Global – Page 2 – Strangers Guide

Built in the 1970s as a bomb shelter, the underground city of Dixia Cheng in Beijing, China, is often referred to as the Underground...

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Africa

“On November 28, 2017, inside a packed amphitheater at the University of Ouagadougou … under the...”

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“Anyone remotely interested in the politics of civilization will be aware that museums are the repositories...”

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Thailand

Set in the Golden Triangle—the name given to the point where Laos, Myanmar and Thailand meet along the Mekon River—is a museum with an...

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“Along with traditional ballads, European settlers also brought with them the Broadside Ballad. Printed on a...”

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The destruction of rainforests—which cover just six percent of the Earth’s surface—is not only eradicating vital habitat for half the earth’s species, some of...

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Can We Hold Hands Here?

Exploring LGBTQ travel safety

by Ed Salvato

That gorgeous ad of a couple holding hands on the beach in the lush, mountainous Caribbean...

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Believe it or not, architecture was once an Olympic sport. International Olympic Committee founder Pierre de Coubertin, a historian with a love for...

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Africa

Known as the African Camelot, Fasil Ghebbi, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a fortress in Gondar, Ethiopia, built by the Emperor Fasilides...

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Moscow

Dead and Kicking

Writer's haunts—and haunting writers—in Moscow

by Olga Voronina

Moscow is a city of dead writers. No matter where you look, they are everywhere. Over...

Russia

The Renovation of Moscow

While Russia and the West drift further apart, Moscow looks more and more like a western city

by Alexander Baunov

The most Western city in Russia has long been considered St. Petersburg, ever since its founding...

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“The memory of going to the beach every New Year’s eve Is one I share with...”

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