By V. Hansmann Some people say the most splendid thing about a road trip to Ohio is the road trip from Ohio. I might have agreed; benighted rustbelt, flyover, swing state that it is. But follow this simple itinerary and you may come away with affection for Ohio. Spring is a good time to travel. […]

By Hannah Sheldon-Dean In the middle of the St. Charles Bridge on a warm day in Prague, we wait with our binders of music, wondering if anyone will bother to show up. There are five or six of us here now, out of perhaps twenty-five. We’ve been singing all week, and this is our day […]

By Leena Tailor It’s 4 a.m. on the Carnival Imagination, midway between Miami and the Bahamas, and two Backstreet Boys are giving an impromptu but heartfelt lecture on love, marriage, sharks and Twitter to a handful of fans who stumbled upon the duo while ending their drunken night at the pizzeria. One is dressed as […]

By Robin Cerwonka Why did I go to Antarctica? A good question, considering the warm-weather joys of the world—the thousands of tropical beaches I’d love to lie on and coral reefs I’ve never scuba dived. The list goes on; I have never: -Seen any of the seven wonders of the world -Faced a charging rhino […]

By Sarah Enelow 60-something Pete looked like he was on heavy sedatives, and to my unsettling surprise, he was also a professional pilot. “So, you flew commercial airplanes for Air Canada, with passengers in them?” I asked. “Yes indeed,” answered Pete with half-comatose eyes, the words pleasantly escaping from his upturned mouth. “And you retired, […]

By Jillian Bright There is a force stronger than the sea itself in that little fishing town. It is mysterious and unidentifiable, ever changing and unquestionably powerful. I can feel it pounding in the surf that reverberates up the cliff, penetrating my thoughts as I write this. For some, Montezuma is just a speck on […]

By Dave Fox It’s 4:23 a.m., and all is quiet in the Okavango Delta. Wait, no. That’s not right. Let’s start over. It’s 4:23 a.m. in the Okavango Delta, and I can’t sleep because the birds are antagonizing me. I don’t know what their problem is. Sure, I’ve come to Botswana to check out the […]

By Greg Rodgers “You’re staying here tonight? Seriously?” My eyes drifted from the rough, wooden dock where we were standing, up a perfect pair of tanned legs, to a set of blue eyes that were examining me with a sense of admiration and adventure. I explained to a not-so-unattractive Swiss girl that I had hired […]

By Biju Sukumaran Saline solution pools on my palm, magnifying the dust and specks of camel hair in my contacts, and cleaning them is now an almost futile gesture. But this was the least of my worries as I sit in my ger in the middle of the Gobi Desert, where our driver had pulled […]

By Pam Mandel He was tall and good looking and had attended an expensive prep school where he learned to talk pretty. He liked dancing to pop music and drinking beer and traveling. His father wanted him to be a real estate agent; he was not interested in a desk job. He was sarcastic and […]