Cultural Traveler

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Travelin' Man

Nailing stories from Timbuktu to the Basque Country

The Sun Also Rises, San Fermin kicks off July 6 with a crush of red, white and happy revelers.

Pamplona: No Bull

Forget Hemingway's bovine madness: this charming medieval town hosts the most misunderstood public party in the world - the festival of Sam Fermin

The artist wrote that the couple had a "mystical union that is rare in any society." Shortly after the picture was finished, Sarli and his wife, whose name is unknown, died of influenza brought to their village by an American freighter.

A Gibson Girl in New Guinea

Two Seattle women have retraced the travels of Caroline Mytinger, who journeyed to the South Sea islands in the 1920s to capture "vanishing primitives"

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Highlights & Hot Spots

Aerial view of an amphitheater in Budapest, Hungary

Airborne Archaeology

The view from above can yield insights on the ground

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Syria at a Crossroads

Following a humbling retreat from Lebanon and increasingly at odds with the U.S., the proud Arab nation finds itself at a critical juncture

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Trouble Spots

Two of our writers get into the thick of things in Uganda and Afghanistan

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Journey to the Seven Wonders

Though only one of the ancient marvels still stands, they still engage our imagination—and launch a thousand tours—more than two millennia later

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Little Shop Around the Coroner

The Los Angeles County Morgue sells ghoulish souvenirs for a good cause

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Playing by Ear

People say the darndest things. At least I think they do

Dishes made by Michelin star restaurants

Fare-Minded Arbiter

Quelle surprise! Englishman Derek Brown presides over France's prestigious Michelin guide to haute cuisine

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World Class

Smithsonian associates circle the globe for fun and firsthand adventure

Grisly glory: relics (fragments of leg, skull and hand, encased in gold and jewels, are said to be remains of the city's patron saint, Blaise) attest to wealth amassed by trade in goods from wines to woolens.

Magic Kingdom

Within the Adriatic fortress of Dubrovnik, cafés, churches and palaces reflect 1,000 years of turbulent history

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Man in the Middle

Travels with Kofi Annan

These days a million U.S. tourists each year (like these in the nation's capital) get a DUKW's-eye view of local landmarks.

Odd DUKW

On land and in the water, World War II's amphibian workhorse showed the skeptics a thing or two now it shows tourists the sights

Tracy Clune (foreground) and cousin Aine Clune reaped benefits from a five-month on-camera experiment in homesteading.

Home on the Range

A new public television series transplants three American families to the frontier West of 1883, without electricity, running water or visits to the mall

Cold Comfort

Intrepid travelers pay cold hard cash to chill out in the world's coolest hotel

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Dear Smitty

Our authors write Smitty, our travel editor, about their journeys

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The Leaning Tower Straightens Up

In Pisa the tilted one is back in business after an 11-year effort to keep it from collapsing

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Mountains of Pain

For centuries the silver-rich Bolivian Andes have produced astonishing wealth —and an equal measure of human hardship

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