Explorer: In the California Desert: Vast Darkness, Vibrant Music, an Oasis
In Wonder Valley, the silence makes its own kind of noise. And Twentynine Palms makes its own kind of music.
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How the Japanese Practice of “Forest Bathing”—Or Just Hanging Out in the Wo
When the U.S. media began reporting on the phenomenon of “forest bathing” as a therapy for mental and physical health, the online commentariat—as it will—mocked the concept relentlessly as yet another pretentious, bourgeois repackaging of something thoroughly mundane.
The Marfa Mystique
Outsiders remain fascinated with unraveling the secrets of this place. But locals can explain, one story at a time.
Thirty days of a cargo ship’s voyage
From the Red Sea to Hong Kong in 10 minutes – a stunning cargo-ship timelapse
In photos: India’s colonial coffee houses in an era of Starbucks and hipster cafes
A photographer captures time standing still inside the iconic joints.
Europe jumps on the train
More and more people are using this form of travel to get around the continent, using high-speed routes and a network of night trains that continues to expand. We traveled from Madrid to Prague and witnessed how the future of European transportation is clean and fast