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Take a tour of New Jersey’s most low-key amazing eats along the Anthony Bourdain Food Trail
Anthony Bourdain’s love of food took him all over the world, from big cities to small outposts in faraway lands—but he also proved you don’t need to travel to other continents to find mouth-watering cuisine. He found it right in his old stomping grounds of New Jersey....
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Drinking with the dead: New York City’s oldest Irish pub is steeped in history
In 1854, John McSorley, an Irish immigrant to New York City from the County Tyrone, opened an ale house on East 7th Street. Originally called The Old House at Home, McSorley’s Old Ale House briefly tried selling hard liquor in the early 1900s. Today, though, it only...
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If you think Highway 1 is the best way to experience Northern California’s coast, try hiking it
A drive up Highway 1 reveals countless coastal towns in Northern California, each with their own unique personality and story. But not every town makes it so easy to hop out of the car and encounter the local flavor, history, culture, and scenery up close and in...
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America’s finish line: How I ended up driving in—and winning—a modern-day Cannonball Run
The warmth of Nebraska’s afternoon air and the steady drone of the car’s powerful V8 engine had lulled my exhausted body into a deep, although unsettled, sleep. Jolted awake by a sudden lurch to the left, I inhaled sharply, feeling out of place in the...
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California’s desert has exploded with wildflowers—and people—but there are ways to avoid the crowds
After rain comes sunshine—and after even more rain comes a desert super bloom. At least that’s the case right now in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in California, where the second “once-in-a-decade” super bloom in two years has covered the desert valley in a patchwork...
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Olive Gunnison’s world-class collection of curiosities is slowly evaporating in a dusty basement
As you drive along the twisty back roads of Pawling, New York, you can expect to see historic homes, mossy cemeteries, and the occasional white-tailed deer. What is, perhaps, less expected is your first glimpse of the Akin Free Library, an imposing stone building...
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On International Female Ride Day, women across the world unite to ride motorcycles
We’re stronger together. That’s the basic idea behind International Female Ride Day (IFRD), a movement dedicated to celebrating women on motorcycles on the first Saturday of May each year. Now in its 13th year, IFRD has become an unofficial holiday for women riders...
read moreClosing the adventure gap: Women of color are reshaping the outdoors travel industry
In June of 2017, Grace Anderson biked 161 miles alone from Lander to Jackson, Wyoming—a state with a population that is 84 percent white and 1.3 percent black. As she paused at each rest stop along the way—the only black woman at every point—she was reminded of a...
read moreIf you hurry, you can still visit a real life ice castle in Colorado
Tucked away in the bustling ski town of Dillon, Colorado lives a chilly fairytale come to life: the Dillon Ice Castle. While you won’t find Queen Elsa singing inside it, you will find a winter wonderland full of icicles, glacial thrones, and glassy slides that provide...
read moreYosemite’s Half Dome lottery is open—and here’s how you can score a permit
There are few hikes in the country as iconic as the hike up Yosemite National Park’s Half Dome. Visible from most of the park’s most iconic viewpoints, the granite cliff rises above the valley, challenging thrill-seekers with the promise of what must be an amazing...
read moreA new Milwaukee museum has thousands of bobbleheads on display, and it’s not just for sports fans
Who doesn’t love a good bobblehead? Many of us have a few tucked away on basement shelves and in knick-knack cases—but few will ever have a collection that comes close to that of Milwaukee’s newest museum, the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum. Located just...
read moreWant a unique winter thrill? Try driving an ice road across a frozen lake in Voyageurs National Park
The tires spun in place, desperately searching for purchase in the newly deposited drifts of snow. The wind had picked up significantly in the minutes since we descended the boat ramp and adventured onto the frozen expanse of one of Voyageurs National Park’s...
read moreThere’s a paradise for vintage vehicle lovers hidden in a gritty Denver neighborhood
The Forney Museum of Transportation is located in an industrial chunk of north Denver dominated by highways, forgotten factories, and a short stretch of the South Platte River. This is RiNo, the River North Art District, one of Denver’s gritty, hip areas. I visit with...
read moreGlamping comes to the edge of Canada’s most stunning wilderness
There’s nowhere else in the world quite like the Canadian settlement of Tofino. Even getting there is a journey. It’s one of the westernmost points in British Columbia, nestled at the edge of the mountains—and you have to drive through the rainforests of Pacific Rim...
read moreLetter from the Editor: A loving tribute to the Grand Canyon
It was a Saturday in early May, on one of those perfect spring days that give you a taste of what’s to come: Winter is mostly over, but it might still snow for a few more weeks. Not this weekend, though. It was windy, but the skies were clear and the sun was lending...
read moreHave dog, will travel: Finding canine-friendly campsites isn’t as easy as you might expect
It was nearing sunset in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. We had been driving for nearly 10 hours, and we were tired, hungry, and ready to set up camp. My husband Kurt navigated our conversion van along the meandering road while I searched for available...
read moreGrand Canyon National Park is turning 100! Here’s how and where to celebrate
And yes—there will be birthday cake
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If you think Highway 1 is the best way to experience Northern California’s coast, try hiking it
A drive up Highway 1 reveals countless coastal towns in Northern California, each with their own unique personality and story. But not every town makes it so easy to hop out of the car and encounter the local flavor, history, culture, and scenery up close and in...
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Biosphere 2 is America’s most ambitious and dramatically disastrous science experiment
Not many people know about the ocean and rainforest that sit in the middle of the Arizona desert, just outside Tucson. They’re contained within a funky-looking three-acre glass building that houses a project known as Biosphere 2. Created in the 1990s, with the...
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What exactly is The Thing, Arizona’s most mysterious roadside attraction?
Fair warning, you might leave with more questions than you arrived with.
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