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We chat with the first American female captain of a megaship and learn how she started out, what it’s like to live on a cruise ship, and the most interesting day she’s ever had at sea.

What’s really stored on your passport’s microchip? Can your passport be hacked? Are foreign spies tracking your every move through your passport? Read on, traveler.

In compact Colima you can drive from cities to volcanoes to surf breaks in under an hour. But this quiet region won’t stay secret for much longer.

Amanda Alexander, an attorney and founding executive director of the Detroit Justice Center, knows her city is at a crossroads. How it responds could set an example for the rest of the country.

There’s no shortage of amazing stays in Japan’s capital—and these 15 hotels are the city’s best.

The southwest corner of Denmark’s Jutland peninsula offers the country’s only two-Michelin-star restaurant outside of Copenhagen and a UNESCO-listed national park. But most travelers would struggle to find it on a map.

The hotel company’s version of Airbnb is now live and these are some of the standout homes.

Winter stars are at their brightest and clearest in the darkest corners of the earth. John Barentine, program director for the International Dark-Sky Association, shares where to look up (while bundled up) in 2018.

Download these apps and, even when you’re far from cell service, they’ll help guide your adventures through some of our best-loved outdoor spaces.

The sights, sounds, and smells of Portugal are all the more vivid when you’re walking, as AFAR Ambassador Flash Parker recently discovered.

After AFAR staffers recently reported longer-than-average wait times, we asked U.S. Customs and Border Protection what the holdup was.

Flying is a thrill, but sometimes just watching the planes can be equally fun.

What can you do when the news cycle is cripplingly depressing? This initiative has an answer: Cook.

Explore some of Iran’s most spectacular UNESCO Heritage Sites by rail.

These intimate, design-forward retreats across Mexico City will have you feeling like a local in no time.