
Africa
Aït Ben Haddou: The Fortress That Defies Time
The city that has been an empire, a desert stronghold, and a fantasy realm—without ever leaving Morocco.

The city that has been an empire, a desert stronghold, and a fantasy realm—without ever leaving Morocco.

The islands of Japan where cats are the absolute kings.

They live on water, dive for over ten minutes on a single breath, and inherit the sea as a way of life—the Bajau, the last true ocean nomads.

In the lush green heart of Peru, the jungle has its own gods—and its own laws.

Inauteriak is a word from the Basque language that, according to anthropologist José Dueso, could come from the word inau meaning “mocking” and the suffix te, which could mean “season.” In Spanish, we know this word as carnaval.