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El Paso, Texas

El Paso, Texas

A city on the edge

Mud-brick homes dot the hillside along the road from Bamyan City to the Bamyan Family Park.

A Short Walk in the Afghan Countryside

On their way to a park built in the shadow of Bamiyan’s Buddhas, two Americans encounter remnants of war and signs of promise

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Soup for Breakfast

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Port Clyde, Maine

Faith and lobsters

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The Wild Mushrooms of Fall

Memphis in the mid-1850s

Memphis, Tenn.

‘Take Me Back to Beale’

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Eating Irish Moss

A section of the rugged backcountry terrain of the Los Padres National Forest is visited by fewer than 20 people per year.

Carving Out the Condor Trail

Cartographer Bryan Conant leads the quest to link Big Sur to southern California in the West Coast’s answer to the Appalachian Trail

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Argentine Wine: Malbec and More

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Giving Thanks at Sukkot

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