holidays
The Atlas Obscura Guide to the World's Strangest Christmas Traditions
Christmas markets are interchangeable. Christmas folklore is not.
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holidays
Christmas markets are interchangeable. Christmas folklore is not.
auroras
Choose a place worth the trip even if the sky does nothing.
abandoned
Not where it's warm. Where the northern winter is the only window.
haunted
For people who want a real story that’s scarier than the ghost story.
Travel ideas for couples who don’t want the obvious.
native americans
There are 5,000 miles of the Trail of Tears, but only limited parts can be walked today. We visited the portion in Prairie Grove, Arkansas.
At the height of segregation when everywhere else was divided, Black and white people danced together to the biggest R&B acts of the time at Charlie’s Place.