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Travel's rebound has revealed the depth of our drive to explore the world. Why do we travel? For food, culture, adventure, natural beauty? This year's list has all those elements, and more.
A buzzing city ready for a coronation, a brand-new airport link and a prehistoric colossus
Between an altered post-lockdown landscape, sensational changeovers at 10 Downing St. and the death of Queen Elizabeth II, there is no doubt that London is in transition. But the city continues to juxtapose old traditions and new possibilities, offering something for everyone who loves culture, history, art and nightlife.
For fans of the royal family, and maybe a few naysayers, the crowning of King Charles III, Britain's first coronation in seven decades, will be the main event in May. There's also the revamping of Battersea Power Station, an iconic former coal-fired power plant, into a shopping and leisure hub, and a new line on the Underground will directly connect Heathrow Airport to the central boroughs. A cast of a titanosaur, the largest creature ever to walk the planet, will make its European debut at the Natural History Museum, and late-night obsessives can head to newly opened dance clubs like the Beams. Big changes, yes, but a wealth of new choices, too.
Isabella Kwai
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Morioka, Japan
A walkable gem without the crowds, just a short bullet train ride from Tokyo
Until October, Japan maintained some of the most stringent travel restrictions of any major country. Now, travelers are beginning to stream back to popular destinations like Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka.
The city of Morioka, in Iwate Prefecture, however, is often passed over or outright ignored. Circumscribed by mountains, it lies a few hours north of Tokyo by Shinkansen, the Japanese high-speed rail lines. Morioka's downtown is eminently walkable. The city is filled with Taisho-era buildings that mix Western and Eastern architectural aesthetics as well as modern hotels, a few old ryokan (traditional inns) and winding rivers. One draw is an ancient castle site turned into a park.
There's also fantastic coffee, including one of Japan's third-wave originators: Nagasawa Coffee, whose owner, Kazuhiro Nagasawa, is so committed to his beans that he uses a vintage German-made Probat roaster, which he personally imported and restored. Azumaya serves all-you-can-eat wanko soba, which comes served in dozens of tiny bowls; Booknerd offers classic Japanese art books; and Johnny's, a jazz cafe, has been open for more than 40 years. An hour west by car: Lake Tazawa and dozens of world-class hot springs.
Craig Mod
Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park
The majesty and awe of towering buttes in a setting fit for Hollywood
Americans have been flocking to national parks, many of which were overrun with visitors during the peak of pandemic-related international border closures. Amid the bustle, peacefully taking in the majesty of nature can be a challenge.
Monument Valley offers a less crowded alternative. The site, known as Tse'Bii'Ndzisgaii in Navajo, has been a popular insignia for the American West ever since John Wayne rode in to film "Stagecoach" in 1939, and the grandeur of its cinematic sandstone buttes, towering above a copper-red desert vastness, elicits a feeling of reverence and awe.
The tribal park, which features a 17-mile driving loop, is open to visitors under the stewardship of the Navajo Nation. Its relatively basic infrastructure — in contrast to sites governed by the National Park Service — and its out-of-the-way location on the Arizona-Utah state line help create a more serene experience compared with other awe-inspiring US destinations.
Rachael Wright
Kilmartin Glen, Scotland
A misty Scottish Stonehenge, with all of the mystery and far fewer visitors
The sun rises over Kilmartin Glen as it has for thousands of years, illuminating an ancient landscape of more than 800 archaeological monuments sprouting in the mist. This verdant valley on Scotland's wild west coast is one of the most significant prehistoric sites in Britain, yet it's largely off the visitor circuit; imagine Stonehenge without the crowds.
Wander among majestic stone circles, standing slabs that jut from the earth, burial cairns and rock carvings of concentric rings, expanding like ripples from a drop of water. And now the past is getting a refresh: The Kilmartin Museum is reopening with expanded exhibits and new experiences that delve into the region's relics and flourishing natural life, including Moine Mhor (Great Moss), one of the few remaining raised bogs in Europe, above which looms the Iron Age hill fort of Dunadd.
For full immersion into the Scotland of yore, stay at the moody 16th-century Kilmartin Castle, which was recently transformed into a boutique hotel, with vaulted ceilings, copper tubs and a wild swimming pond.
Annelise Sorensen
Auckland, New Zealand
Pastries that rival France's best, with a side of adventure tourism on the North Island
Auckland is usually considered the entry point for the rest of New Zealand's natural attractions, but travelers just passing through can miss that it's also the culinary capital (sorry, Wellington).
Restaurants that have been germinating while the country's borders were closed are now ready to be sampled by all. Just 10 minutes on foot from the newly renovated downtown, for instance, takes you to Hugo's Bistro, where a regular clientele, including many lawyers, dines on unfussy French-inspired food that takes advantage of New Zealand's fertility: Saffron, wasabi and truffles, among other delicacies, are grown in the country. Cazador, a longtime staple of the residential neighborhood Mount Eden, serves local game in its restaurant and house-cured meats in its delicatessen.
The city's famous multiculturalism also plays a part: Omni, which opened in 2020 and whose head chef worked at Hong Kong's Yardbird, makes high-end yakitori, and Little French Pastry's founders, originally from France, serve up mille-feuille rivaling Paris' best.
Brian NG
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Palm Springs, California
Spotting stars in the streets and counting galaxies in the sky
Yes, this is the land of midcentury nostalgia, with its low-slung modernist architecture and the recent return of the 26-foot-tall "Forever Marilyn" statue. But these days, there's another headliner: the surrounding desert, and the dark skies above.
Astrotourism is on the rise, with a constellation of ways to explore the cosmos, including at the Rancho Mirage Library and Observatory, which offers tours and monthly "Swoon at the Moon" events. Unfurl a blanket on the desert floor and gaze up at the starry sky at Joshua Tree National Park. This designated International Dark Sky Park has one of the darkest skies in California, with stargazing treks and the annual Night Sky Festival.
The desert nature and history that flourish around Palm Springs are also shaping the city's landscape, including the new Palm Springs Downtown Park, designed to reflect Indian Canyons, ancestral home of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians; the Agua Caliente Cultural Plaza and Museum, which, when it opens later this year, will be one of the largest Native American cultural centers on the West Coast; and new desert-inspired hotels like Azure Sky.
Annelise Sorensen
Kangaroo Island, Australia
A haven for koalas and other wild creatures, healing after devastating wildfires
A short trip from Adelaide, South Australia's capital, the nearly 1,700-square-mile Kangaroo Island is known for incredible wildlife, breathtaking ocean views and its status as an ecological haven — like a zoo without fences.
Three years ago, devastating fires consumed the island, wiping out wildlife and destroying a famous luxury hotel, the Southern Ocean Lodge. Efforts to rebuild are continuing, and the island is more compelling than ever to visit. New organizations that sprang up to help with the wildlife recovery offer visitors a chance to play a part in funding that regeneration.
At the Kangaroo Island Koala and Wildlife Rescue Centre, you can book a private tour to see the animal hospital facilities, or bottle-feed a joey (a baby kangaroo). At the long-established Seal Bay Conservation Park, you can watch one of Australia's largest colonies of sea lions frolic on the beach. And in 2023 the Southern Ocean Lodge will reopen, grander and better than before.
Besha Rodell
Vjosa River, Albania
Cycling through the canyons and valleys of one of Europe's last untamed waterways
Protecting the Vjosa, one of Europe's last undammed rivers, hasn't been easy. After a decade of proposed projects that threatened to alter the waterway's wild flow, its innumerable ecosystems and its valleys strewn with ancient communities, the Albanian government signed a commitment last June to create the Vjosa Wild River National Park.
Making good on that pledge, scheduled to become reality in 2023, will establish a global conservation model while preserving the country's canyon-lined, 120-mile stretch of the 169-mile waterway, which runs from the Pindus Mountains in Greece to the Adriatic Sea, as well as including around 60 miles of tributaries.
