in the State Department record book. When her plane touched down at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington early Tuesday morning, the former first lady completed an epic 13-day journey of 27,000 miles —...

Savor the five-star views at trendy rooftop restaurants from Brooklyn to Bangkok. (Courtesy of Sirocco) You step out of the elevator on the 27th floor, and it hits you: a dazzling view of Chicago’s Loop, Lake Michigan, and Millennium Park. You’ve arrived at the Roof at the Wit just in time to snag a table with a built-in fire pit and watch the sun dip slowly behind the city’s architectural landmarks. It’s going to be one memorable dinner. Better than...