Women and the Way of the Pedal-empowered
Facing the Void: Ellee Thalheimer stands before a high pass near Sampeyre, Italy after an ascent of several thousand feet. Four months ago, upon arriving in Sofia, Bulgaria to begin a two-month...
View ArticleThe Most Pungent Prize: Hunting the Truffle
A happy hunter, her Oregon white truffles and the dog that made the day. Photo by Andrea Johnson. Some underground objects in Croatia will detonate at the slightest touch: landmines. Other underground...
View ArticleFitness Afar: Great Places to Hang Out at the Bar
Does it get any better than this? Trees, shade, green grass and a pair of horizontal bars beside the Dordogne River, in Souillac, add up to one of the finest outdoor workout stations in France. Photo...
View ArticleHungry? Pull Over. Here’s Your Guide to the Best Bets of Roadside Foraging
Figs are a great prize of roadside foragers—a fruit unwanted by many landowners and as available as it is delicious. The green figs shown here are desert kings, a variety that produces a large first...
View ArticleMan’s Best Friend or the World’s Number-One Pest?
A pack of street dogs naps on a traffic island in Bucharest, Romania. In spite of a culling program, the animals swarm the streets—and occasionally maul residents and tourists. Photo courtesy of...
View ArticleGreat Food Festivals of the World
Heirloom tomatoes will star at the Sonoma Heirloom Tomato Festival this September at Kendall-Jackson Winery. Photo courtesy of Flickr user tamaradulva. Where does a traveler go to best taste the foods...
View ArticleSnakes: The Good, the Bad and the Deadly
The reticulated python of Southeast Asia is among the world’s two largest snake species (the green anaconda is equally bulky). The “retic” has killed humans before but is arguably more beautiful than...
View ArticleFour Surprising Places Where Local Wines Thrive
Vineyards are nothing new to the desert landscape of Baja California, where the Spanish missionaries left their viticultural legacy three centuries ago. This image shows the acclaimed Guadalupe...
View ArticleMarking 50 Years of Luxurious Travel With James Bond
Thailand’s dreamy James Bond Island was featured in the 1974 film The Man with the Golden Gun and first brought fame to what is now a popular tourist destination. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Jo@net....
View ArticleWhen Cane Juice Meets Yeast: Brewing in Ecuador
A juice vendor near Paute, just east of Cuenca, grinds sugarcane—the main source of sugar and alcohol in Ecuador—on a busy Sunday afternoon. The sweet and delicious greenish-blue juice runs out a...
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