For travelers — on trails like Albania's new UNESCO Cycling Route (opening this month), which runs along the river and visits World Heritage Sites like the city of Gjirokastra — safeguarding the Vjosa and its river system, with over 1,100 animal species, encourages responsible discovery of alpine settlements, where locals welcome adventurers for coffee, raki (fruit brandy) and a chance to imbibe oft-overlooked Balkan culture.
Alex Crevar
Accra, Ghana
Feast first, dance later, in a hub of innovative West African cuisine
Accra's food scene typically consists of two schools: "chop bars" that serve traditional, cheap meals like fufu (made from pounded cassava, green plantains or yams) with tomato-based spicy soup, and pricier restaurants serving foreign fare.
Travelers to Accra, Ghana's capital, can now see a new wave of chefs and entrepreneurs bridging this gap by emphasizing and innovating with local produce. At the Mix, a new restaurant and design hub, the West African staple gari (granulated cassava root) is dyed pink with beetroot and accompanies squid in a passion fruit sauce.
The sustainable food space in Accra is also one to watch; Ghana Food Movement, an educational group, hosts events throughout the year, including a signature Dine & Dance series in which underutilized indigenous ingredients like millet, eaten by Ghanaians almost exclusively as porridge, are made into stars over three courses. The meal is followed by a dance party, of course, in true Ghanaian fashion.
Jessica Sarkodie
Tromso, Norway
A clear-skied hot spot where aurora seekers are likely to spy their dazzling prize
After years of low solar activity, projections are looking up for travelers hoping to experience the aurora borealis, or northern lights. As the sun's volatility increases, with more coronal mass ejections and solar flares, so, too, will the frequency and intensity of the aurora. Experts predict solar activity to peak in 2025, explained Trond S. Trondsen, an aurora expert at Keo Scientific, a designer of specialized optical instruments for space research in Calgary, Alberta. Already, he said, "the number of sunspots are climbing faster than predicted."
One of the best places to see the northern lights, Tromso, Norway, is more than 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle, and is relatively accessible, as far as reliable viewing locations go. Travelers can get there either by plane or by a combination of train and bus. Cruise ships and ferries are also a possibility.
Most important, the town's surrounding landscape, near the sea but with mountains nearby, offers enough distinct weather zones to make it likely that there will be clear skies most nights — a must for seeing the lights when they do appear.
Ingrid Williams
Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Brazil
Blinding white dunes and aquamarine pools in an otherworldly natural water park
Want to feel like you've traveled so far that you're only vaguely tethered to Earth? Welcome to Lençóis Maranhenses, a horizon of rolling, blindingly white sand dunes rising into the sun and descending into otherworldly green and blue lagoons filled with rainwater.
Forget your cell signal or trappings of comfort: There are few if any structures, people or even trees around, and the park's location near the equator means it's blazingly hot during the day. Yet almost all Brazilians will tell you they want to visit this remote area to experience the sensation of playing in a lunar water park.
Logroll down the dunes, splashing into the natural pools. Traverse the area on horseback, stopping at "oases" along the way. Or be mesmerized by its immensity via helicopter tour. It's the antidote to that claustrophobic Covid-era feeling — a vast, borderless moonscape where you can roam wild and free.
Shannon Sims
Cliff-top fortresses and rhododendron forests on a revived trekking trail
After 2 1/2 years of pandemic isolation, Bhutan reopened in September with changes to its long-standing "high value, low volume" tourism policy. Visitors are no longer required to travel on package tours, but Bhutan's mandatory "sustainable development fee" increased to $200 from $65 per day.
At the same time, the 250-mile Trans Bhutan Trail, a path used for centuries as a pilgrimage and communications route, reopened after a three-year restoration that mended suspension bridges, stone stairs and long-overgrown temples. The trail stretches east to west across nearly the entire country, passing through cities, villages, farmlands and wilderness. Depending on the route and time of year, trekkers might spy the snowcapped Himalayas, visit cliff-top fortresses, scale sacred mountain passes or pass through blooming rhododendron forests.
Official guides are required, and itineraries range from half a day to more than a month. Accommodations include guesthouses, home stays, luxury hotels and well-appointed campsites on each of the trail's 28 sections. Proceeds from trips booked with Trans Bhutan Trail, the nonprofit that led the restoration, go toward trail maintenance, educational programs, guide training and other community causes.
Sara Clemence
Kerala, India
Learn to climb a palm tree, visit a temple during an annual festival and get a sustainable taste of village life
We travel to immerse ourselves in other cultures, but some forms of community tourism put residents on display without offering benefits. Not so in Kerala — a state celebrated for its beaches, backwater lagoons, cuisine and rich cultural traditions like the Vaikathashtami festival — where the government has adopted an award-winning approach that allows visitors to experience village life while supporting the communities that host them.
In Kumarakom, one of several "responsible tourism destinations" in the state, visitors can paddle through jungly canals, weave rope from coconut fiber and even learn to climb a palm tree. In Maravanthuruthu, visitors can follow a storytelling trail and enjoy village street art before taking in an evening performance of a traditional temple dance.
Paige McClanahan
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Greenville, South Carolina
Adventure in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and on dinner plates downtown
Set in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Greenville has established itself on the culinary scene. The quaint city of about 70,000 has more than 200 restaurants — 85 per cent of which are local, without a tie to a national chain — in its strollable downtown area alone. Visitors may come for the access to outdoor adventures, but they will most likely leave having been introduced to flavors from around the world.
Even as the renowned Soby's celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2022 and two food festivals — euphoria and Fall for Greenville — attract tens of thousands of people annually, restaurants continue to crop up around the city. The second location of Charleston's acclaimed Lewis Barbecue opened to long lines in September. Mr. Crisp, with Greg McPhee as executive chef, highlights seafood, especially its crisp-yet-tender hand-battered fish and chips. Keipi celebrates Georgian khachapuri and the country's ancient wines; Aryana delivers a taste of Afghanistan; and Califas has brought Mexican birria tacos to Greenville.
"The real heartbeat of Greenville is a creative and diverse food community that keeps reinventing itself," said Sid Evans, the editor-in-chief of Southern Living. "The food here is adventurous, and the chefs have embraced the global influences shaping the modern South."
Ari Bendersky
Tucson, Arizona
A rebounding center of art and adobe with centuries-old ties to Mexico
Barrio Viejo, an area of more than 150 acres in Tucson, is the largest barrio in the United States and exemplifies Tucson's connection to Mexico, with centuries-old Sonoran adobe architecture.
This year, the neighborhood, which has one of the most diverse racial, cultural, religious and ethnic populations in the country, will receive National Historic Landmark designation. Revival projects include the restoration of the 300-seat Teatro Carmen, built in 1915 and later converted into the Black Elks Club, and female-owned boutique hotels, like the Citizen in the former home of the Tucson Citizen newspaper and the Downtown Clifton in a once-faded motel.
Take the Tucson Origins Tour by Borderlandia, which specializes in tours of the US-Mexico border area, for a deep dive into history. Then explore the famed Etherton Gallery and Andrew Smith Gallery, both in new spaces. Don't forget Barrio restaurants like the local coffee drinkers' favorite EXO Roast, housed in an 1885 adobe home, and the Coronet, which moved to the neighborhood in 2019.
Daniel Scheffler
Creole culture, giant ferns and hummingbirds that don't back down from a staring contest
While travel was frozen in 2020, Martinique celebrated the induction of its traditional yole sailboat — a lightweight craft kept upright by crew members, who use their body weight as ballast by sitting on poles that extend over the sides of the hulls — on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List. In the fall of 2021, the entire island was named a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, recognizing the destination's commitment to sustainable economic and social development.
