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History + Culture

A Veteran’s Daughter Searches Vietnam for Clues to Her Father’s Past

With just an old photograph in hand, a writer sets out to understand her father’s role in the Vietnam War—depending entirely on the kindness of strangers willing to help.

October 25, 2013 01:56 PM
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Lisa Abend
Hotels

Working Ranches: Tipiliuke Lodge, Neuquén, Argentina

At a working cattle ranch in Northern Patagonia, visitors can ride horseback, eat traditional Argentine asado, and yes, stay the night.

January 24, 2012 01:12 PM
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Bridget Gleeson
People

Wandering Sommelier: Spencer Cruse in Sicily

Wandering Sommelier: Spencer Cruse in Sicily

November 30, 2012 02:07 PM
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Jen Murphy
Road Trips

What It’s Actually Like to Live the #VanLife

This couple created their own little house on the highway. Here’s what they learned from the experience.

June 14, 2012 04:53 PM
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Jen Murphy
Travel Tales

Vienna’s Moment: Learning to Love Opera in the City of Music

A bluegrass fiddler travels to Vienna to learn how to sing—and how to embrace the city’s most famous art: opera.

December 3, 2014 07:19 PM
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Emma John
In the Magazine

Spin the Globe: Chris Colin in Iceland

AFAR chose a destination at random—by literally spinning a globe—and sent Chris Colin on a spontaneous journey to Iceland.

April 6, 2012 06:52 PM
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Chris Colin
Ocean Cruises

Yes, You Can Experience Authentic Alaska on a Cruise

What could an Alaska local ever discover on a voyage through the Inside Passage? Just the essence of the place he thought he knew.

February 15, 2012 06:10 PM
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Edward Readicker-Henderson
Road Trips

Tourist-Free Thailand

Tourist-Free Thailand

June 14, 2012 01:28 PM
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Lawrence Osborne
Art + Culture

Meeting Bulgaria’s Living History in Cafés, Art Galleries, and Social Media Feeds

Rebecca Walker embarks on a spontaneous journey to Bulgaria, guided by locals she connected with both virtually and in real life.

May 29, 2012 05:17 PM
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Rebecca Walker
Food + Drink

Inside India’s Street Food Paradise

Mumbai’s street snacks are all about fresh ingredients assembled on the spot.

October 19, 2011 07:40 PM
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Dan Packel
Longreads

Turkey’s Next Frontier

A journey through one of the world’s last, best travel secrets.

May 30, 2012 12:17 PM
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Frank Viviano
Longreads

Where New Zealand’s Wild Things Are

In search of a flightless, sex-crazed, and rarely seen parrot in a land once ruled by birds.

October 26, 2011 01:29 PM
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Ethan Todras-Whitehill
Restaurants + Cafés

Time to Rise: Learning the Secret of Paris Boulangeries

An amateur baker apprentices with a Paris boulanger and learns the secret of artisan bread.

March 6, 2012 07:27 PM
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Samuel Fromartz
Hotels

Troglodyte Lodgings: Hotel Sant’Angelo in Matera, Italy

In Matera, Italy this cave has been keeping people sheltered for 7,000 years and is now home to the first luxury hotel in the area.

February 15, 2012 07:14 PM
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Amy Cortese
Food + Drink

What a Food Writer Learned Feasting Farm-to-Table in Istria

In the Adriatic Sea’s largest peninsula, esteemed journalist Mark Bittman finds out what it really means to “eat local.”

June 19, 2012 05:47 PM
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Mark Bittman

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