There's something magical about watching a child's face light up when they realize cars don't exist in the place they're visiting. That's exactly what happened when my friend's kids first glimpsed Gie...
Most travelers encounter Newark as a blur between airport terminals and Manhattan-bound trains. I was that traveler for years, rushing through what I dismissed as merely a gateway to somewhere else. T...
The first thing that hits you in Gonaïves isn't the history—though as Haiti's City of Independence, there's plenty of it. It's the aromas. Walking through the bustling streets of this revolutionary ci...
There's something uniquely charming about South Bend that I didn't expect when I first visited for a business conference. This modest Indiana city, home to the legendary University of Notre Dame, carr...
Standing beneath a canopy of purple jacaranda blossoms in Pretoria's Church Square, I found myself contemplating the curious nature of capital cities. As someone who's navigated the complex layers of...
The first time I visited Hiroshima was with my father when I was sixteen. As we stood before the skeletal dome of the Atomic Bomb building, he quietly said, 'Remember, Diego, history isn't just what h...