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What Is Elizabeth Rush Reading? : Books on Antarctic Adventure, Ice, Motherhood

by Dana Snitzky July 8, 2019February 10, 2023

“I sometimes wonder if this continent of ice is begging for a different kind of story to be told about it.”

Posted inStory

Notes on Citizenship

by Nina Coomes April 17, 2019April 21, 2023

Nina Li Coomes reckons with the quandary of citizenship and the meaning of home.

Posted inBooks, History, Nonfiction, Story, Travel

A Three-Day Expedition To Walk Across Paris Entirely Underground

by Longreads March 13, 2019October 19, 2022

Journalist Will Hunt, who made the crossing with a group of urban explorers, recounts being menaced by rainwater and rats — and meeting fellow subterranean wanderers along the way.

Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Travel

The Curious Case of Justin Alexander: Adventure Tourist or Murder Victim?

by Krista Stevens January 2, 2019October 19, 2022

In the Parvati Valley, the road to enlightenment is paved with danger.

Posted inCulture, Essays & Criticism, Story, Travel

Home Is a Mug of Coffee

by Candace Rose Rardon October 1, 2018October 19, 2022

It takes a lot of percolating to become your own person.

Posted inFood, Highlight, Quotes, Travel

The Life-Changing Magic of Getting In Line at 5AM

by michelleweber August 9, 2018October 19, 2022

Japan is committed to waiting: its language includes the phrase gyouretsu no dekiru mise: “restaurants that have very long lines.”

Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Travel

Where Your Stuff Goes When You Lose It in Tokyo

by Aaron Gilbreath June 14, 2018October 19, 2022

If you lost your umbrella in Tokyo, don’t worry. It’s probably among the thousands stored inside the Metropolitan Police Department’s six-story lost and found center.

Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story, Travel

The Island that Disappeared

by Longreads March 20, 2018October 19, 2022

An Englishman searches for what’s left of Providence, a failed Puritan colony in the Caribbean.

Posted inBusiness, Current Events, Nonfiction, Quotes, Travel

Trump Properties As Symbols of American Mediocrity and Lies

by Aaron Gilbreath March 16, 2018October 19, 2022

The only thing a tourist who stays at Trump properties gets for free is a disturbing vision of America’s future.

Posted inStory, Travel

Is This the Most Crowded Island in the World? (And Why That Question Matters)

by Alex MacGregor February 19, 2018October 19, 2022

An amateur geographer travels to an undocumented island off the coast of Haiti after stumbling upon it on Google Earth.

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