Islanders are awaiting yet another decision from UNESCO, which they hope will name the nearly 4,600-foot volcano Mount Pelée and the Pitons du Carbet range to the World Heritage List. The region represents "the diversity of Martinique," said Alex Dobat, who owns Natiyabel, a scuba diving and hiking outfitter (whose name means "nature is beautiful" in Creole), who described ferns the size of trees, wild begonias and hummingbirds "staring at you quietly."
Tourism officials are counting on the UNESCO certifications to attract ecotourists to its peaks, rainforests, reefs and Creole culture.
Elaine Glusac
The Namib Desert
1,000-foot dunes and crashing waves along a nearly uninhabited coastline
Along the desolate coast of Namibia, 1,000-foot-tall sand dunes descend into the sea. During low tide, intrepid adventurers can drive along the beach, past towering yellow dunes on one side and the South Atlantic's churning waters on the other. This is the Namib, the world's oldest desert, and the perfect place for a long road trip. After almost three years of Covid-19 restrictions, it's hard to imagine a place where you can feel more free.
"Namib" means "vast place" in Khoekhoegowab, a language spoken in many parts of Namibia. It's astonishingly easy to get lost in this almost entirely uninhabited expanse of sand, where you might travel for days without seeing another human.
In Namib-Naukluft National Park, travelers can go back in time at Deadvlei, where 600-year-old trees stand eerily lifeless, preserved by the dry air; challenge themselves to climb the 100-story Big Daddy Dune; observe desert-adapted wildlife like oryx and springbok; and even see mysterious fairy circles.
Jen Guyton
The Alaska Railroad
470 miles of mountains, glaciers and grizzlies from the comfort of a glass dome
Since 1923, the Alaska Railroad — the last railroad in the United States to carry both people and freight — has connected millions of passengers and trade goods over 470 miles of track, from Seward to Fairbanks. This year is the centennial of its operation and a celebration is planned in Nenana, where President Warren G. Harding drove in the golden spike on July 15, 1923, completing the railroad.
Operational well before Alaska became a state, in 1959, the railroad is an environmentally friendly way for passengers to see wilderness, and even the aurora borealis, without sacrificing comfort: Glass-domed rail cars make viewing easy. It is also the only remaining flag-stop major railroad in the country. Passengers can wave a flag to embark or disembark, gaining access to more remote locations, including harder-to-reach areas of the Chugach National Forest, through a partnership with the US Forest Service.
Sights along the way include Denali, North America's tallest peak, and Kenai Fjords National Park. History buffs can view a special exhibit at the Anchorage Museum that runs from May to February 2024, chronicling the railroad's history.
Charu Suri
Fukuoka, Japan
Savoring an endangered street-food tradition on the often overlooked island of Kyushu
Fukuoka, a subtropical city perched on the northern shore of Kyushu, is one of the few remaining places in Japan where you will see rows of yatai — open-air street-food stalls resembling boxes of neon light. Many sell traditional foods like ramen, yakitori and oden, but if you stroll along the riverfront on Nakasu, a small island that is Fukuoka's red-light district, you'll find some diversity with wine, coffee, and even French sausages and garlic toast.
Yatai were a common sight across Japan in the 1950s, but during the 1964 Summer Olympics, the authorities had them removed to project an image of economic recovery. In the present, Fukuoka is the only city left that's fighting this bureaucracy. The government has acknowledged the cultural significance of yatai by increasing the safety and quality of the food and by offering more licenses in 2022. Even so, the number of yatai has fallen drastically to around 100 stalls today from more than 400 in the '60s. Pull up a seat while you can and enjoy rubbing shoulders with strangers over supper again.
Harvard Wang
Flores, Indonesia
An island paradise where crater lakes change color and 9-foot dragons roam
The term "fairy-tale getaway" is overused, but what else do you call a far-off, unspoiled, Southeast Asian island with 9-foot Komodo dragons, active volcanoes, white-sand beaches, coral gardens, rushing waterfalls and color-shifting crater lakes reputed to house departed spirits?
Such are the allures of Flores, one of the roughly 17,500 islands of the Republic of Indonesia. An hour's flight from Bali and far less visited, Flores may be seeing more visitors with the scheduled opening late this year of Kodi Bajo, a luxury resort in the fishing town of Labuan Bajo. Operated by the group behind the NIHI hotel on Sumba, a nearby Indonesian island, Kodi Bajo will offer sumptuous hillside accommodations and views of the nearby Komodo National Park archipelago — the only place in the world inhabited by the famous giant lizards.
Seth Sherwood
Guadalajara, Mexico
Celebrating queer culture's diversity and LGBTQ athletes from around the globe
Travel has always been a way to experience diversity, and in 2023 you'll find a variety of sexual expression and shifts in traditional gender roles in Jalisco's capital. This fall, the city will co-host (with Hong Kong) the 11th annual Gay Games. Athletes from around the world — of varying ages, sexual orientations and levels of athletic experience — will participate in 20 sports.
The city is also home to the annual Prohibido festival, during which an abandoned theater is transformed into a celebration of sexual diversity through art installations, interactive experiences, live music and talks about polyamorous and nonbinary culture. In Guadalajara, too, women take on nontraditional performance roles. On most nights, you can hear one of almost a dozen female mariachi bands from the area at Hotel Riu Plaza Guadalajara or El Patio, a restaurant. There are also local performances by female cowboys, known as escaramuzas, who present their choreography on horseback.
The city is considered by some to be Mexico's drag capital, with numerous performers and shows. Guadalajara has also developed "anti-turista" maps, including one for LGBTQ travelers, that provide a local's perspective on places to see and stay.
Maggie Jones
Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria
Rock art, sandstone pillars and a glimpse at a lost Saharan history
Often overshadowed by its neighbor, tourism giant Morocco, Algeria — a stone's throw from Mediterranean Europe and a mere three-hour flight from London — has recently relaxed its visa policies, allowing for much easier exploration of the country. While most visitors tend to stick to the coastal north, which contains some of the region's best preserved Roman ruins, Africa's largest country also contains its largest national park.
Virtually unknown to the outside world, Tassili n'Ajjer is eight times the size of Yellowstone. At the heart of the vast landscape of Saharan sand and stone lie the deep red dunes and pillars of Tadrart Rouge. Accessible only by a four-wheel-drive vehicle, this astonishingly striking national park is home to thousands of ancient works of rock art, stretching back to when the desert was a thriving savanna, as well as to a very much living nomadic Tuareg culture.
Marcus Westberg
Kakheti, Georgia
New flavors and ancient winemaking traditions in tiny hilltop towns and green valleys
The mountainous nation of Georgia's 8,000-year-old winemaking tradition is at the center of several new trends in the wine world, including skin-contact (aka orange) wines, amphora fermentation and charismatic grape varieties like saperavi. As a result, Georgian wine exports to the United States recently topped 1 million bottles and are growing at almost 29 per cent annually, as Wine Enthusiast recently reported.
For wine lovers, a tasting trip to estates like Vazisubani and Kardanakhi in Kakheti offers a chance to discover new wines in a landscape of tiny hilltop towns and verdant valleys framed by the Caucasus. Many wines are made in traditional pointed qvevri clay vessels that are buried in the earth.
To complement the experience, local chefs have started offering cooking classes where gastronomes can learn how to make the meaty dumplings known as khinkali and other dishes from what Saveur magazine called "Europe's great unsung cuisine."
Evan Rail
Nimes, France
A sunny Mediterranean morsel whose charming streets are studded with Roman monuments
Nîmes is that rarest of Gallic delicacies — a sunny southern French city with great charm and fascinating architecture and museums that hasn't yet become thronged with tourists like Arles or Avignon.
The city has a growing word-of-mouth reputation for the excellence of its dining options, which include everything from Michelin two-star restaurants like chef Pierre Gagnaire's Duende at the recently renovated Hotel Imperator to exceptionally good lunchtime dining in Les Halles de Nîmes, a covered food market, where the Halles Auberge and La Pie Qui Couette offer first-come-first-served counter service at noon. The latest local buzz is about chef Georgiana Viou, originally from Benin, who serves up her personal and very delicate Afro-Provençal cooking at Rouge, the restaurant of the elegant new 10-room Margaret-Hôtel Chouleur in a landmarked mansion in the heart of the Écusson, or Old City. Le Coin and Menna, two excellent cosmopolitan modern French bistros — a type of restaurant that's new to Nîmes — are not far away.
