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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

In 1903, a barge called the Harold tipped somewhere off the coast of New York City, sending most of its 7,700 silver-and-lead bars to the bottom.

The Search for the Guggenheim Treasure

Loot valued at $20 million lies off the coast of Staten Island, and Ken Hayes is on the hunt for the sunken silver bullion

Locals know to hold their nose when enjoying the stinky cheese of Olomouc.

Stinky Cheese in Olomouc

A fine daytrip from Prague, the Czech Republic’s fourth-largest city offers more than just famous cheese

Some of the best beer in Europe—and some of its most enthusiastic beer drinkers—can be found in Prague.

Czech Beer

The Czechs invented Pilsner-style lager, but be sure to venture beyond this famous beer

"For residents of the area who have gone to live elsewhere, it's the canal—so deep-set in what appears to be solid rock ... that resurfaces in dreams," says Oates.

Joyce Carol Oates Goes Home Again

The celebrated writer returns to the town of her birth to revisit the places that haunt her memory and her extraordinary fiction

Horses brought by Spanish explorers in the 16th century bore a dark stripe along the spine, a feature that marks some mustangs today.

The Mustang Mystique

Descended from animals brought by Spanish conquistadors centuries ago, wild horses roam the West. But are they running out of room?

Pho being served at the Spice Garden Buffet at the Sofitel Metropole in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Searching for Hanoi’s Ultimate Pho

With more Americans sampling Vietnam’s savory soup, a noted food critic and an esteemed maestro track down the city’s best

Esther Renee Adams, "Mamaw," was laid to rest in her own home. In the mountains of eastern Kentucky, such "country wakes" could last for days.

Capturing Appalachia’s “Mountain People”

Shelby Lee Adams’ 1990 photograph of life in the eastern Kentucky mountains captured a poignant tradition

Like an iceberg, the little red hut bobbing on Sweden’s Lake Malaren hardly hints at what’s beneath the surface; some 10 feet below is the “second” floor.

Lodging in the Trees, Underwater and in the Ground

From Tunisian caves to Swedish mines, unusual hotels can be found around the world to make your vacation a special one

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