For first-time visitors to the Caribbean island of Montserrat, some of the local vocabulary evokes Geology 101. Words like “pyroclastic flow,” “seismic” and “dome collapse” pop up often in ...

While St. Patrick's Day was once a one-day only event in Montserrat, the celebration of all things Irish has now spanned to an all-encompassing week-long affair. Indeed, it is the only country in the ...

The Caribbean region includes several destinations whose names are highly familiar to North American travelers. There are also several islands whose warm temperatures and blue waters stimulate the ...

There is only one place outside of Ireland that celebrates St. Patrick’s Day as a national public holiday: the island of Montserrat. The small pear-shaped island is about 40 square miles and is ...

Montserrat feels like a modern day Pompeii, frozen in time with landscapes and structures that tell the story of what once was and what suddenly changed everything. #Montserrat #History #Exploration ...

A cobble beach on the island of Montserrat, also known as the Emerald Isle of the Caribbean. t.m. urban Shutterstock Almost 25 years after the tiny island of Montserrat suffered devastation from the ...

A volcano on Montserrat shot ash some nine miles (15 kilometers) into the sky Thursday, one of its most dramatic events since a devastating 1997 eruption that drove away half the Caribbean island's ...

I’m standing in the hardwood lookout pavilion on Jack Boy Hill, in the midst of terraced gardens and a herd of wandering goats, admiring the view of the Soufriere Hills Volcano. Trying to, anyway. On ...

A holiday on the volcanic island requires a $70,000 salary and an open calendar, but things are about to change. There are plenty of reasons why you might want to visit the black sand beaches of ...