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Red staircase and carved wooden bookshelves inside the historic Lello Bookstore in Porto.
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The Secret of Lello e Irmão in Porto, the Most Beautiful Bookstore in the World

Floor-to-ceiling shelves, a stained-glass skylight, and a neo-Gothic facade: the Lello bookstore in Porto is the city’s most extraordinary attraction.
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Aerial view of forested mountains framing a calm bay with a small rocky islet and shallow reef waters, New Guinea coastline

More Than 1,000 Languages on a Single Island: The Linguistic Enigma of New Guinea

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Trasmoz, the Spanish Village Excommunicated Since the 13th Century and Cursed Since 1511

The Day of the Dead has both Indigenous and Catholic elements.

The Origin of the Day of the Dead: Between the Mexica Underworld and Medieval Europe

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October 30, 2026

Day of the Dead in Mexico City: The Giant Catrina Towering Over the Zócalo

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October 26, 2026

Carved Melons and Candlelight: How Iznájar Welcomes All Saints’ Day

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October 21, 2026

Mountain Gorillas Are Recovering, but a Human Sneeze Could Put Them at Risk

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October 19, 2026

He Was Digging Outside His Home and Found Two Colossi of Ramses II

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October 16, 2026

From Cell to Suite: Inside the Nara Prison Turned Luxury Hotel

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The Big Five and a Private Spa Without Leaving Your Suite: Inside Kuganha

Upper Provence landscape featuring purple blooming lavender fields under a clear sky.

France’s Purple Sea: A Guide to the Lavender Route of Haute-Provence

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Peru’s Boiling River: 187 Degrees Deep in the Jungle, With No Volcano in Sight

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How Many of the World’s Flags Can You Recognize?

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The World’s Largest Crystals Lie in a Cave No One Can Visit Anymore

Monumental tomb carved into the rock at the Hegra archaeological site in the Saudi Arabian desert.

Hegra, Petra’s Forgotten Sister: The Colossal Tombs the Desert Kept Hidden for 2,000 Years

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The Lost Rocket That Created the Myth of the Zone of Silence

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‘The Land of Standing-Up Rocks’: Inside Chiricahua, America’s 64th National Park

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Aerial view of the abandoned Kola Superdeep Borehole facility on Russia's Kola Peninsula

Kola Superdeep Borehole: A Journey to the Deepest Hole on Earth

Monumental tomb carved into the rock at the Hegra archaeological site in the Saudi Arabian desert.

Hegra, Petra’s Forgotten Sister: The Colossal Tombs the Desert Kept Hidden for 2,000 Years

naica cave of crystals

The World’s Largest Crystals Lie in a Cave No One Can Visit Anymore

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Bir Tawil, the Only Habitable Land on Earth That No Country Wants

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Frank Gehry’s Most Spectacular Buildings

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The World’s Most Dangerous Runways

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Alicia Aradilla’s Travel Watercolors

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A Marble Palace in the Middle of a Lake: Inside Udaipur’s Taj Lake Palace

Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

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Only YOU Hotel Atocha: The Historic Madrid Facade That Hides a New York-Inspired Boutique Hotel

Madrid, Spain

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Ace Hotel Brooklyn: The Concrete Bunker Where Brutalism Feels Warm

New York, United States

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Four Seasons Hotel Montreal

Montreal, Canada

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The Lumiares Lisbon: A Tribute to Portuguese Design in the Heart of Bairro Alto

Lisbon, Portugal

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Panoramic view of the city of Los Angeles and the iconic Hollywood sign in the hills.
October 20, 2026

The Dark Side of Los Angeles

Indigenous Nénets woman wearing traditional winter clothing in the snowy landscape of Siberia.
October 15, 2026

The Nenets: Guardians of the Arctic’s Last Great Nomadic Culture

Shore of Lake Natron with flamingos and mountains in the background, Tanzania
October 14, 2026

Lake Natron: Tanzania’s Caustic Hell Where Flamingos Are Born

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October 20, 2026

The Winchester Mystery House: 160 Rooms, Stairs to Nowhere, and 38 Years of Construction
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