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‘The Land of Standing-Up Rocks’: Inside Chiricahua, America’s 64th National Park

An eruption 27 million years ago gave rise to this stone forest that has just become a national park.
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Bir Tawil, the Only Habitable Land on Earth That No Country Wants

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The Tollund Man: The 2,400-Year-Old Mummy Who Looks Like He’s Sleeping

Geometric steps descending symmetrically toward the water in the historic Panna Meena ka Kund stepwell in Rajasthan.

Stepwells: India’s Most Astonishing Architecture Is Nearly 100 Feet Underground

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October 21, 2026

Mountain Gorillas Are Recovering, but a Human Sneeze Could Put Them at Risk

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October 19, 2026

He Was Digging Outside His Home and Found Two Colossi of Ramses II

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October 16, 2026

From Cell to Suite: Inside the Nara Prison Turned Luxury Hotel

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October 12, 2026

From Fewer Than 1,000 to 183,000: The Comeback of Aldabra’s Giant Tortoises

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October 9, 2026

Sweden Is Selling Silence: Inside Its Travel Agency for Introverts

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Travel Quiz: How Well Do You Know America’s Natural Wonders?

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The Winchester Mystery House: 160 Rooms, Stairs to Nowhere, and 38 Years of Construction

Panoramic view of the city of Los Angeles and the iconic Hollywood sign in the hills.

The Dark Side of Los Angeles

Winter view of Kiruna with the iron ore mine in the background, Sweden

Outrunning the Mine: Kiruna, the Arctic City Moving Three Miles East

Rusted ship graveyard on the dry bed of the Aral Sea

The Lake That Became a Desert: What Remains of the Aral Sea

Indigenous Nénets woman wearing traditional winter clothing in the snowy landscape of Siberia.

The Nenets: Guardians of the Arctic’s Last Great Nomadic Culture

Shore of Lake Natron with flamingos and mountains in the background, Tanzania

Lake Natron: Tanzania’s Caustic Hell Where Flamingos Are Born

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From Pompeii to Tutankhamun: How Much Do You Know About Archaeology?

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Aerial view of the abandoned Kola Superdeep Borehole facility on Russia's Kola Peninsula

Kola Superdeep Borehole: A Journey to the Deepest Hole on Earth

Geometric steps descending symmetrically toward the water in the historic Panna Meena ka Kund stepwell in Rajasthan.

Stepwells: India’s Most Astonishing Architecture Is Nearly 100 Feet Underground

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From Cell to Suite: Inside the Nara Prison Turned Luxury Hotel

Indigenous Nénets woman wearing traditional winter clothing in the snowy landscape of Siberia.

The Nenets: Guardians of the Arctic’s Last Great Nomadic Culture

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Frank Gehry’s Most Spectacular Buildings

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The World’s Most Dangerous Runways

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Alicia Aradilla’s Travel Watercolors

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A Marble Palace in the Middle of a Lake: Inside Udaipur’s Taj Lake Palace

Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

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Only YOU Hotel Atocha: The Historic Madrid Facade That Hides a New York-Inspired Boutique Hotel

Madrid, Spain

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Ace Hotel Brooklyn: The Concrete Bunker Where Brutalism Feels Warm

New York, United States

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Four Seasons Hotel Montreal

Montreal, Canada

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The Lumiares Lisbon: A Tribute to Portuguese Design in the Heart of Bairro Alto

Lisbon, Portugal

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Uros: The Floating Islands of Lake Titicaca, Woven by Hand

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It’s Not Wood, It’s Quartz: Inside the Arizona Forest That Turned to Stone

Landscape of Kringa, the historic Croatian village associated with the legend of vampire Jure Grando.
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Kringa: The Croatian Village of History’s First Documented Vampire

Panoramic view of the colorful fishing village of Sommarøy under the Arctic light in Norway.
October 8, 2026

69 Days Without Night: Life on Sommarøy, Norway’s ‘Island Without Time’
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