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Packing Tips + Gear

8 Sustainable Accessories for Thoughtful Travelers

Shrink your carbon footprint while traveling with these recycled, reusable, or compostable travel accessories.

October 21, 2019 08:12 PM

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Krista Connor

Cities We Love

9 of the Most Surprising Cities in the U.S.

It’s never too soon to dream about your next great road trip.

August 6, 2020 09:21 AM

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Ashlea Halpern

History + Culture

Following in the Footsteps of J.R.R. Tolkien in Switzerland’s Mystical Lauterbrunnen Valley

From the Shire to Rivendell to the Misty Mountains, many locations in “The Lord of the Rings” were inspired by real landscapes.

September 16, 2022 01:08 PM

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Melanie Haiken

Food + Drink

These Women-Led Restaurants Are Saving Mexico’s Endangered Indigenous Recipes

In the state of Guanajuato, cooks at restaurants and ranches are plating up centuries-old recipes using endemic ingredients.

June 4, 2026 03:11 PM

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Imogen Lepere

Road Trips

The Little-Known Idaho Road Trip You Need to Drive

The route from Boise to Sun Valley may only be six hours by car, but with so much to see and do along the way, it’s worth taking extra time to enjoy the ride.

March 20, 2019 08:33 PM

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Alex Schechter

Hotels

A Legendary Ocean Liner Is Rechristened as Dubai’s Most Unusual Hotel

The retired “Queen Elizabeth 2,” permanently moored in Mina Rashid, has debuted as a 224-room floating resort.

May 16, 2018 04:26 PM

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Matthew Phenix

A small pool flanked by three lounge chairs and a shaded hut behind with a pink-tinted sunset filling the sky above rolling hills in the background

Safari

I’ve Taken My Kids on Safaris Since They Were Babies, and These Are the Family-Friendly Ones I Trust Most

If “Mufasa: The Lion King” has you and your brood yearning to witness savanna animals up close, or if you have always dreamed of an all-ages African adventure, here’s how to make that dream a reality.

February 11, 2025 03:25 PM

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Kathryn Romeyn

17.10.2022 Haworth, West Yorkshire, UK Footpath to the Bronte Falls and Wuthering Heights

History + Culture

Celebrate “Wuthering Heights” Fever With a Literary-Inspired Tour of Brontë Country

In West Yorkshire, an unofficial literary trail offers the chance for travelers to trace the lives of the Brontë sisters and discover how the landscape shaped their literary success.

April 24, 2026 12:58 PM

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Lucy McGuire

A collage illustration of bags and tape measures meant to serve as representation of carry-on requirements and restrictions.

Packing Tips + Gear

A Guide to Carry-On Luggage Restrictions

How big is too big?

February 10, 2025 12:34 PM

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Brooke Vaughan

River Cruises

European River Cruises Are Setting Sail This Summer

With Europe set to reopen to Americans, rolling along the Danube, Seine, or Douro River just became a very real possibility for summer 2021.

May 26, 2021 03:29 PM

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Michelle Baran

In the Magazine

As Copenhagen Expands Rapidly, Its Future Is in Its Outskirts

The green city is expanding rapidly—go now to explore its gritty, evolving liminal spaces.

December 1, 2021 02:30 PM

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Lisa Abend

Packing Tips + Gear

The 6 Best Watches for Travelers in 2018

Whatever your taste in timepieces—smartwatch or simpleton, decadent or dirt-cheap—these wearables were made for the modern traveler.

February 12, 2018 05:26 PM

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Seamus Bellamy

Food writer Eric Kim is on a quest to demonstrate that there are many ways to be Korean American—through food.

Food + Drink

Food Writer Eric Kim Is Redefining What It Means to Be Korean American

The “New York Times” columnist is on a mission to create his own interpretation of Korean American cuisine—and to make it delicious while he’s at it.

September 9, 2022 11:37 AM

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Mae Hamilton

Art + Architecture

This Detroit Neighborhood Is an Architecture Fan’s Dream

Mies van der Rohe designed 186 residences at Lafayette Park, where several tours let you enjoy his work from every angle.

August 7, 2018 04:24 PM

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Amy S. Eckert

Beaches

Beyond Tokyo: Exploring Okinawa, the Hawaii of Japan

A visit to Okinawa, famous for its long-living people, will make you want to stay as long as you can, too.

November 29, 2016 08:44 PM

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Janice Leung Hayes

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