Travel

Love on the Road

Traveling does seem to facilitate encounters—especially between like-minded people searching for similar things

February 14, 2012

Romance Against the Odds

Where marriage is a form of defiance and matchmaking is a game of chance

February 13, 2012

Is Paris Really for Lovers?

Give Paris its due, but the place has at least its share of unromantic features

February 10, 2012

Shattered: Christchurch After 10,000 Earthquakes

The abandoned boulevards and blocks of condemned buildings look like a scene from an unhappy future

February 9, 2012

New Zealand’s Darkest, Bloodiest Secret: The Sandfly

Kiwi recommendations for stopping the biting beasts: DEET, geranium leaves, garlic, rancid bacon, Marmite, Vegemite. Does anything really work?

February 7, 2012

Questing for Calories in New Zealand’s High Country

There is something liberating in running out of food. Concerns about rationing are out the window and the world is simplified into a foraging playground

February 2, 2012

What to Look for on the Train Ride From New York to Washington

Sure, the view along Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor has its share of grime. But there are also sights that’ll make you want to put away your smart phone

February 2, 2012

To the Bottom of the World—and Back Again

When Felicity Aston caught sight of Antarctica’s coastal mountains, she told me, “they were like a neon sign flashing at me saying, ‘You have finished!’”

February 1, 2012

The Mystique of Route 66

Foreign tourists and local preservationists are bringing stretches of the storied roadway back to life

February 2012

The Devastating Costs of the Amazon Gold Rush

Spurred by rising global demand for the metal, miners are destroying invaluable rainforest in Peru’s Amazon basin

February 2012

Football or Rugby: Whose Players are Tougher?

Could football players last 80 minutes in a rugby match? The great debate continues

January 31, 2012

L.A.’s Answer to the Yellow Brick Road

A group including the actor Jack Nicholson has tried to get Dirt Mulholland on the National Register of Historic Places

January 30, 2012

New Zealand: Too Orderly, Tidy and Tame?

After leaving her job and home to bike around the world, a cyclist finds New Zealand a little too comfortable

January 24, 2012

The Allure of Nonexistent Places

Long-gone destinations have their own special appeal, don’t you think?

January 24, 2012

Would You Like Some Salt and Pepper? How About 80,000 Shakers’ Worth?

Over the course of just a couple of decades, the Ludden family has amassed enough novelty shakers to fill two museums

January 23, 2012

Cruise Ship Disaster Arouses Concerns, Memory

The Genoa-based Costa cruise line, owner of the stricken Concordia, has had troubles before

January 20, 2012

Catch and Release: A Wicked Game?

Fishing is an effective means of bringing people to the water’s edge o admire the ecosystem and consider the value in preserving it

January 19, 2012

Hunting Trout in Haunting Waters

Andrew was sullen, silent and soaked to the skin after spending eight hours in the rain standing in a river waving a stick

January 17, 2012

New Zealand and Other Travel Locales That Will Break the Bank

New Zealand is worth visiting, but I’m not sure how long I can keep traveling here while claiming to be “on the cheap”

January 12, 2012

The Sistine Chapel of the Andes

Just miles from Peru’s Incan ruins lie artifacts from another era—beautiful Baroque churches that married Spanish design with indigenous culture

January 12, 2012