History

Sep 28, 2020 • 5 min read

Visiting a cemetery can be an atmospheric way of getting to know a place and its history. Here are some of the best final resting places in the US.

Sep 25, 2020 • 4 min read

The Space Needle was built for the 1962 World's Fair and became an icon in the US. Here's what you need to know about this futuristic structure.

Sep 24, 2020 • 6 min read

Who needs beautiful beaches when you've got Larry the Lobster or a croc wearing boxing gloves, Australia's 'big things' are the utlimate roadside attraction.

Sep 24, 2020 • 7 min read

Australia’s East Coast for road-tripping explorers: picture-perfect beaches, hip cities, lush rainforests, the Great Barrier Reef and native wildlife.

Sep 23, 2020 • 4 min read

The Czech Republic's Dolní Vítkovice is a cultural heritage area with impressive 19th-century industrial architecture, now used as museums and art spaces.

Sep 18, 2020 • 5 min read

Call it the Instagram effect: some sites are more impressive in person than they seem to be in pics, and others fail to live up to their billing.

Sep 18, 2020 • 4 min read

Hike through Great Basin national park to the ancient, resilient bristlecone pines in the timeless desert of Nevada.

Sep 17, 2020 • 5 min read

The travel industry is hard-wired to exclude bigger bodies from the vacation narrative. Here's what it's like to be a plus-sized traveler.

Sep 16, 2020 • 6 min read

Get to know the history behind Peru's most famous site: the fascinating Inca citadel of Machu Picchu.

Sep 14, 2020 • 6 min read

This itinerary touches Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Nevada for a majestic tour of Southwestern geography.

Sep 10, 2020 • 10 min read

The North Coast 500 is Scotland’s very own Route 66. Buckle up for a road trip around Britain’s outer limits, where you’ll find otherworldly landscapes.

Sep 10, 2020 • 7 min read

Follow pagan history on the Ridgeway, an 87-mile-long walking route in southern England.

Sep 9, 2020 • 4 min read

Brunch vs. an English breakfast; cold beer vs. warm beer, when it comes to the UK and the USA, whose food is better?

Sep 8, 2020 • 7 min read

There are 198 distinct First Nations in British Columbia, each with their own traditions and history – and visitors can experience this living history through…

Sep 7, 2020 • 10 min read

You can appreciate 1920s art deco glamour in some surprising cities around the world.

Sep 3, 2020 • 16 min read

In this essay from 2009, Tahir Shah visits Damascus, Syria, two years before the country would be thrown into civil war. Here's what he experienced.

Sep 1, 2020 • 7 min read

The memory of a meal can linger long after you return home from a trip, especially when you're grounded from international travel by a global pandemic.

Aug 28, 2020 • 5 min read

There’s a robust lineup of Cuban sandwiches to tempt your palate, and these Cuban sandwich shops in Miami are just the place to try them.

Aug 28, 2020 • 4 min read

Everyone knows Harriet Tubman worked to free enslaved individuals on the Underground Railroad, but few are aware that Maryland was the struggle's epicenter

Aug 27, 2020 • 14 min read

From the archives: In this piece from 2009, journalist Fergal Keane returns to Hong Kong 12 years after the end of British rule and finds a city perpetually in…

Aug 12, 2020 • 5 min read

Paul Clammer reflects on his decades-long love affair with Beirut.

Aug 9, 2020 • 4 min read

Travel is often prescribed as an infallible elixir for the disease of bigotry. But is it?