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Seeking the Holy Grail? Try Valencia.
by Spud Hilton | 03.17.10 | 1:35 PM ET
iStockPhoto Breaking news: Spud Hilton has unlocked one of the world's greatest secrets
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by Larry Clark | 03.11.10 | 10:21 AM ET
Larry Clark contemplates the power of monuments and memorials -- and the fleeting moments we spend with them
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World Travel Watch: Typhoid in Fiji, Khmer Rouge Tourism in Cambodia and More
by Larry Habegger | 03.10.10 | 10:41 AM ET
Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news
San Miguel de Allende: ‘The Loser Now Will be Later to Win’
by Peter Ferry | 02.19.10 | 10:34 AM ET
iStockPhoto Peter Ferry celebrates a beloved Mexican city where you might not get all the avocados you want
76-Second Travel Show: A Very Presidential Sandwich
by Robert Reid | 02.17.10 | 5:24 PM ET
Robert Reid celebrates President's Day by chowing down in Chester A. Arthur's one-time bedroom
New Travel Book: ‘China: Museums’
by Eva Holland | 02.05.10 | 12:21 PM ET
This illustrated guide to China’s many lesser-known museums is due out in April. The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos has a thoughtful Q&A with co-author Miriam Clifford, on her favorite spots and the way China presents itself, to visitors and to its own citizens.
76-Second Travel Show: Black History Month in Bed-Stuy
by Robert Reid | 02.03.10 | 11:41 AM ET
Robert Reid heads to the historic Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant
Give Me a Guide who Offers Flavor, Not Facts
by Spud Hilton | 01.29.10 | 10:46 AM ET
On the times when a little "flexibility" with dates and definitions can be a good thing
The First Travel Photo and the Future of Photography
by Jeff Pflueger | 01.28.10 | 11:15 AM ET
Jeff Pflueger on the intersection of geography and photography
Nine Subversive Travel Books
by Thomas Kohnstamm | 01.12.10 | 12:17 PM ET
Thomas Kohnstamm celebrates books that have really rocked the boat
The Best Travel Books of 2009
by Frank Bures | 12.23.09 | 11:07 AM ET
Photo by Jim Benning Frank Bures picks a dozen, from an Amazon adventure story to a tale of the old Hippie Trail
France Returns Frescoes to Egypt
by Eva Holland | 12.15.09 | 2:12 PM ET
Big news in the antiquities world: The French government has returned five disputed frescoes to the Egyptian government. The painted stone fragments had been held by the Louvre for the past few years, and the Egyptians—claiming that the Louvre’s curators bought them knowing they were stolen goods—had cut off all formal ties and cooperation on archaeological digs with the museum as a result. I suspect that the British Museum, among others, hopes this move won’t become a precedent-setter.
‘Flying Machines are Impossible’ and Other Failed Predictions
by Eva Holland | 12.08.09 | 11:35 AM ET
Oddee has a round-up of 15 failed predictions about the future, and nearly half of them are travel-related. My favorite comes from a 19th century doctor: “Rail travel at high speed is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia.” (Via Kottke)
Should Billy Carter’s Service Station Become a National Historic Site?
by Eva Holland | 12.04.09 | 3:40 PM ET
The Plains, Georgia gas station once run by the former First Brother could become part of a proposed Jimmy Carter National Historic Site—and, predictably, not everyone thinks that’s an appropriate use of taxpayer funds.
Finding the Zagat of the Napoleonic Era
by Eva Holland | 11.23.09 | 11:37 AM ET
World Hum contributor Tony Perrottet has a great read in this week’s New York Times Travel section—he heads to Paris on the trail of Alexandre-Balthazar-Laurent Grimod de la Reynière, a legendary gourmand who financed his immersion in early 19th-century Parisian dining by writing a series of proto-guidebooks, the “Almanachs des Gourmands.” It’s exactly the kind of historical tidbit I love stumbling across, though it’s not recommended for readers on an empty stomach.
The Day the Wall Came Down
by Stefanie Michaels | 11.09.09 | 10:39 AM ET
iStockPhoto The wall fell 20 years ago today. Stefanie Michaels visited Berlin recently to hear a personal recollection.
Photo You Must See: Where the Berlin Wall Once Stood
by World Hum | 11.09.09 | 10:17 AM ET
A line marks the path where the wall once cut through the streets. It’s been twenty years today since the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Shackleton’s Scotch: Coming to an Auction House Near You?
by Eva Holland | 11.03.09 | 2:43 PM ET
Two cases of the explorer’s drink of choice have been discovered under a hut at Cape Royds, apparently left behind after a failed 1909 polar expedition. The question now, of course: What will happen to the excavated bottles? If they do go to auction, maybe the lucky buyer will want to BYOB on Shackleton’s ship-turned-restaurant.
Interview with Pat Croce: Pirate Soul
by M.B. Roberts | 10.29.09 | 3:56 PM ET
M.B. Roberts asks the founder of Pirate Soul Museum in Key West, Florida, about the enduring appeal of pirates
The Perfect Traveler
by Pico Iyer | 10.28.09 | 10:14 AM ET
He was cool, steady and prone to breaking rules. Pico Iyer celebrates the life and work of Somerset Maugham.
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