Shed some calories after a meal by taking in the sights of the Rome of France, a sobriquet explained by the most spectacular collection of Roman monuments in Europe outside of Italy.
Alexander Lobrano
Ha Giang, Vietnam
A two-wheeled thrill ride leads to mountainside settlements where Hmong and Tay culture lives
The several-day loop by motorbike through the Ha Giang highlands in northern Vietnam is not for the timid. Getting to the city of Ha Giang takes six hours by road from Hanoi, and the loop's steep roads, serpentine passes and recurring switchbacks can make the journey both treacherous and exhilarating.
This remote tableau of soaring peaks and cavernous valleys inspires a deep connection to the landscape and its inhabitants. Veer off the main road onto the narrow ribbons of concrete streaking the mountainsides and into the Hmong and Tay settlements dotting the hillsides and hollows. To learn more about their cultures, you can hire a guide from QT Motorbikes and Tours.
Road improvement projects and new high-end accommodations have made the loop more accessible and inviting. Don't miss a boat ride through the canyon on the emerald river at Ma Pi Leng Pass.
Patrick Scott
Salalah, Oman
A historic frankincense-trading center where the desert erupts in waterfalls
With last year's World Cup drawing attention to the built environment elsewhere in the Persian Gulf states, seaside Salalah offers visitors a chance to see the region's natural beauty. Depending on when you go, the area is either lush and green and blanketed in thick fog, or basking in sunlight and a warm breeze.
During the khareef (monsoon), the valleys and riverbeds are flooded with fresh water, and the mountains flow with waterfalls. The city is also home to Al Baleed Archaeological Park and the Museum of the Frankincense Land, which provides a visual history of the ancient incense trade and the associated export routes to the rest of the world. (A nearby collection of sites, known as the Land of Frankincense, is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.) Another draw is the collection of historical ports spread along the coast.
The population of Salalah, one of Oman's largest cities, is around 330,000, so it's easy to find oneself alone in the crystal clear waters of the area's many tranquil beaches, including Mugsail, Fazayah and Haffa.
Noa Avishag Schnall
An island of music and white-sand beaches ripe for rediscovery as the United States eases travel restrictions
With its sea-sprayed, pastel facades, white-sand beaches and tobacco-rich valleys, Cuba sits tantalizingly close to the United States, though it often feels out of reach — especially in recent years, when the Trump administration reinstated strict rules for US citizens hoping to visit.
But a confluence of factors just made travel to the island nation a bit easier. Last spring, President Joe Biden relaxed many of the restrictions imposed by his predecessor. And in November, American Airlines resumed flights beyond Havana, adding departures to the beach town Varadero and the interior city Santa Clara, a regional capital steeped in revolutionary history. More flights from other carriers are set to begin in the coming months.
Cuba's people are as generous with their stories — of history, family, even politics and protest — as they are with their music, an omnipresent, joyful soundtrack thrumming through the island's cities and towns. Less than two years after historic protests were met with harsh repression, and as the country rebuilds from Hurricane Ian, travel to Cuba and support of its people may never be more valuable.
Lauren Prestileo
Odense, Denmark
A mystical new museum and garden with all you need to write your own fairy tale
Designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma & Associates, the new Hans Christian Andersen Museum in Odense, on the island of Funen, is more than a museum. It's a mystical land, featuring labyrinthine gardens that double as a public park.
The museum explores Andersen's literary interplay between real and imaginary: You can gaze up at the sky through a glass dome and feel like the Little Mermaid; roam sunken courtyards, illuminated by sunlight splintering through trees; and engage with exhibits by contemporary artists in cylindrical spaces wrapped in latticed timber that suggest the city's traditional thatched-roof houses. The museum is as much about telling stories as it is about imagining your own: Creativity is encouraged at the magical Ville Vau children's center, where children can paint, draw, write and play dress-up amid colorful scenes from Andersen's fairy tales.
Time your visit with Odense's summertime H.C. Andersen Festivals, and then find artistic inspiration, as Andersen did, by venturing across his home island of Funen, the "garden of Denmark," with its storybook castles (the moated Egeskov is the stuff of dreams), heather-coated hillsides and misty coastline.
Annelise Sorensen
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Australia
The shape-shifting sandstone heart of a continent and its Indigenous heritage
At Uluru, time stretches, dissolves. Over 500 million years old, the 1,142-foot sandstone monolith in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park is a shape-shifter: Aflame in pink, orange and violet through the day, its crevices gush with the rain, its surroundings erupt with wildflowers.
Now, Uluru is a symbol of urgency. In 2017, it was the site of the Uluru Statement From the Heart, which calls for an Indigenous "voice to Parliament" to be enshrined in Australia's Constitution. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced there would be a national referendum on the issue in 2023.
Uluru is sacred to the Anangu people, who protect and manage the land, and for decades tourists climbed the rock against their wishes. Climbing was banned in 2019, and now visitors can take a 5.8-mile walk around Uluru's base to experience its splendor. The ban was a rare victory for Indigenous rights and cultural respect, and evidence that even deep-rooted attitudes can change.
Tacey Rychter
Boquete, Panama
A slope-side nirvana for coffee geeks, waterfall hikers and whitewater rafters
Geisha, among the world's most expensive coffee varietals, thrives on the slopes of the Barú Volcano, near Panama's western border. In recent years, specialty coffee geeks the world over have gravitated here, encouraging coffee farms around the highland town of Boquete to act more like Bordeaux vineyards. New cupping rooms and bodega tours have been added at farms like Lamastus Family Estates, Chevas Coffee Estate and Finca Altieri, while coffee-themed hotels including Finca Lérida and Panamonte — have updated their facilities.
In Boquete's town center, which acts as a base for adventure activities like waterfall hikes and whitewater rafting, noted Panama City chef Mario Castrellón has opened a branch of the coffee roaster Café Unido, as well as a restaurant and bar with seasonal menus and Geisha-infused cocktails, in the new Selina hostel. The bold, 60-room property straddles a small river, with rooms ranging from beds in concrete cylinders to luxe suites.
Nicholas Gill
Tarragona, Spain
An unsung artsy seaport rich in well-preserved Roman ruins, and delicious tapas
Long upstaged by the flash of Barcelona, this unsung waterfront city on the Costa Daurada is a culturally rich alternative, with thriving Catalan traditions, from the famous castells (human towers, formed by people standing on one another's shoulders) to earthy Romesco sauce, often served with grilled fish and vegetables, and best enjoyed in El Serrallo, a maritime neighborhood.
But what elevates the Tarragona experience is the past: This is one of the oldest Roman settlements on the Iberian Peninsula. The impressively preserved Tarraco ruins, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, transform the city into an open-air museum, from the mighty Roman walls to the amphitheater framed by the Mediterranean.
Against this ancient backdrop, the city is in the midst of change: a revitalized port, new low-cost fast trains to the region and a growing contemporary arts scene. Perhaps the best way to savor it is to partake in a paseo: Stroll the Rambla Nova, grazing on tapas along the way, to the aptly named Balcó del Mediterrani observation point, where touching the iron railing is said to bring good luck.
Annelise Sorensen
Charleston, South Carolina
A powerful space will examine a city's past and honor the African American legacy
Charleston's brutal history of slavery can be overshadowed by a romanticized portrait of a city with charm, award-winning restaurants and plantation gardens. The planned opening of the $100 million International African American Museum this year will help comprehensively display the city's complicated past.
