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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.
Stories900 meters above the valley floor, a monastery clings to a cliff face that shouldn't hold anything. Getting there nearly broke me. I'd do it again tomorrow.
StoriesA journalist drives into the Uco Valley expecting a wine tasting and finds an Andes-backed landscape that makes every other wine region look like a parking lot. This is Mendoza's best day.
SeasonalClear skies, condors riding the thermals, whitewashed plazas full of dancers, and hot springs under a freezing star field. This is why the dry season is the moment to point yourself at Peru's deepest canyon.
StoriesI don't understand contemporary art. Or I didn't, until I stood on a pier on Naoshima watching the sun set behind a polka-dotted pumpkin and something clicked.
StoriesThe first hour in Kolkata will overwhelm you — the horns, the heat, the crush of Howrah. Stay with it. By nightfall the city cracks open, and you're already planning the trip back.
Travel GuidesDo I need a car? Can I take sand from the beach? Is Costa Smeralda worth the hype? A Sardinia specialist answers everything first-timers ask.
