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TJA tree-lined capital nestled between mountain ranges that serves as the gateway to the legendary Pamir Highway, where the National Museum showcases Silk Road treasures, the green bazaar overflows with pomegranates and walnuts, and the world's second-tallest flagpole once towered over Rudaki Park.
IndiaA UNESCO World Heritage complex of 25 medieval Hindu and Jain temples covered in extraordinarily intricate erotic and divine sculptures — the pinnacle of Chandela dynasty art, set against the wild backdrop of Panna National Park's tiger-roaming forests.
Utah's first national park — a cathedral of sculpted sandstone where the Virgin River carved 2,000-foot vermilion cliffs into a labyrinth of slot canyons, hanging gardens, and vertigo-inducing spines like Angels Landing that draw hikers from every corner of the planet.
Travel GuidesA glass pyramid in the steppe, an indoor beach with Maldivian sand, and a golden handprint you're supposed to press for good luck. Astana is gloriously bizarre.
StoriesNinety miles of cliffs, fog, redwoods, and a waterfall that drops onto a beach you can't reach. I've driven it four times and I'll drive it forty more.
Travel GuidesTwo of the Caribbean's biggest all-inclusive capitals, compared honestly: cost, beaches, excursions, food, nightlife, flights, and crowds. Plus which one fits your traveler type.
Travel GuidesEverything first-time visitors ask about Hanoi — from crossing the street alive to finding the Obama bun cha spot to egg coffee that changes your entire relationship with caffeine.
StoriesA $1.40 bowl of soup at dawn on a Hanoi sidewalk taught me more about travel than any museum or monument ever has.
StoriesI showed up two hours late to the most famous sunset in the world. What I found instead changed how I travel.
