North America – Page 8 – Strangers Guide

United States

Darkness and Enlightenment

Looking for a world without light pollution

by Liz Perkin

I held my breath as I lowered myself into the swift, cold waters of Central Oregon’s...

Canada

Canada is becoming more diverse, and with a more diverse population comes the opportunity for more diverse flavors. Canadian poutine, originally a Quebecois invention...

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United States

In the 1970s a large population of Vietnamese refugees, fleeing the war, relocated to southern Louisiana. There were a lot of parallels between the...

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Global

Mexican Caribbean Cuisine: A Story of Immigrants

by Kerra Bolton

A row of plump, juicy shrimp preened across an ice-cold slab of watermelon. Slivers of purple...

Europe

Football is the most popular sport in Greenland, but because of its Arctic climate (average temperatures rarely exceed 50° F in summer) Greenland is...

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United States

Parks with Footnotes

The public spaces where we bury our dead

by Jaime Fuller

The Trinity Church Cemetery in New York City—home to Ralph Ellison, Charles Dickens’ son, and John...

United States

During the Jim Crow era, African American travelers often relied on the Green Book to avoid encountering violence or harassment on the road. Victor...

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United States

“He tells her of the place where clouds are formed. The cool dampness of his voice...”

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United States

Mount Auburn in Cambridge, MA was the first rural cemetery in the US, and, as a result of that distinction, one of the first...

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Canada

“It used to be a good living, fishing. It was all inshore fishing when I was...”

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