The IAAM occupies the former Gadsden's Wharf, where an estimated 30,000 African captives landed during the trans-Atlantic slave trade, more than at any other site. The sleek, single-story building floats atop 18 pillars clad in tabby, a kind of concrete made from oyster shells, and houses a genealogy center, a social justice action lab and 10 exhibit galleries that include stories of slavery and the Great Migration. A public outdoor space offers an African Ancestors Memorial Garden featuring indigenous plants like Lowcountry sweet grass and Canary Island palm trees.
This spring, the Charleston tourism board will debut a comprehensive guide to Black-owned businesses to elevate the overlooked successes of creative locals.
Lauren Matison
Cayos Cochinos, Honduras
Planting coral and counting sea turtles where there are no cars or roads
Off the northern coast of Honduras, the Cayos Cochinos archipelago, part of a marine preserve where commercial fishing is banned, encompasses about 300,000 acres, two main islands and 13 small cays, with a collective population of about 200 Indigenous Garifuna residents.
Before the pandemic, the nonprofit Cayos Cochinos Foundation, which manages the reserve, derived much of its funding to study and protect its biodiversity from the fees paid by day-trippers to snorkel there. Now, the nongovernmental organization is gently opening itself to tourism, allowing visitors to stay in basic cabins (from $45 a night) that previously exclusively hosted scientists.
Between scuba dives and hikes to see pink boa constrictors and black-chested spiny-tailed iguanas, travelers can volunteer to propagate new coral or count sea turtles. Travel to the islands, which are roadless and free of cars, also supports the Garifuna community, which offers guide services, restaurants and tastings of the local root-infused spirit, guifiti.
Elaine Glusac
Burgundy Beer Trail, France
Paying homage to hops and yeast in a region where wine has long reigned
Wine lovers have long revered the great vintages of Burgundy. Now, beer lovers have their eyes on the Burgundy region, following the arrival of head-turning new breweries like Ammonite, Vif, Independent House and 90 BPM, all within 90 minutes of one another, and all rated among the best in France by fans on sites like Untappd and RateBeer.
Winemaking influences these new brewers, some of which employ solera barrel systems (like those used to age and blend sherry and Madeira wines), natural yeast, small oak barrels and other tools and techniques most often used by vintners.
For years, France has been a laggard in the global craft beer revolution, running far behind neighboring countries like Spain and Italy. The emerging beer trail in Burgundy's wine region shows how France might soon develop an enviable beer culture of its own.
Evan Rail
Reviving a city's historic architecture just in time for modern Turkey's centennial
This October, the Turkish Republic celebrates its 100th anniversary, and to mark the occasion, Istanbul's local government has invested millions in giving historic structures new life.
Among them: Feshane, a factory that manufactured the iconic Turkish hats and one of Istanbul's first steel buildings, will become one of its largest art centers; west of the old city, a comprehensive restoration of the stone-and-brick Mevlanakapi city walls with their 22 towers dating back to the fifth century, will transform them into a 4 1/2-mile walking path; and the Botter Apartment, one of Istanbul's earliest art nouveau buildings, whose bottom floor was originally a studio for the sultan's private tailor, will be turned into a fashion design center.
There's more. Art museums are planned for the former Yedikule gasworks and the Halic Shipyard, one of the world's oldest still in operation. And most notably, the newly built Istanbul Modern museum, designed by architect Renzo Piano, will open its doors along the Bosporus in Karakoy, showcasing the works of notable Turkish artists such as Fahrelnissa Zeid and Erol Akyavas.
Nora Walsh
Taipei, Taiwan
Floating sky lanterns and soaring skyscrapers in a sprawling, thrumming capital
Taipei is a glorious assault on the senses, a capital with stunning natural beauty, low crime and clear air despite its immense urban sprawl. From its neon-lit night markets to its Qing Dynasty temples, visitors can feel the quiet drum of independent pride, however fragile its future.
Beijing, which sees self-ruled Taiwan as an unruly child, continues to assert its desire to reunify with Taiwan and put the island firmly back under its control. But for now, a visit to Taipei, Taiwan's capital, offers a riot of culinary and cultural pleasures. In 2023, the island's third-tallest skyscraper will open, and the Taiwan Lantern Festival, a beloved tradition in which thousands of glowing lanterns float skyward in tandem, will return to Taipei after more than two decades.
Taipei's future is uncertain. But in 2023, it remains an ideal place to gape at the sheer power of human innovation.
Debra Kamin
El Poblado, Medellin, Colombia
A chic shopping district, pulsing nightlife and rainbow-colored macaws
In the 1600s, Spanish settlers established El Poblado, "the village," along the Medellín River. Eventually, the larger city of Medellín grew to the north, and El Poblado became a rural getaway for wealthy Colombians.
Today, it is again a center of activity. The grid of two- or three-story homes has blossomed with shops and restaurants, interspersed with boutique hotels rising above the treetops. Nearby, gushing waterfalls and rainbow-colored macaws add to the lush tropical vibe.
An afternoon roaming the neighborhood, popping into Mon y Velarde for menswear or Makeno for artisanal home goods, followed by coffee at Pergamino or modern Colombian cuisine at Oci.Mde, is a worthy entry on any South American traveler's bucket list. Stay out late enough to see the area transform into the pulsing heart of the city's nightlife, with DJs on the rooftops and dance parties in the streets.
Shannon Sims
Lausanne, Switzerland
Spectacular views of Lake Geneva and an exploding architectural and artistic scene
Already blessed with a sublime Lake Geneva location and dramatic mountain views, Lausanne, Switzerland's fourth-largest city, has been adding architectural and artistic beauty to its repertoire as well.
Known as Plateform 10, the city's three-year-old arts district recently inaugurated a bold new building that resembles an artfully cracked block of white stone for a pair of museums. Photo Elysée is dedicated to exhibiting photography in all its forms, while MUDAC is a haven of five creative outlets: design, glasswork, ceramics, jewelry and graphic art. The two institutions join the new home of the city's international art museum, the Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, which moved into its ridged, rectangular building in 2019.
Seth Sherwood
Methana, Greece
A hike, a stroll or a run into the Bronze Age followed by a soak in an ancient tub
Athens' nearest active volcano, Methana, sits on a peninsula of the same name some 30 miles southwest of the Greek capital. Though largely unknown to tourists, the area is slowly evolving, in part because of its increasing popularity as a hiking destination.
In recent years, groups of locals have managed to reopen and map old walking paths, some of which date to the Mycenaean Era, creating hiking trails that attract visitors from around the world. (So far, more than 18 miles have been cleared and marked.) The Methana Volcano Challenge, first organized in 2021, offers a trail run across the peninsula's sloping landscape.
Visitors to this volcanic peninsula can also enjoy several hot springs, the most interesting of which is an ancient (and recently renovated) tub known as the Pausanias Baths near the village of Agios Nikolaos.
Demetrios Ioannou
Louisville, Kentucky
A rising LGBTQ scene with quilts, drag shows, the Derby and, of course, bourbon
One of the oldest cities west of the Appalachian Mountains, and arguably among the most beautiful, Louisville somehow flies under the radar. This despite its graceful 19th-century park system, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, and its bourbon-fueled convivial spirit.
Today, its LGBTQ scene is also thriving, with hot spots like Chill Bar and Play Dance Bar, which hosts regular drag nights featuring touring artists. (The city has also earned top marks from the Human Rights Campaign's Municipal Equality Index for seven years running and is home to two new LGBTQ community centers.) This spring brings Hotel Genevieve, from the Texas-based Bunkhouse Group, which offers Louisville-inspired touches like decor that pays homage to the city's rich quilting heritage, an on-site market selling work from local artists and an art garden with rotating murals and bourbon selections from neighboring Rabbit Hole Distillery.
Make plans for 2023, because the city might not stay below the radar much longer: 2024 will draw the masses for the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby.
