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The World Monuments Fund 2012 Watch List
The latest Watch List from the World Monuments Fund cites 67 invaluable places in need of attention, in some cases protection from tourists
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The truck came by slowly and a spotlight swept the river bottom. “My God—they’re hunting me!”
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“It’s too dangerous,” said a villager. “There are bears.” His boys growled and clawed the air
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Lap-swimming in Paris takes cultural openness and skimpy bathing attire
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Istanbul: The Maddest City in Europe
“That’s the fattest stray dog I’ve ever seen.” A lot has changed here since Mark Twain wrote about the city, but there’s still plenty of mayhem
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Uphill All the Way in the Rhodope Mountains
I have my dinner—cheese, a four-pound organic tomato, a sack of figs and a jar of pickled chanterelles—and I’m ready to get lost on the mountain roads
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The fountains are a marvel of local social infrastructure; the spouts pour out spring water along almost every mile of mountain roads
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Cracking Open the History of Fortune Cookies
That crunchy confection whose unobtrusive vanilla flavor is always a welcome complement to a heavy, savory meal
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Zozobra: The Boogeyman of Santa Fe
Each year, New Mexicans gather around a giant burning effigy, casting off their bad memories into the consuming bonfire
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Pumpkin Carving Ideas From Around the Smithsonian
Print out and tape these stencils to your Halloween pumpkin for a different kind of jack o’lantern
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A Youth Renaissance for Native Americans
Filmmaker Chris Eyre says Native pride will embolden the next generation of first Americans
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In Kyoto, Feeling Forever Foreign
Travel writer Pico Iyer remains both fascinated and puzzled by the ancient Japanese city
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After years of conflict, Turkey’s tradition-rich Kurdish minority is experiencing a joyous cultural reawakening
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Wayne Wheeler had a mission
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