Americans love their mega-big portions at restaurants and fast-food places, massive cars and trucks that take up the whole road, and bold personalities. They’re patriotic, driven and ambitious, often ...

Drawn by historic homes, privacy and a slower pace, a growing number of Americans are settling in England’s Cotswolds — trading US life for village routines, old stone and quiet contentment.

When Elizabeth Ruane and her family spent a semester in Lüneburg, Germany, her life revolved around Marktplatz, one of the main squares in the northern German town. “In Marktplatz, there was this ...