Paul L Underwood
Manaus, Brazil
River-to-table cuisine and ancestral recipes in the heart of the Amazon
Michelin-starred restaurants in Sao Paulo use Amazonian ingredients to appear exotic, but in Manaus, where you can sip steamy gourds of tacacá from a stand in front of the Teatro Amazonas or wander past plastic bottles of tucupi, the juice squeezed from grated cassava, in Adolpho Lisboa Municipal Market, Amazonian ingredients are a fact of life.
At the Indigenous-owned Biatüwi, a restaurant that pays homage to ancestral recipes and cooking techniques, drinks are made from fermented purple yams, and chiles are used to purify river fish in piquant stews like quinhampira.
Then there's chef Felipe Schaedler, who has helped threatened Yanomami communities commercialize their native mushrooms and runs two restaurants of his own: Banzeiro and Moquém do Banzeiro. Steering away from traditional preparations, Schaedler re-imagines ingredients like lemon-grass-flavored ants and tambaqui ribs in a modern format, as do the bistros Caxiri, set in a colonial building overlooking Largo de São Sebastião, a grand plaza, and Fitz Carraldo, in the boutique hotel Villa Amazonia.
Nicholas Gill
Vilnius, Lithuania
A 700-year-old survivor ready to party like there's no tomorrow
Lithuania's cobblestoned capital has a long history of bootstrap survival. Occupied once by the Nazis and twice by the Soviets, Vilnius has a story that is complex and fascinating to explore. Its architectural riches span from Gothic to Renaissance to Baroque; grand churches rub shoulders with quaint timber homes on leafy streets.
In 2023, the resilient city celebrates its 700th birthday with a full year of revelry. A light festival, free music performances and the first Vilnius International Biennial are all on the calendar. Artificial intelligence will resurrect one of the city's first operas from the 17th century, and an exhibition space will allow visitors to virtually explore Vilnius' streets as they looked more than 200 years ago.
Ringing in its eighth century, Vilnius reminds travelers that, when viewed through the long lens of history, our own uncertain times are fleeting.
Debra Kamin
Macon, Georgia
<em>1,100-year-old Native American mounds and deep rock 'n' roll roots</em>
The area around Macon has been home to multiple Native American tribes for 12,000 years. That history will be acknowledged this year, when Georgia is expected to get its first national park: The Ocmulgee Mounds, some of the most significant prehistoric Indigenous mounds in North America, date to the year 900, and are now a national historical park.
The national park will include the Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, for a total of 50,000 acres, and offer a network of exquisite hiking trails and artifacts from American Indian culture. Management will be shared by the Muscogee Nation and the National Park Service.
Additionally, the city, whose musical roots run deep — Little Richard, the Allman Brothers and Otis Redding all got their start here — is celebrating its 200th anniversary with a new 10,000-seat amphitheater. Visitors can check out the Hotel Forty Five, a boutique hotel that opened downtown last year and that was named both for the angle of the street on which it sits and as a nod to musical history.
Ondine Cohane
Kicking off a worldwide tribute to Picasso in a place that's a masterpiece unto itself
If art is a universal language, as travel often reveals, Pablo Picasso's anti-war "Guernica" might be one of its most potent symbols.
The Spanish and French governments recently announced the Picasso Celebration 1973-2023 in front of the famous painting at the Reina Sofia museum, kicking off a transnational commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the artist's death. The worldwide tribute, from Madrid to Paris to New York City, includes some 50 exhibitions, many of which explore the artist through the lens of the present day. Madrid leads the way, with tributes throughout the year, including "Picasso. The Sacred and the Profane" at the Thyssen-Bornemisza; "Picasso 1906. The Turning Point" at the Reina Sofia; and an exhibition exploring Picasso and El Greco at the Prado.
During Picasso's anniversary year, it's worth noting that the city's artistry isn't just within its museums, but outside as well: Madrid's cultural core is an urban masterpiece of art, nature and light, and in 2021, the entire area of the Paseo del Prado and verdant Parque del Buen Retiro, called "Landscape of Light," was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Annelise Sorensen
Grand Junction, Colorado
A bonanza of canyons, arches and cliffs, without the hordes of tourists
On Colorado's Western Slope, arid Grand Junction offers attractions similar to those of Moab, Utah, the gateway to Arches National Park, without the throngs.
The area around the Colorado alternative has the second-largest concentration of natural arches in the country in Rattlesnake Canyon, where some 35 sandstone spans are part of the roughly 123,700-acre McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, reachable via off-road vehicle or a strenuous 14-mile round-trip trek. More convenient hiking trails in the Colorado National Monument — where geologic uplift and erosion formed monoliths of the same Entrada sandstone found at Arches — lie within about 10 minutes of town.
The 2021 opening of the Palisade Plunge adds a 32-mile descent — from the world's largest flat-topped mountain, 10,000-foot Grand Mesa, down to the Colorado River — to the area's biking challenges. All trails lead back to downtown Grand Junction, filled with shops, craft breweries, locavore restaurants and wine-tasting rooms from area vineyards.
Elaine Glusac
La Guajira, Colombia
An unspoiled land of orange-sand beaches and flamingo-lined lagoons
The remote and arid La Guajira peninsula, straddling Colombia's border with Venezuela, remains largely unknown to international tourists, despite its dramatic salt flats, flamingo-lined lagoons and orange-sand beaches.
Terrorist activity made this area mostly off limits until 2016, but eco-minded hotels, including La Casa del Pavo Real and Hotel Waya Guajira, have spread along the peninsula, relying on increased flights to Riohacha, the regional capital, and nearby Santa Marta.
This region is the home of the Indigenous Wayúu people, who have expressed concerns that giant development projects may irreparably alter their ancestral lands. Tour operators visit Wayúu weavers known for their chinchorros, the colorful hammocks that take months to make, and their rustic kitchens, where cooks like Zaida Cotes showcase traditional cuisine based on salted fish, goat meat and purple corn.
Nicholas Gill
Bergamo and Brescia, Italy
Open-air theater, art, music and a plateful of local delicacies in a cultural crossroads
Milan may outshine Bergamo and Brescia, but in 2023 a spotlight will fall on these two Lombardy cities after they were jointly named the Italian Capital of Culture. More than 100 art projects, music and theater events (some open-air), nature walks and new bike routes are meant to map a way forward after the tragic headlines this northern region generated in 2020, when it was more ravaged by the coronavirus than anyplace else in Italy.
Bergamo is distinctive for its ancient, walled Città Alta (Upper Town) and modern Città Bassa (Lower Town), the two connected by narrow roads, a funicular and a footpath. Brescia, around 30 miles southeast, is a handsome crossroads of Roman, medieval and Renaissance sites.
Outstanding food is another draw — it's Italy, after all — with menus in both areas featuring creamy, nutty polenta taragna and variously stuffed crescents of casoncelli swirled with butter and sage — little pasta miracles that prove how good life can still be.
Julie Besonen
American Prairie, Montana
A vast, and growing, swath of nature where you can still feel tiny
With its wide-open skies and boundless horizons, American Prairie is ideal for visitors seeking a respite from the fast pace of modern life. A vast nature preserve founded by a Montana nonprofit, AP has been accumulating grasslands since 2004. It currently consists of 455,840 acres — and the preserve continues to expand by acquiring private properties that connect to surrounding public lands. The goal: to create a contiguous, 3-million-acre reserve and restore a disappearing ecosystem.
AP offers a broad range of activities, including leisurely walks, cross-country skiing and expert-level hiking, biking and paddling. Paved roads lead to Antelope Creek Campground, which features an interpretive trail and distant views of the Little Rockies. Buffalo Camp, accessible by gravel roads and situated among the reserve's largest bison herd, is a little farther off the beaten path and provides a chance to see a buffalo jump, a cliff traditionally used by Indigenous peoples to harvest bison.
