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Category: Travel & Discovery

Travel stories and articles that discover, inspire, and capture the imagination. Travel ideas and articles, destination reviews, odyssey pieces, to-do guides all from the roads less-traveled

Buddhism in Bihar—an Estranged Relationship in the Birthplace of the Fourth Largest Religion
Culture

Buddhism in Bihar—an Estranged Relationship in the Birthplace of the Fourth Largest Religion

May 16, 2024

This is part 1 of a 2-part series on the conditions of Buddhism at arguably the holiest site in…

Backpacking in Asia, Africa? Think Twice Before Bringing This Key Item
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Backpacking in Asia, Africa? Think Twice Before Bringing This Key Item

March 28, 2024March 29, 2024

This article contains affiliate links. Whether you sprain an ankle high in the Hindu Kush, break an axle in…

Travelers Swap Illness for Civil Unrest, Terrorism as Biggest Concern in Leading Survey: Are They Right to Be Scared?
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Travelers Swap Illness for Civil Unrest, Terrorism as Biggest Concern in Leading Survey: Are They Right to Be Scared?

March 11, 2024March 20, 2024

This story contains affiliate marketing links, but the editorial standards are unchanged between it and any other news piece.…

The Men Who Live Unknown Beyond the Caspian Sea
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The Men Who Live Unknown Beyond the Caspian Sea

December 26, 2023

There are many famous mountain ranges across the world, and many famous groups have called them home. But the…

Pick up Our Founder’s New Book—On the Face of It: A Traveler on His World, Starting at $4.00
Culture

Pick up Our Founder’s New Book—On the Face of It: A Traveler on His World, Starting at $4.00

December 3, 2023December 4, 2023

Travel literature is naturally difficult owing to the simple fact that destinations are almost always more interesting and dreamy…

60 Meters—20 Years: Artist Yip Yew Chong’s Painted Singapre Throughout 70s and 80s now Display for the First Time
Culture

60 Meters—20 Years: Artist Yip Yew Chong’s Painted Singapre Throughout 70s and 80s now Display for the First Time

November 30, 2023November 30, 2023

It needed a simple title—the remembrances of a quarter of a human life, spanning two decades of observations and…

What to Expect Before Going to Azerbaijan–a Country that’s Difficult to Nail Down
Travel

What to Expect Before Going to Azerbaijan–a Country that’s Difficult to Nail Down

November 15, 2023

It was a late spring day when I told a friend of mine I was planning a trip to…

What Makes the Perfect Forest for the Perfect Fall?
Culture

What Makes the Perfect Forest for the Perfect Fall?

November 6, 2023November 6, 2023

Depending on where you live in the world, you may be opening this story with every tree in your…

The Best Baklava in Baku: A Sickening Quest for Enlightenment of the Turkish Sweetmeat
Culture

The Best Baklava in Baku: A Sickening Quest for Enlightenment of the Turkish Sweetmeat

October 27, 2023October 27, 2023

Baku as a destination can be said to have it all. In the Azeri, there is a people that…

Must See: Giant 16th Century Turkish Baths to Reopen in Istanbul as Part-Museum Part-Antique Spa
Travel

Must See: Giant 16th Century Turkish Baths to Reopen in Istanbul as Part-Museum Part-Antique Spa

October 2, 2023

Following an extraordinary 13-year restoration project, Zeyrek Çinili Hamam, a historic bath in Istanbul, reopens this September after centuries…

UNESCO Heritage Sites Class of 2023: Central Asia Winning Out
Travel

UNESCO Heritage Sites Class of 2023: Central Asia Winning Out

September 25, 2023August 2, 2024

The 45th Session of the World Heritage Committee took place in Riyadh from the 10th to the 25th of…

Danish Traveler “Thor” Visits Every Country Without Ever Taking a Flight
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Danish Traveler “Thor” Visits Every Country Without Ever Taking a Flight

May 29, 2023June 28, 2023

A now-44-year-old Danish traveler named Torbjørn Pedersen believes he is the first person to have ever visited every country…

Military Hardware from D-Day Litters the French Normandy Coast Road all the Way to Omaha
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Military Hardware from D-Day Litters the French Normandy Coast Road all the Way to Omaha

May 19, 2023June 29, 2023

If you decide this June to take off along the 514 departmental road from the ferry port at Ouistreham,…

Some Unlikely Countries That Have Digital Nomad Visas
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Some Unlikely Countries That Have Digital Nomad Visas

April 21, 2023July 12, 2023

With East Asia reopened for tourism, the COVID-19 travel insanity is well and truly over, and there are going…

Choosing Ancienne Over Avantgard With a Journey Through the Dahar, Tunisia
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Choosing Ancienne Over Avantgard With a Journey Through the Dahar, Tunisia

January 24, 2023July 17, 2023

In southeast Tunisia lies a landscape marriage between generations of subsistence human activity and the desert ecosystem; as artificial…

Europeans Go Mad For Skiing—at Cervinia it’s Easy to See Why
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Europeans Go Mad For Skiing—at Cervinia it’s Easy to See Why

January 9, 2023June 30, 2023

Of the 20 regions of Italy, Valle d’Aosta is among the lesser-known components for everyone who doesn’t like to…

Date Palms Built the Modern Adventure Captial of the Tunisian Sahara
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Date Palms Built the Modern Adventure Captial of the Tunisian Sahara

January 4, 2023June 30, 2023

Tozeur, a city in the south of Tunisia is probably one of the most unique to be found anywhere…

Le Mans Hosts a Hundred Years of Endurance Motor Racing After a Thousand Years of History.
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Le Mans Hosts a Hundred Years of Endurance Motor Racing After a Thousand Years of History.

December 19, 2022June 30, 2023

The 1971 movie Le Mans, featuring Steve McQueen, had no scripted dialogue for the first forty minutes as it…

The New Cycle Route From Paris to Mont-Saint-Michel is Fueling Dreams of Escape
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The New Cycle Route From Paris to Mont-Saint-Michel is Fueling Dreams of Escape

November 21, 2022June 30, 2023

There has been something of an exodus from Paris following the pandemic in France. A migration. Not that the…

Lake Garda is Pure Italy and a Treasure House Destination of the North
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Lake Garda is Pure Italy and a Treasure House Destination of the North

October 5, 2022July 3, 2023

Northern Italy is famous for many things, her lakes not least of all. As part-time residence of George Clooney,…

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Italy Quietly Tries to Renew Military Cooperation Agreement with Israel, Law firm Notices and Objects

Andy Corbley May 23, 2025

Signed in 2002 and entering into force in 2005, few Italian citizens will know what has resulted from a…

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Andy Corbley May 8, 2025

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Andy Corbley May 1, 2025

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