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A combination of factors make the weather at New Hampshire's Mount Washington arguably the most brutal in the world.
This minimalist map unties Asia’s mountainous geography, centered on the “Pamir Knot.”
The toilet “is a portal to a mysterious otherworld.”
The Pan-American Highway began a century ago with a vision of unfettered motor-vehicle access between Alaska and Tierra del Fuego. What happened to the dream?
If you find yourself on one of these roads, it might be a while before you see another fellow traveler.
The mountain can generate lenticular clouds, which may contribute to its supernatural reputation.
In Kannauj, perfumers have been making monsoon-infused mitti attar for centuries.
Get ready for the most peculiar road trip that will help you understand the vastness and emptiness of the solar system — and Sweden.
A photographer captured Bern’s eclectic and charming feline structures.
But make sure you bring the fossegrim the proper offering—or else.
How one man's divine dream became a poultry-shaped reality.
In 1903, a Vermont doctor bet $50 that he could cross America by car. It took him 63 days, $8,000, and 600 gallons of gas.
Dig a 70-mile tunnel under the Bering Strait, and you get this amazing InterContinental Railway, which will reshape the world.
"Not my circus, not my monkeys."
Most popular songs are about love and heartache. But some great songs — albeit underrated and perhaps a bit weird — are about the cities we love.
If tourism is the lifeblood of the Peruvian economy, then Machu Picchu is the heart pumping that blood — in sickness and in health.
The amazing life of “Gudrid the Far-Traveled” was unjustly overshadowed by her in-laws, Erik the Red and Leif Erikson.
Shouldn't "flight mode" be obsolete?
Is the dumpster in the alley worthy of a poem?
"Oosouji" or "big cleaning" is much more than a chance to tidy up.
Environmental activists want us to feel "flight shame" if we can take a train, instead. But this isn't entirely realistic, even in Europe.
When the great American tradition of the road trip meets the great Jewish tradition of the deli, we get the Great American Deli Schlep.
Scallop shells have accompanied pilgrims to and from Santiago de Compostela for centuries, for more than one reason
On New Year's Eve 1899, the captain of this Pacific steamliner sailed into history. Or did he?
From questionable shipwrecks to outright attacks, the Sentinelese clearly don't want to be bothered.
Break into London Zoo? Illegal, but it would improve the London Circle Walk
EV charging stations are the most widespread alternative to gas and diesel pumps. Each alternative has its own hotspots and "deserts."
A new bridge joins a divided Croatia, but it cuts Bosnia out of Europe — literally and figuratively. A bridge meant to unite also divides.
The airships have a range of 4,000 nautical miles, can fly for five days, and can cruise as high as 20,000 feet at 80 mph. They take to the skies over Spain in 2026.