Janie Osborne
Eastern Townships, Quebec
A leisurely journey through the countryside with stops for wine, cheese and poutine
This is slow travel at its best: Pedal across the quiet Quebec countryside, refueling on local cheese, wine and, yes, poutine. Montreal and Quebec City are the stars of the region, but the bucolic, lake-laced terrain between them is often relegated to fleeting glimpses from the windows of a rental car.
The Eastern Townships — Canada's New England, with French flair — deserves a visit all its own, and especially now, with the recent debut of the Véloroute Gourmande. The 150-mile cycle route traces the Route Verte and Trans Canada Trail across this charming region dotted with flower-festooned villages, and features more than 100 epicurean stops along the way, from farmers markets to maple groves to fromageries to vineyards.
Try the lush, sweet vin de glace (ice wine), made from ripe grapes that have frozen naturally on the vine, at Le Cep d'Argent, and the buttery Brise des Vignerons at the family-run Fromagerie des Cantons, one of the first in the area to develop cheese exclusively from Jersey cows, a nod to the region's British influences.
Annelise Sorensen
New Haven, Connecticut
A home to tinkerers and rebels, and a treasure trove of contemporary art and architecture
Connecticut's third-largest city is a historic, mostly walkable and bikeable seaside town with distinctive neighborhoods, an encyclopedic collection of great American architecture, a thriving cultural life and one of the best food scenes in the country for a city of its size (134,000).
Founded in 1638, it's a place where people have always tinkered with, mused about and challenged the status quo, which is why the New Haven Preservation Trust is now looking at saving the modernist buildings of the 1970s, which many see as disastrous examples of urban renewal. Discover one of the best of these brutalist concrete buildings by checking into the new Hotel Marcel, named for its architect, Marcel Breuer. Recently renovated, it's become the first completely solar-powered, energy-neutral hotel in the United States.
Check out NXTHVN, a cutting-edge, community-focused arts center founded in 2019 in two abandoned factory buildings in the Dixwell neighborhood that has become the heart of a vibrant African American artists' community. And then treat yourself to a great meal — maybe crispy artichokes with Parmesan aioli and pork belly with Tuscan cabbage and apple mostarda — at the recently opened Villa Lulu.
Alexander Lobrano
The Black Hills, South Dakota
Pine forests, powwows and a climb up to Crazy Horse's giant granite face
The Lakota people trace their creation to the He Sapa, or Black Hills, a mountain range of dramatic peaks and pine forests in an area that is South Dakota's chief tourism attraction.
Now, representatives of all nine tribes in the state — working as the South Dakota Native Tourism Alliance — are having a say in how to experience Native American sites with the publication of a new tribal nations' visitors guide, including destination suggestions and tips on visitor etiquette. The assembly helped identify the Great 8, eight sites and experiences — among them powwows, or dance celebrations — that are significant to Indigenous culture, with a concentration in the Black Hills. These include Bear Butte State Park where hiking trails may lead past prayer cloths tied to trees, 7,244-foot Black Elk Peak, the state's highest, and the Crazy Horse Memorial.
The massive sculpture of the Lakota warrior turns 75 next summer, when the biannual Volksmarch will allow hikers to ascend the carving, still under construction, and stand beneath Crazy Horse's more than 87-foot-tall granite face.
Elaine Glusac
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A living museum of resilience where empires and cultures have long intersected
Sarajevo's history lives in the present. There is the Latin Bridge, where a certain archduke was assassinated, catalyzing World War I. There are buildings still pockmarked by shells from the siege three decades ago. And there is the intricate interplay of empires, from the Ottoman to the Austro-Hungarian, that allows visitors to tour a mosque, a cathedral, an Orthodox church and a synagogue all within a few blocks.
These layers of history, of course, can detonate as easily as they can coexist. Bosnia's multiethnic capital remains on edge. Look up to the hills, and there are the artillery positions built on the grounds of the 1984 Winter Olympics. But Sarajevo's splendor comes from this intrusion of the past. It remains a living museum that hints at how a Ukraine or a Syria cannot only survive but perhaps one day flourish anew.
Hannah Beech


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When I discovered that as a book reviewer I could request all the books I wanted, I knew I was going to be in trouble. At first I tried to read everything that looked interesting, but I'm learning to narrow in on a single category of books. Even within that genre (books written for and–typically–by Christian women), I've got more than enough reading material to keep me busy. After less than a year of reviewing books, I can see that the teacher was right to declare that "of making many books there is no end" (Ecclesiastes 12:12).
In the cavalcade of books that are published every year, book reviews can help readers sort through which books are worth your time. Reviews are also important to publishers because they can increase the visibility of books sold online. Too often, though, reviews are full of unhelpful hyperbole that don't give an accurate sense of what the book is about. Or maybe you hear the hype about a book on social media but can't tell whether the book deserves to be this celebrated. These members of the "launch team" (usually, fans of the author who are offered free books in exchange for their willingness to hype a book and generate interest through social media posts) often agree to post about a book even before they've actually read it.
I'm glad that authors have so much support for their new books, but I want to write a different kind of review. I want to write reviews that will help readers discern which books are worth spending time and money on. I'm not writing my reviews to flatter the authors or to ensure that their books get sold. I write the kind of review I'm always looking for: specific, thoughtful reviews that give you a sense of what the book is about and how well the author covers the subject. I'm not beholden to any authors or any publishers, so I can feel free to write honest reviews, usually drawing attention to the best aspects of a book and subtly pointing out any limitations. (It is never my goal to dismantle a book or destroy an author.) Ultimately every book review boils down to one question: Did the book meet my expectations? So I thought it might help those who read my reviews if they know my expectations.
I mainly try to review books that are by Christian women or books that I think will appeal to Christian women. Here's what I expect:
Originality. Specifically, a new or intriguing thesis or an approach that organizes ideas in a fresh but faithful to Scripture way. I want to read books that contribute something new to the conversation or open up a new conversation. Sometimes I actually appreciate when a new writer covers a familiar subject in order to bring old wisdom to a new audience. But for the most part, I appreciate reading books that illuminate what I had not noticed before. I expect the author to have something new to say.
Elegance. I don't want the writing to draw attention to itself (prose that tries too hard turns me off instantly), but neither do I want prose that is simply functional and forgets the possibilities of good writing. The most beautiful books have authors with a sharp intellect that doesn't waste words. I read enough to recognize cliche and fluff–both of which are signs the writer has little to say but wants to fill up space for reasons other than sharing ideas. In an excellent book, every word should feel necessary and cohesive. I expect the author to write well.
Necessity. Perhaps I've grown a bit cynical, but it seems that there are plenty of books published every year that slap a new cover on familiar advice or tread overly familiar territory. I've read too many books to find these very interesting, and I know I would be overly critical so I generally decline to review them. I get excited when I find a book that is addressing a significant problem or offers a helpful antidote to poor thinking that I've seen tossed around. I like to picture books on a continuum somewhere between necessity (someone needed to write this & we need to heed his/her wisdom!) and vanity (someone wanted to see her/his name on a book cover). Again, I prefer to highlight the books that seem necessary rather than to critique those that strike me as redundant.
Grace. God's grace is so multifaceted and generous that I don't think we will ever find an end of ways to talk about it. I want to read books whose ideas are rooted and grown in scripture and whose pages ring out with grace upon grace from those scriptures. I do not want a little scripture smudged on as an afterthought to make it look as if these ideas came from God's word. I want ideas that grew slowly over time, enriched in the soil of God's words and put into practice in the author's own life. I hope to find personal examples from authors who have lived with the challenge of their own words. I expect the author to apply the wisdom of scripture to their subject in a way that gives me a fresh encounter with God's grace.
The books I love the most exceed my expectations. They are as honest as they are artful, and they inspire me to worship God. I am always looking for beauty, both in the words themselves and in the subject matter. My friend Vanessa and I share similar book sensibilities, and we love to celebrate together books that don't settle for mediocrity or pander to their audiences. I have a weakness for books that talk about art and theology or talk about theology in beautiful ways.
