Books on Bike Perfection and Women’s Bike-Won Freedom
Sue Macy's Wheels of Change Sue Macy‘s elaborately illustrated 2011 book, Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way), describes the surprising role...
View ArticleGrueling Travel through Beautiful Places: the Madness of Extreme Races
These cyclists are enjoying another day on the trail in the Crocodile Trophy, in northeastern Australia, considered one of the most punishing bicycle races in the world. Photo by Regina...
View ArticleGreat Food Festivals of the World
Heirloom tomatoes will star at the Sonoma Heirloom Tomato Festival this September at Kendall-Jackson Winery. Photo courtesy of Flickr user tamaradulva. Where does a traveler go to best taste the foods...
View ArticleShark Week Proves We Are Fascinated by Sharks, So Why Do We Kill So Many of...
Shark attack in reverse: Fisherman Tyler Kennedy poses by the dead half-ton tiger shark he caught during a fishing derby this summer in Florida. Photo courtesy of Tyler Kennedy. A real-life drama,...
View ArticleWhere Has the Heat Been Most Oppresive This Summer?
Friend or foe? The sun, shown here above Lassen County, California, has brought fires, drought and intolerable heat to much of the world this summer. Photo courtesy of Flickr user SP8254. Headlines...
View ArticleWhere Travelers Go to Pay Their Respects
Arbeit macht frei: At the iron gates of the Auschwitz prison camp, a sign translated into English reads “labor makes you free.” Today, the site is a memorial and museum, where 30 million tourists have...
View ArticleFour Surprising Places Where Local Wines Thrive
Vineyards are nothing new to the desert landscape of Baja California, where the Spanish missionaries left their viticultural legacy three centuries ago. This image shows the acclaimed Guadalupe...
View ArticleThe Long and Grueling Journey on the Presidential Campaign Trail
The presidential candidates look as suave and dapper as ever each time they step to a new podium on the long and winding campaign trail—but each man’s well-groomed countenance belies the rigors of the...
View ArticleMarking 50 Years of Luxurious Travel With James Bond
Thailand’s dreamy James Bond Island was featured in the 1974 film The Man with the Golden Gun and first brought fame to what is now a popular tourist destination. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Jo@net....
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