Tucked away in the lush, green hillsides of the northwest, the Aristi Mountain Resort & Villas is a far cry from the white stucco-lined islands of the Greece you’re use to. Continue reading
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Lake Kavicsos, Hungary
Kavicsos Lake, or “pebble lake” in Hungary, is a scenic lake about 2 km across located south of Budapest, just a 30-minute ride away from the city center. Continue reading
Magdalen: The Island of Shipwreck Survivors
The small archipelago of Magdalen Islands in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, off the coast of the Canadian province of Quebec, is home to some 12,000 people. Nearly everyone of them is a descendant of a shipwreck survivor. Continue reading
Explore Japanese Art, Design, and Architecture in the Free JAPAN 99+1 Travel Guide (Sponsored)
Nakajima Library, Akita International University
For the last six months an international group of writers, designers, and travel experts has written a guide to Japan that avoids typical tourist spots and focuses instead on exciting design-centric travel to places visitors rarely explore. Continue reading
Thilafushi: Maldives’s Garbage Island
What does an island with not a speck of land to spare do to get rid of hundreds of tons of garbage generated each day by its one million yearly tourists and nearly four hundred thousand permanent residents? Continue reading
Mystical Pictures
Based in Seattle, American photographer Cody Cobb captures portraits of the earth’s surface, focusing on the American West, from the deserts of Utah to the Hawaiian Islands.
Point Nemo: The Spacecraft Cemetery
Far off the east coast of New Zealand, about 3,300 kilometers out in the Pacific Ocean, lies one of the geekiest junkyard in the world. It’s located in the middle of nowhere Continue reading
Solar Powered EcoPods
Isolated in mid-Atlantic and warmed by the Gulf Stream, the group of nine islands enjoys a benign and temperate annual climate, and a breathtaking natural beauty.