6 slightly offbeat safety tips for ladies travelling solo It’s good to be adventurous, but let's not lose our heads.
The urban underground: Secrets under today’s modern cities Many cities have rich histories that date back millennia, and the source of that history lies right below the structures and streets that make their modern versions.
11 reasons United Airlines is the worst airline in the world Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, United Airlines. Only one of these historical villains is still with us, and its probably not Hitler.
The Namibian desert is slowly swallowing up this amazing German ghost town Kolmanskop was founded by German miners in the early 1900s after an accidental diamond find. Now it's a ghost town like no other, surreal and allegedly haunted.
This 70s Hawaiian commune was a hippie paradise until the government burnt it down Elizabeth Taylor's brother Howard Taylor allowed 13 hippies to move into his beachfront property to live rent free—and they built a tree house paradise.
Gates of Hell: The real places said to be entrances to the underworld Hell, Hades, Guinee—the names are different but they all describe an underworld that many believe can be accessed through real gateways.
My week in Cuba following Castro's death Time in Cuba usually moves slowly, but it took on a crazed momentum after Fidel Castro died.
The unbearable synonymity of travel safety and white privilege Feeling safe is a privilege granted to me because I’m white, middle class, non-disabled and straight.
After 50 years of communism, Cuba finally gets the Kardashians The Kardashians are among America's first ambassadors to Cuba after thawed relations.
We need to stop telling women they shouldn’t travel alone My crankypanties getting into a big, old, fat bunch.