Equihen Plage: The Village of Inverted Boat Houses

Equihen Plage, on the coast of northern France by the English Channel, is a small seaside village with a population of about 3,000. Up until the beginning of the 20th century, Equihen Plage was a fishing village with a dry harbor

What Can Albania Teach Us About Trust

At a time when refugees are being turned away at borders all over the world, it seems that there is a lot to learn from Albania’s penchant for hospitality.

The Mystery of Synchronous Fireflies

In the first few weeks of June, visitors to the Great Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee, United States, are treated to a rare natural spectacle thousands of fireflies blinking in unison like strings of Christmas lights hanging in the night air.

Naturavive Sleeping Capsules

• The Natura Vive Skylodge is made up of three clear capsules hanging from a cliff in Peru’s Sacred Valley
• Fearless travellers can spend the night dangling precariously, 400-feet over the heartland of the Inca Empire
• To get there, you must first climb a cliff face, and in the morning, a zip wire takes you back down again

Wistman’s Wood National Nature Reserve

Wistman’s Wood is a small, remote, ancient woodland area on Dartmoor in England, on the slopes of the West Dart River. Covering just eight acres in area, this isolated woodland is the remnant of an ancient woodland which once covered the moor thousands of years ago, and is one of only three such high-altitude oakwoods remaining in Dartmoor.

Victorian Travellers

Chamonix Glacier in the Savoy Alps, France, 1867