There is a dangerous obsession with one Panamanian jungle. Clearcutting had scraped the flanks of the Pan-American Highway, which Karen Catchpole and Eric Mohl were following towards Panamá’s southeastern edge. It would have been a four-hour trip from Panama City to their destination, but endless police checkpoints meant slow going for the American journalists, who’d driven a truck to Panamá from beyond the Arctic Circle. Now, they stopped to show their papers, again and again, surprised at how

We traveled to Colombia to explore the mountains and we found a country in love with bikes.

Stretching across stony peaks and rolling whitewater, Maine goes big in the state’s vast, forested interior.

Gearing up for a trip into the outdoors? Avoid an overstuffed closet by opting for clever designs that fold and tuck away. From an origami-inspired canoe to a bike helmet you can stash in your purse, this gear is so low profile that even apartment dwellers can stock up for alfresco adventures. Even aerodynamic helmets seem bulky when they're dangling from your backpack all day, but the Transformers-like Plixi Fit helmet from OVERADE packs into a tidy bundle that's a third of its full volume. Yo

"It's gonna happen sooner or later—you'll hook yourself or hook your friends, so pinch down your barbs." I'm knee-deep in the Battenkill River when I remember that advice...

Montréal may be Québec’s metropolis, but it’s snipped into bite-sized neighborhoods, rewarding block-by-block discovery. It’s an explorer’s playground (and a gourmet jackpot).

Airline rules leave plenty of room for interpretation.

With sleeping bag sunsets and morning coffee in the pines, a weekend camping trip is the stuff of summertime dreams. But for many first-time campers—and anyone with limited storage space—getting equipped for a stint in the great outdoors can seem like an impossible hurdle.

In the arid wilderness of the Sinai Desert, fresh-baked bread nourishes body and spirit.

Between Montréal’s chic cafes and open-air markets, getting out of town can be hard to do. But venture into the surrounding Eastern Townships, the mountainous Laurentians, or Montérégie’s rolling farm country and you’ll be rewarded with French-accented villages, shady pine forests, and maple syrup fresh from the tap.

White sand, turquoise water and an American flag lofted by tropical winds -- it's a scene worthy of a picture postcard. But if you're imagining Key West or Kauai, try again. Think beyond the 50 states that claim a star on the American flag, because from the island of Saipan to American Samoa's Pago Pago harbor, the United States' territorial claims stretch across the globe.

After a close call on a flight over New Jersey, writer Jen Rose Smith wanted to learn more about how travelers can better deal with risk and uncertainty. So she got in touch with Allison Schrager—an economist, of all things.

Clear rivers and hiking trails unspool through dense forest in Katahdin Woods and Waters. An ancient landscape, it’s also one of America’s youngest national monuments.

Steering between Cape Cod’s cranberry bogs and sand dunes, I spin the car radio dial in search of music. What I find surprises me, because instead of pop hits or country, I pick up the haunting sounds of a fado song coming from a Portuguese station.

Treat yourself to old-fashioned comfort on your next visit to New England, where hotels that combine modern luxury and vintage charm offer travelers a chance to step back in time.

No Instagram filter needed: Find a world of color on these four trips to springtime blooms.

Ditch the classroom for a real-world adventure and learn a language along the way.

When the billion-dollar Grand Egyptian Museum opens in Giza in 2020, Egypt’s oldest treasures will gleam within a brand new frame.

For the ultimate midnight sun experience, travel beyond the Arctic Circle—at 66˚ of latitude, that invisible line marks the place where the sun stays above the horizon for 24 hours on the solstice.

In 2017, nearly 87 million international tourists arrived in France. That same year, a mere 2,000 international tourists visited the South Pacific country of Tuvalu, where it's easy to find a beach — or even an entire island — to yourself.