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Rick Steves’ Europe: Medieval Castles

Ancient fortresses offer glimpses of medieval brutality and 19th-century Romanticism

Rick Steves’ Europe: Bruges, Belgium

Belgium’s exquisitely preserved medieval city is home to picturesque canals, gilded architecture, great beer and handcrafted chocolate

Rick Steves’ Europe: Blackpool, England

Home to a giant amusement park, a vintage trolley and an old-time variety show, Blackpool is northwest England’s glittering beach city

Rick Steves’ Europe: Baden-Baden, Germany

The park-like city of Baden-Baden, nestled in the Black Forest, is renowned for its restorative spas and elegant casino

Rick Steves’ Europe: Algarve, Portugal

On Portugal’s south coast, The Algarve is home to both sun-seeking tourists and working fishermen with their colorful boats

Rick Steves’ Europe: Aero, Denmark

On this small island on the south edge of Denmark, visitors wander down picturesque streets of thatched cottages and savor the coastal views

On the Bay of Kotor, young men motor travelers out to “Our Lady of the Rocks” Church.

Montenegro’s Bay of Kotor

Today’s Kotor is a time-capsule retreat for travelers seeking a truly unspoiled Adriatic town

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Yuma, Arizona

Recalling a dilemma

Jamie Katz is a longtime magazine editor and writer. His interest in music landed him his latest assignment, a travel story about Memphis.

Jamie Katz on “The Soul of Memphis”

The Okefenokee Swamp is an enormous peat bog 38 miles long by 25 miles wide, created 7,000 years ago.

Canoeing in Okefenokee Swamp

A trip through the wildlife refuge’s waterways reveals more than just gators and grasses

Consider Bardwell Farm is a 300-acre farm in West Pawlet, Vermont named after the man who founded the state's first cheese-making cooperative in 1864.

A Culinary Adventure in Vermont

Vermont’s roads lead you to dairy farms, vineyards and local breweries for foodies looking for great eats

Andalusia offers abundant trails, with one-fifth of its land under government protection.

The Rain in Spain Stays Mainly on the… Sierra Nevadas?

Traveling to Andalusia after the wettest winter in decades brings unexpected surprises to a hike through Spain’s southern region

Along his tour of Mississippi, writer Jamie Katz took a detour into Tunica's gambling emporia.

Memphis Blues, Mississippi Delta Roots

A random jaunt through the hallowed region that flavors the culture of its urban cousin to the north

The road that connects the monument to Chief Rolling Thunder Mountain’s hidden retreat above the valley floor.

The Story of Thunder Mountain Monument

An odd and affecting monument stands off a Nevada highway as a testament to one man’s passions

In the Alps, you'll share the trail with cows.

Switzerland

The “Cow Culture” of Switzerland’s Berner Oberland

Living up high among the Swiss Alps, cow farmers keep their family traditions alive, earning a living by making cheese

On the R.A. Brown Ranch, fifth-generation ranger Donnell Brown can't help thinking about the potential he had created through decades' worth of work.

Breeding the Perfect Bull

A Texas cattleman used genetic science to breed his masterpiece – a near-perfect Red Angus bull. Then nature took its course

Despite ongoing problems, Indonesia boasts one of Asia's strongest economies.

Return to Indonesia

A reporter chronicles the revival of the world’s most populous Muslim nation a decade after its disintegration

"He'd go down there [to the docks] in the middle of the night sometimes," Bodine's daughter says.

Photographing Baltimore’s Working Class

Baltimore’s A. Aubrey Bodine cast a romantic light on the city’s dockworkers in painterly photographs

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Telluride, Colorado

A historic 19th century mining town

St. Mark’s Basilica (above) reflects the apogee of Venetian influence: gilded ornamentation, including equine figures looted from Constantinople in 1204, caused it to be known as the Chiesa d’Oro (Church of Gold).

Venice, Italy

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