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This collection of ancient Buddhist cave temples date back to the fifth and tenth centuries, A.D.
March 2009
| By Lyn Garrity
On the northwestern coast of Australia, over 500,000 rock carvings face destruction by industrial development
March 2009
| By Laura Helmuth
The fate of the 14th-century abbey, one of the best-preserved medieval churches in the Balkans, has been darkened by ethnic violence
March 2009
| By Kathleen Burke
The famed fort has withstood earthquakes and sandstorms for a millenia, but now shifts and crumbles
March 2009
| By Anika Gupta
In Istanbul, secularists and fundamentalists clash over restoring the nearly 1,500 year-old structure
December 2008
| By Fergus M. Bordewich
The livable, culture-crazy, beer-loving capital of Bavaria is coming to terms with its history
November 2008
| By Charles Michener
November 01, 2008 | By Megan Gambino
In just four years, this 11-square-mile outpost on the coast of China eclipsed Las Vegas as gambling's world capital
September 2008
| By David Devoss
A journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway offers inspiring sights, from snowscapes to wildlife
July 2008
| By Sally McGrane
The Italian city of Como, celebrated for its silk and scenery, has inspired notables from Leonardo da Vinci and Giuseppe Verdi to Winston Churchill and George Clooney
July 2008
| By Peter Ross Range
Celebrating the new year has become synonymous with drinking champagne, but the grapes are from an area steeped in history
July 2008
| By Janet Hulstrand
A forward-thinking city with ancient traditions
April 15, 2008
| By Lisa Lubin
As the last Himalayan Buddhist kingdom cautiously opens itself to the world, traditionalists fear for its unique culture
March 2008
| By Arthur Lubow
Celebrations, ceremonies and competitions sure to delight even the most seasoned traveler
March 2008
| By Jess Blumberg
As Beijing gets ready to host its first Olympics, a veteran journalist returns to its once-restricted palace complex
March 2008
| By Paul Raffaele
In rural Japan, stressed workers and tourists seek geothermal ease
March 2008
| By Andrew Curry
Efforts to turn the Vietnam War's notorious Ho Chi Minh Trail into a major highway have uncovered battle scars from the past while paving a way to a brighter future
March 2008
| By David Lamb
March 2008 | By David Lamb
More than 30,000 people mingle every day at Dimotiki Agora, the city's busiest markets
January 01, 2008
| By Whitney Dangerfield
Between medieval and modern, Oxford seeks equilibrium
January 2008
| By Jan Morris
Some view Europe's most diverse city as a laboratory of the continent's future
December 2007
| By Andrew Purvis
A virtual vacation to southern Italy's historic and charming seaside
August 01, 2007
| By Dina Modianot-Fox
The city of Sibelius, known as a center for innovative technology and design, now stakes its claim as an urban hotspot
March 2007
| By Jonathan Kandell
Peaceful and prosperous, Southeast Asia's famously uptight nation has let its hair down
September 2007
| By David Lamb
Down Under's unofficial capital of food and drink
January 18, 2008
| By Dina Modianot-Fox
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