83 articles tagged with summer travel
Like the steady rhythm of a healthy heartbeat, there's something deeply restorative about the open roads of America's Great Plains. After three decades of listening to children's chests with my stethoscope, I've learned to appreciate life's simpler symphonies – like...
There's something magical about a narrow strip of land where the ocean meets the bay, creating a microcosm of beach culture that feels worlds away from mainland life. Long Beach Island—LBI to locals—embodies what the Japanese call *ma* (間), the...
Growing up just two hours southwest of Toronto, I've always had a complicated relationship with Canada's largest metropolis. As an urban planner, I'm fascinated by its architectural evolution and cultural layers, but as someone raised near the shores of Lake...
When my best friend invited me to visit her family in Naperville last summer, I expected a typical Chicago suburb. What I discovered instead was a family travel gem hiding in plain sight! Just 30 miles west of Chicago, Naperville...
When my manufacturing consulting project unexpectedly brought me to Great Falls, Montana last summer, I initially wondered how I'd fill my downtime in what I wrongly assumed was just another industrial outpost. What I discovered instead was a perfect basecamp...
There's something wonderfully disarming about Dublin—a city where literary giants and pub storytellers are equally revered, where medieval streets lead to modern tech headquarters, and where the warmth of the people defies the often-gray skies overhead. After covering Six Nations...
While my adventures typically take me to remote Andean peaks or Australian outback trails, there's something magical about the quintessential American road trip that speaks to my soul. This past summer, I traded my usual solo expeditions for a week-long...
Standing at the corner of 17th Street and Central Avenue in downtown Cheyenne, you can almost hear the echoes of frontier boots on wooden boardwalks. Having spent decades arguing cases about Western land preservation, I've developed a particular fondness for...
New York City presents two faces to the world: the postcard version with its iconic skyline and Broadway marquees, and then there's *my* New York—the one that pulses with unexpected thrills tucked between architectural marvels. As someone who studies urban...
As the midnight sun cast its golden glow across Lake Saimaa last summer, I found myself mesmerized by the seamless blend of natural splendor and cultural heritage that defines Savonlinna. This enchanting Finnish town, nestled among a labyrinth of blue...
The first time I visited Karlovy Vary, I made the classic tourist mistake – I stuck to the colonnades, sipped from the healing springs, and called it a day. It wasn't until I returned with my Czech colleague Marek (who...
There's something about wide-open spaces that speaks to my soul in the same way free-falling through the sky does. North Dakota might not have the elevation for skydiving that I typically chase, but what it lacks in vertical drop, it...
As someone who's scaled Himalayan peaks and danced through Latin American festivals, I never expected to find such charm in the heart of America's breadbasket. Yet here I was in Salina, Kansas—a place most travelers zoom past on I-70—discovering that...
Standing on the jagged shoreline of Hamnøy at 2 AM, my camera poised to capture the golden light bathing rust-red rorbuer fishing cabins, I couldn't help but marvel at the paradox before me. Here in the Lofoten Islands, 95 miles...
Standing at the base of the Wasatch Mountains, with the summer sun warming my face and a gentle breeze carrying the scent of pine, I couldn't help but think how Ogden might be Utah's best-kept secret. Unlike its flashier cousin...
