13 Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, from the Arctic Circle to Brazil
Thirteen islands from Greenland to Brazil, and why we would not send you to the…
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The 10 Clearest Waters in the World, Ranked by Measurement
The water that actually holds the records is colder, harder to reach and nothing like…
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15 Ancient Towns and Villages Where People Still Actually Live
Who really has the oldest village in Italy, the oldest city in Europe and the…
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The Most Beautiful Places on Google Earth — and What They Look Like When You Land
What the satellite images keep in frame — the car park, the power plant, the…
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Modern Architecture in Germany: 15 Buildings That Tell the Whole Century
Our century of German modernism — from a 1911 shoe-last factory to a chapel two…
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The 12 Most Beautiful Lakes in the Himalayas
One of these is two-thirds in another country’s hands. Another you may look at, but…
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Fjaðrárgljúfur: The Iceland Canyon Justin Bieber Made Famous
He filmed here in 2015. The rangers blamed the mud — and that is what…
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10 Places in Taiwan That Don’t Look Like Earth
Bioluminescent water, an acid-green reef, mudstone badlands, and a bay that runs milk-turquoise over a…
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Aquaduct Veluwemeer: The Dutch Water Bridge Where Boats Sail Over the Road
You can sail over it, cycle under it, or drive through it in ten seconds…
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Bruges or Ghent? How to Spend a First Weekend in Flanders
From a canal bend that clears the moment the day-trippers leave to a graffiti alley…
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Spiral Buildings: 13 Structures Where the Twist Is the Whole Point
From the Guggenheim you tour top-down to a Copenhagen tower a tsar rode up on…
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Burano, Italy: The Rainbow Island Where You Can’t Pick Your Own House Color
One of the most photographed islands in the Venetian lagoon is a working village down…
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The Alps’ Most Beautiful Lakes — and the Exact Hour to Beat the Crowds
From Como’s quieter shore to a French reservoir with a drowned village at the bottom.…
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Can a Hotel Really Be an Art Gallery You Sleep In? Oslo’s Thief Makes the Case
Built on the islet where Christiania hanged its thieves, now hung with Blake, Hirst and…
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Anse Source d’Argent: The Seychelles Beach You Buy a Ticket to Reach
You pay a plantation toll and pedal past giant tortoises to reach one of the…
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