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Should Americans Travel to the Middle East?
Today the area is often perceived as a murky and dangerous blur on the map. But how unsafe, really, is this area for tourists?
A Journey to Obama’s Kenya
The dusty village where Barack Obama’s father was raised had high hopes after his son was elected president. What has happened since then?
The Smithsonian Life List: 43 Places to See Before You Die
From wonders of the world to thrills for adventure seekers, we've compiled a list of sites that any true world traveler cannot miss
Faces From Afar: Two Canadian Travelers Bring Love, Goodwill and Water Filters to the Needy
Give a man a glass of water, and you may quench his thirst. But teach him to build a water filter, as Rod and Ingrid McCarroll are doing, and he'll have clean water for life
February 01, 2013
| By Alastair Bland
From Waimea Bay to "Mavericks," here are some superb sites to watch surfers catch the biggest breakers in the world this winter
December 06, 2012
| By Alastair Bland
New research shows that lions are quickly disappearing across Africa's once-thriving savannahs due to human population growth and massive land use conversion
December 07, 2012
| By Rachel Nuwer
A new citizen science project lets you in to the beautiful world of Serengeti National Park
December 12, 2012
| By Colin Schultz
Conservationists announce good news for mountain gorillas, but the species is not out of the woods just yet
November 15, 2012
| By Rachel Nuwer
Good, locally made wines can now be found in such unlikely locales as equatorial Kenya, the Texas Hill Country, and temperate and rainy Japan
October 17, 2012
| By Alastair Bland
With venom so potent it can kill a person in just 30 minutes, the black mamba is a snake to avoid—while others are worth learning about before you cast your judgment
October 03, 2012
| By Alastair Bland
Set deep within the Russian subcontinent, Baikal is the deepest, oldest and most voluminous of all lakes
August 07, 2012
| By Alastair Bland
The tombs and cultural relics of Timbuktu, a key trade and social center of the ancient world, are being destroyed by an armed group known as the Ansar Dine.
July 03, 2012
| By Colin Schultz
It takes $6,000 to shoot a leopard in Botswana. And if you cough up $1,200, you can shoot a crocodile. Short on cash? There's always baboons, which go for $200 a pop
April 24, 2012
| By Alastair Bland
Africa's wildebeest migration pits a million thundering animals against a gantlet of perils, even—some experts fear—climate change
May 2010
| By Robert M. Poole
Dangling from a paraglider with a propeller on his back, photographer George Steinmetz gets a new perspective on Africa
January 2009
| By Abigail Tucker
Today the area is often perceived as a murky and dangerous blur on the map. But how unsafe, really, is this area for tourists?
October 23, 2012
| By Alastair Bland
The dusty village where Barack Obama’s father was raised had high hopes after his son was elected president. What has happened since then?
May 2012
| By Joshua Hammer
Few places let you get as close to the raffish birds—many of which are endangered—as South Africa’s Robben Island
May 2012
| By Charles Bergman
In Egypt's Western Desert, evidence abounds that before they were the kings of the ocean, whales roamed the earth on four legs
January 2012
| By Abigail Tucker
The world's greatest source of hominid fossils is among dozens of caves just hours from Johannesburg
January 2012
| By Erin Wayman
High above Cape Town, this craggy wildlife preserve provides sprawling views and thrilling hikes
July 28, 2011
| By Karen Larkins
At Cape Coast Castle, visitors walk in the footsteps of African slaves
May 18, 2011
| By Randy B. Hecht
The author returns to Fez to explore the stubborn animal's central role in the life of this desert kingdom
September 2009
| By Susan Orlean
Despite many travel delays, Smithsonian Secretary Clough arrives in Kenya ready to study the African wildlife at the Mpala Ranch
June 16, 2009
| By G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Once located in the midst of high-volume shipping lanes, a forgotten city with multiple European influences could be lost forever without an intervention
March 2009
| By Helen Starkweather
The rapidly expanding Sahara Desert threatens a medieval trading center that also carries importance for Sunni Muslims
March 2009
| By Jeanne Maglaty
The 1,700-year-old basilica, believed to mark the birthplace of Jesus Christ, has survived invasions, rebellions and earthquakes
March 2009
| By Abigail Tucker
A new hydroelectric dam threatens the ancient city, home to thousands of human-made caves
March 2009
| By Diane M. Bolz
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