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StoriesPike Place fish throwing, Capitol Hill vinyl hunting, a ferry ride to Bainbridge, and the best coffee I've had outside of Italy. My week in Seattle, unfiltered.
StoriesI came for the rock art. I stayed for the crocodiles, the silence, and a sunset at Ubirr that I still can't properly describe.
StoriesLinda left Chicago for cobblestones, $8 restaurant meals, and a life centered around art, hot springs, and the golden light of Mexico's heartland.
StoriesA wrong turn in Shinjuku led to a yakitori alley from the 1960s, a bathhouse with natural springs, and the realization that Tokyo's soul lives in its back streets.
StoriesThe flight was delayed two days. The guide met me with a 4x4 and a grin. The first Dragon Blood tree I saw made me forget everything that came before.
StoriesI came for three days. I stayed for five. Something about the salt air, the Gnawa music, and the $3 grilled fish kept me from leaving.
StoriesDay 1: pristine coral reef. Day 3: ancient Nabataean carvings. Day 5: standing in front of a $500-billion construction site. NEOM is the strangest place I've ever visited.
StoriesThomas is a software engineer who swims in Lake Zurich at 6AM every day — even in January. He has opinions about fondue, Sunday closures, and why tourists miss the best parts of his city.
StoriesI came for the cheap wine. I stayed for the dumplings, the sulfur baths, the flea market finds, and the most generous hospitality I've ever experienced.
StoriesWe drove for two days across trackless steppe, slept in a ger during a sandstorm, and stood where Roy Chapman Andrews first found dinosaur eggs in 1923.
StoriesI came for the Spirited Away photos. I stayed because the rain, the tea, and the empty morning streets made me forget I was supposed to leave on day three.
StoriesA travel journalist's account of Munich — from a 1-liter beer at Hofbrauhaus to watching surfers ride a standing wave in the English Garden.
