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A rendering of the Survivor Stories theatre.

Cultural Travel

12 Must-See Fall Exhibits Around the World

Art, science and magic draws us to museums this fall

570 stone weirs dot the coastline of Penghu.

These Massive Land Art Constructions Are Actually Ancient Fishing Weirs

Stone tidal traps were built off the coast of Taiwan as early as the Qing Dynasty

Sandwiches ready for tasting at Feast Portland.

12 of the Best Food Festivals Happening This Fall

Where to eat, drink and play across the U.S. this autumn

Since 2016, it has opened up its expeditions to the public.

Family Travel

You Can Help Scientists Study Great White Sharks Off the Coast of Cape Cod

The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy is offering boating expeditions open to the public now through October

Consonno, a ghost town in northern Italy, is the location of the annual Nascondino World Championship.

The Hide and Seek World Championship Will Take Over an Italian Ghost Town

The annual event takes place in Consonno, an abandoned village once considered Italy’s Las Vegas

Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Park

See the Most Northerly Active Sand Dunes in the World

The Athabasca Sand Dunes are a geological oddity in northern Canada

Frozen waterfalls inside Austria's Eisriesenwelt.

Austria

Descend into the World’s Iciest Gateway to Hell

Austria’s Eisriesenwelt, the world’s largest ice cave, mixes science with folklore

A view of the Nevis volcano on the island of Nevis where Alexander Hamilton was born.

Walk in the Footsteps of Alexander Hamilton on This Tiny Caribbean Island

The island of Nevis was no paradise for young Hamilton

Honiara

Dive With WWII Wrecks in the Solomon Islands

75 years after the Battle of Guadalcanal, walk in the footsteps of history

The battered remnants of Fritz Koenig's "Sphere" will return to the World Trade Center site after years of exile.

Cool Finds

The World Trade Center’s Only Surviving Art Heads Home

Battered, but not broken, Fritz Koenig’s “Sphere” is being reinstalled near its original location at Ground Zero

This Lake Is One of Montana’s Best Kept Secrets

Every summer, writer Boris Fishman returns to Flathead Lake, a pristine spot in northwestern Montana, for rest and reflection

The Cavern Grotto restaurant is located 21 stories underground.

Dine 21 Stories Underground in This 345-Million-Year-Old Cavern

Cavern Grotto, a new restaurant in Arizona, opens inside the largest dry cavern system in the country

Every 15 minutes another African elephant falls victim to the ivory trade. This melting life-size ice sculpture in NYC helps draw attention to the dire situation.

Watch as This Life-Size Elephant Ice Sculpture Melts in NYC

The melting mammal was part of Amarula and WildlifeDIRECT’s “Don’t Let Them Disappear” campaign

Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum was commissioned by a Hapsburg Emperor—and it shows.

Austria

Seven Must-See Museums in Austria

Art, music and open-air delights

Fiskars, Finland

How This Tiny Town Drew World-Class Artists Into the Forests of Finland

Fiskars, Finland — an hour west of Helsinki — was a knife-making village on the decline. Now it’s one of the world’s most successful artist havens.

You have to swim to reach the world's first underwater post office in Vanuatu.

Whale Mail Is the New Snail Mail at the World’s First Underwater Post Office

All you need to reach the Vanuatu Post is a deep breath and a waterproof postcard

Armenia

Each Summer, These Armenian Villages Are Taken Over by Hundreds of White Storks

Villagers participate in a “Nest Neighbors” program to monitor the health of their new house guests

How Baltimore Quietly Became the East Coast’s Next Cool City

One native Marylander travels to the city he first knew as a kid to meet the doers and dreamers driving Baltimore’s next act

Aurora Australis seen over Lake Dunstan, New Zealand.

Ask Smithsonian 2017

The Best Places to See the Southern Lights

The aurora australis is the southern cousin to the northern lights

This Breathtaking Landscape Is Canada’s Newest Protected Area

The park includes a spectacular beach described in sagas that chronicle Viking explorations of the Canadian coast

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