Destination: New York City
Why I CouchSurf
by Kristin Luna | 04.29.08 | 4:00 PM ET
The first time she crashed at a stranger's home, Kristin Luna feared she'd wind up an Agence France-Presse headline. Now she looks forward to sleeping on others' furniture -- and not just to save money.
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by Matt Gross | 11.18.07 | 11:39 AM ET
Photo by Matt Gross. During the past three years, Matt Gross hasn't spent more than six weeks in one place. This Thanksgiving, he'll be on the road again. Recently, he asked himself: What does home mean when he feels perfectly at home in a distant land?
No. 19: “Hunting Mister Heartbreak” by Jonathan Raban
by Michael Shapiro | 05.13.06 | 7:30 PM ET
To mark our five-year anniversary, we’re counting down the top 30 travel books of all time, adding a new title each day this month.
Published: 1990
Territory covered: The United States
Like a modern-day Alexis de Tocqueville, Jonathan Raban has traveled the length and breadth of the United States, observing Americans with the keen eye of a foreigner. His book Hunting Mister Heartbreak traverses the pathways of American immigration from late 19th-century Ellis Island to late 20th-century Seattle. In the book, Raban fully inhabits each place he visits, even borrowing an old black labrador named Gypsy in Alabama to feel more at home among the locals. He investigates whether a foreigner can truly become an American. In the end Raban realizes that one can adopt American ways but can never become completely American. And he seems quite relieved about that.
Adventures in New York City
by Frank Bures | 02.01.06 | 9:54 PM ET
Ian Frazier's "Gone to New York: Adventures in the City" spans 30 years of travels in the city that never sleeps. Frank Bures writes that it captures the rhythm of the place -- and its people.
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