Is happiness a state of mind or a state of place? The answer may be is that it's not so clear-cut, and one can lead to the other. An article titled How to be happy anywhere sparked this train of thought. To be fair, a lot can depend on luck. You may be struck by...

"If our lives are dominated by a search for happiness, then perhaps few activities reveal as much about the dynamics of this quest -- in all its ardor and paradoxes -- than our travels. They express, however inarticulately, an understanding of what life might be about, outside of the constraints of work and of the...