https://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/virtual-travel/RSS feed for Virtual TravelenFri, 03 Oct 2025 20:00:04 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-worlds-first-virtual-museum-of-stolen-cultural-objects-wants-its-collection-to-shrink-not-grow-180987448/Visitors can explore 3D renderings of stolen artworks, historical artifacts, rare books and more in UNESCO's new digital museumFri, 03 Oct 2025 20:00:04 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-worlds-first-virtual-museum-of-stolen-cultural-objects-wants-its-collection-to-shrink-not-grow-180987448/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/star-trek-fans-can-now-virtually-tour-every-starship-enterprise-bridge-180982090/An interactive web portal explores the vessel's evolution over nearly six decadesTue, 02 May 2023 16:57:05 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/star-trek-fans-can-now-virtually-tour-every-starship-enterprise-bridge-180982090/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/take-a-virtual-tour-of-the-doomsday-seed-vault-180981815/The impressive depository carefully preserves over one million seed samples in its Arctic locationThu, 16 Mar 2023 19:37:51 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/take-a-virtual-tour-of-the-doomsday-seed-vault-180981815/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/the-worlds-largest-tree-is-ready-for-its-close-up-180981128/Friends of Pando, a nonprofit, is in the process of creating the largest image ever recorded of this single aspen clone in UtahWed, 16 Nov 2022 12:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/the-worlds-largest-tree-is-ready-for-its-close-up-180981128/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/polar-bears-are-gathering-in-canada-and-you-can-watch-on-live-video-streams-180981064/Bears return to Churchill, Manitoba, every autumn to await the formation of sea ice on the Hudson BayWed, 02 Nov 2022 20:25:48 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/polar-bears-are-gathering-in-canada-and-you-can-watch-on-live-video-streams-180981064/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/the-ten-best-books-about-travel-of-2021-180979103/With many of our wings still clipped by Covid-19 this year, we needed to travel vicariously through these adventurous readsTue, 23 Nov 2021 13:58:17 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/the-ten-best-books-about-travel-of-2021-180979103/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/literary-scholar-takes-us-around-world-in-eight-books-180979078/Harvard professor David Damrosch's new release has readers traveling to London, Paris, Nigeria, Tokyo and beyond without ever leaving homeThu, 18 Nov 2021 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/literary-scholar-takes-us-around-world-in-eight-books-180979078/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/learning-love-hardscrabble-life-lanzarote-180977943/A photographic tour of those who eke out a life on the sunblasted island transformed by a volcanoWed, 23 Jun 2021 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/learning-love-hardscrabble-life-lanzarote-180977943/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/ten-cultural-experiences-to-put-on-your-post-pandemic-bucket-list-180977584/From a lantern festival in Korea to camel racing in Oman, these traditions have us dreaming of future travelMon, 26 Apr 2021 16:49:53 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/ten-cultural-experiences-to-put-on-your-post-pandemic-bucket-list-180977584/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/around-the-world-in-eight-plants-180977467/A new book takes readers on a journey across our planet, stopping to smell flowers and appreciate other species along the wayTue, 20 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/around-the-world-in-eight-plants-180977467/