Washington Post • 14th July 2021

Forget 2020. Chicago invites travelers to make the most of 2021.

Chicago, like many of us, wants a 2020 do-over.

CNN • 18th June 2021

How to go backpacking (and why it's worth the effort)

In recent years, new backpacking routes have opened up some of the most scenic places on Earth to hikers.

Washington Post • 17th June 2021

Ready for a city trip? Miami has a bumper crop of newly opened attractions.

As U.S. travelers — increasingly vaccinated — eye upcoming vacations, some are heading south to Miami. The city combines urban verve with the breezy appeal of a beach trip: well-suited, perhaps, to a late-pandemic rush toward fresh air and fresh surroundings.

BBC Travel • 12th April 2021

The US' lost, ancient megacity

A thousand years ago, the Mississippian settlement – on a site near the modern US city of St Louis, Missouri – was renowned for bashes that went on for days.

BBC Travel • 6th April 2021

The enduring allure of lost cities

Tales of mysterious ruins have long enchanted travellers from afar, but those stories may hide something even more fascinating.

National Geographic Travel • 22nd February 2021

‘It really is like flying.’ Explore wild skating on nature’s ice

A taste of freedom amid an ongoing pandemic, this outdoor adventure has become a hot trend in cold regions of the United States.

Washington Post • 12th February 2021

Aromas can evoke beloved journeys — or voyages not yet taken

For travelers like me circumscribed by the pandemic, aromas offer the chance to revisit cherished journeys. That can be as simple as savoring the bouquet of a favorite wine, making a homemade amaro, or lighting a scented candle.

Washington Post • 23rd January 2021

Take a culinary journey with these new travel-inspired cookbooks

As my unused passport gathers ever more dust, food’s power to summon faraway places to my Vermont kitchen has only grown.

Washington Post • 7th January 2021

Will psychedelic mushroom vacations come to the U. S.?

Retreats step into the void between the swelling interest in psychedelic therapy and the tightly controlled trials carried out at the new research centers. And those retreats run a remarkable gamut.

National Geographic Travel • 22nd December 2020

Is joy the same in every language?

Learning unfamiliar words can take us on epic journeys even when we can’t travel.

National Geographic Travel • 11th September 2020

What is ‘friluftsliv’? How an idea of outdoor living could help us this winter

Get outside, says this Norwegian concept that promises to make the pandemic’s colder months more bearable.

Washington Post • 4th September 2020

Against a backdrop of soaring small boat sales, a solo kayak trip in Vermont

A camping trip by kayak was a quest for solitude in the waning summer.

Washington Post • 24th September 2020

A guide to urban stargazing: What you need to start exploring the skies close to home

Weary of puzzles and streaming, I posted on a neighborhood forum in the early pandemic: Anyone have an extra telescope?

Washington Post • 30th October 2020

Three new books that capture hitchhiking’s adventurous spirit

While Americans travel more than ever — or they did, before the novel coronavirus — hitchhikers have become a rarity. And now, even the few remaining holdouts are staying home, amid a pandemic that has transformed the way we travel.

Washington Post • 16th October 2020

Vermont wants tourism to return — safely. But will travelers play along?

For a state whose economy relies on tourist spending, that success in slowing the spread of the virus is an opportunity — a chance to recover income lost over the spring and summer.

Virtuoso Life Magazine • 27th August 2020

For Heaven's Sake

Worshiping the stars on Spain's volcanic Canary Islands

Lonely Planet • 10th August 2020

Travel's new threat is undertourism

The COVID-19 pandemic has cratered tourist numbers in every corner of the map, exacting a toll on livelihoods from Lesotho to Timor-Leste.

National Geographic Travel • 17th July 2020

Mass tourism has troubled Mallorca for decades. Can it change?

Long before overtourism became a pressing concern from Barcelona to Venice, the Balearic Islands were a byword for a travel industry run amok.

Washington Post • 11th July 2020

These epic travel disasters will take the edge off your wanderlust

Poring over picture postcards, or suppressing the urge to book a plane ticket? Try a bracing round of armchair discomfort, instead.

CNN • 9th July 2020

The fringe theories long attached to UNESCO sites

"The belief that aliens built the pyramids, or in fact any ancient monument, is deeply racist," Parcak says. It's no coincidence that alien theories focus on places home to black, brown and Indigenous people, she notes.