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An aspiring musician takes her violin to its birthplace and confronts a musical legacy.

AFAR chose a destination at random and sent writer Mickey Rapkin with 24 hours’ notice to a Central European city where tech trumps goulash.

Born from improvisation, this ever-popular stew has survived a complicated history.

Copenhagen sets the standard for livable cities. And it all starts on two wheels.

From the mountains of Iran and the backstreets of Yogyakarta to war-torn Addis Ababa and a hillside roost in Taiwan, this is the riveting story of a wanderer whose thirst for travel was never-ending.

A skateboarder explores the world, on four wheels.

AFAR chose a destination at random and sent the poet Beth Ann Fennelly with 24-hours’ notice to a Central American paradise.

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

A subversive band of Portland chefs has a new grocery store: the ocean. You’re going to want to taste what they’re cooking up.

The tradition of artisanal rum making has become central to island life.

A search for this sauce will bring you to Bologna, where one thing is certain: When it comes to ragù, mama knows best.

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.

A father and son cruise the Mediterranean in search of a new mythology.

Writer Tom Downey tracks the sources of surprising culinary innovations in Australia’s second city.

AFAR chose a destination at random—by literally spinning a globe—and sent writer Karen E. Bender on a spontaneous journey to Ireland.