The books that disappoint me the most are those that were overhyped but underdeliver on my expectations. (If a book is really disappointing, I often will just not even write a review. I prefer to bring attention to deserving books rather than to tear down books I didn't enjoy.) But most of the books I review simply lived up to my expectations: they offered sound biblical wisdom through personal compassion and offered specific applications of grace to address the topic they've promised to address. Sometimes I'll offer a corrective or caution in my review, or even suggest other titles that cover this topic even better. I consider it an honor to get to read and review books, and I hope that my reviews are helpful to those who read them.
Laura Lundgren is a lifelong reader, former English teacher, current homemaker, and aspiring writer. She makes her home in Wisconsin with her husband, who is also her pastor, and her four young kids.

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After crafting a Respawn Anchor in Minecraft, so it is your time to use it. Then, do you really understand how to use a respawn anchor in Minecraft? Perhaps, you totally do not know to use a Respawn Anchor in Minecraft even if you have crafted it.
Of course, when you decide to craft something in Minecraft, we guess that you really understand what the function of the objects as you crafted in Minecraft is. Evidently, there are some players who do not understand how to use the object as they crafted in Minecraft. Why does it happen?
However, the kind of players may just want to try crafting any objects, without understanding the function of the object is.
Then, after we show you an article entitled How to Craft Respawn Anchor, of course, it is totally not enough if we do not inform you of how to use a Respawn Anchor in Minecraft. Then, we are back here to give you the ways of how to use a Respawn Anchor in Minecraft.
As you already know that the main purpose of Respawn Anchor in Minecraft is to allow you to respawn in the Nether area that was previously impossible to do. Now, respawning in the Nether arse is so possible when using this Respawn Anchor.
Of course, to respawn in the Nether area, it does not happen by accident or intentional situation. You totally will need some ways to use a Respawn Anchor in Minecraft.
Well, here are the ways of how to use the Respawn Anchor block to respawn in the Nether:
- If you are using four glowstone, of course, one can charge the respawn anchor block.
- This is so important to charge the respawn anchor so that you can use it.
- When you have the respawn anchor block, then it is right-clicked upon with the glowstone. Absolutely, the block texture will change. Due to the glowstone, it will start to emit the light at level three.
- It means that if you die in the Nether, you will spawn next to the anchor block in which the spawning point was earlier set.
- When the Respawn anchor is fully charged, of course, it indicates a green dial on the side of the surface. Then, an indication means a signal in which the Respawn Anchor can be used to set the spawning point.
- To set a spawn point every time, one charge will be used from the anchor block. Then, you need to charge it after every spawn.
Furthermore, there are still many unique uses for this block, not only to regular spawn. In fact, the creators of the adventure mode map definitely use these blocks as a sort of checkpoint system. Then, the players can even make a central hub in the Nether that can connect all of their assets. It places their respawn point there.
Well, those are the ways that you can use the Respawn Anchor when you really need to respawn in Minecraft.


text: A Iowa man's still in jailed in Princeton, Illinois, after causing a brief terrorism scare two weeks ago. 44-year-old Terry Daniels was in his blue Ford van late one night when he started talking with truckers on the citizens-band radio. He told them he was from Cedar Rapids, he was going to the nation's capital…and he had a bomb. His fellow overnight travelers called 911 and when Daniels pulled off I-80 to stop at a gas station in a small Illinois town, he was arrested. They brought in a bomb squad to check his van for explosives, and for a time thought he was toting a portable meth lab. But a search turned up mostly anti-government and white-supremacist literature. Daniels was jailed in the town of Princeton, and his bond set at fifty-thousand dollars. He has a court appearance a week from today on August tenth and we may learn then the results of psychological testing done after he was arrested.


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Tom T. Hall, who died at home on Aug. 20, 2021, was a U.S. Army veteran who became a giant of country music both as a songwriter and an artist. Although he retired from the business in the early 1990s, Hall remained a towering influence over country songwriters.
Born in small-town Olive Hill, Kentucky, Hall performed in a music group called the Kentucky Travelers before enlisting in the Army in 1957 at age 21. He served in Germany and performed over the Armed Forces Radio Network.
There are stories floating around online that Hall wrote humorous songs about his military service, but those songs never have been released officially. Anyone who's familiar with his later work will think that's a tragedy.
If you don't know Hall's later hit songs, read on. We're about to get into one of the greatest catalogs in popular music.
After he left the Army, Hall went to Roanoke College on the GI Bill. He got work as a disc jockey and got his big break after he wrote the song "D.J. for a Day," which was recorded by country star Jimmy C. Newman. The song became a top 10 country hit. Hall signed with Newman's publishing company and moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he began cranking out songs at a rapid clip.
Over his three-decade career, Hall was inducted into both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He won a Grammy for writing the liner notes to his own album, "Tom T. Hall's Greatest Hits."
Hall's biggest crossover pop hit was the 1973 single "I Love," the one about "little baby ducks" and "old pick-up trucks." Hall wasn't a big fan of his own song and even left it off his career-defining 1995 box set "Storyteller, Poet, Philosopher."
Here are six amazing songs written by Army veteran Tom T. Hall, who was 85 years old.
1. "Hello Vietnam" by Johnny Wright
Wright was a huge star in the duo Johnnie and Jack back in the 1950s, but he was struggling to establish a solo career in 1965 when he recorded Hall's soldier anthem. Homefront support for the war was still strong, and the record became a massive hit single that peaked at #1 on the country charts.
A throwback to the themes of World War II pop songs about lovers separated by combat and patriotic duty, the song was cemented in our memories of the war when Stanley Kubrick used it during the opening scenes of "Full Metal Jacket."
2. "Harper Valley PTA" by Jeannie C. Riley
America was in turmoil in 1968 and not just because of controversy over the Vietnam War. The culture was changing, and uptight social rules were being bulldozed by a generation that insisted that sex and good times weren't only for the depraved.
Into this turmoil dropped "Harper Valley P.T.A.," Hall's song about a small-town "widowed wife" whose short skirts, drinking and dating habits have compelled the local P.T.A. to send home a note attacking her alleged poor choices.
Riley describes the mom wearing a miniskirt as she stomped into the next PTA. meeting to detail all the ways the local blue noses are actually hypocrites. America was ready, and the song shot to #1 on the country and pop music charts.
The song's influence was enormous and later inspired a 1978 movie and a 1980-82 TV series, both starring Barbara Eden ("I Dream of Jeannie"). Hall made so much money off "Harper Valley P.T.A." that he pretty much retired to his farm in the mid-1990s and gave up show business.
3. "The Year That Clayton Delaney Died"
Hall's first #1 country hit as an artist is a deceptively straightforward story about a musician who inspired the singer to pick up a guitar and continue his performing legacy. Hall told CMT News in 2005 that the true inspiration behind the song was a childhood friend named Lonnie Easterly.
The Dixieland horns don't seem particularly country, but where else would this song have fit on the radio in 1971? It's a great song about remembering the dead through the act of living, a theme that any soldier should understand.
4. "(Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine"
Hall's second #1 country hit was inspired by a conversation he had with a janitor at a Miami Beach hotel during the 1972 Democratic National Convention. Most pop artists wouldn't have taken the time to visit with the old man, and fewer still would've listened closely enough to hear what the man had to say.
5. "Watergate Blues"
Hall was well-known as a liberal Democrat and even considered running for governor of Tennessee at the peak of his fame. Still, his three-minute telling of the entire Watergate scandal is nearly politics free, unless you're one of the handful who still think Richard Nixon was framed.
Hall's final lines remind us that modern worries about the government aren't really new worries: "Well, somewhere in this country there's a hard-workin' man/Readin' his paper as he tries to understand/Are there no honest people left anymore?/One might well heed hear a poundin' on his door/If it gets that way, Lord help us all."
6. "I Hope It Rains at My Funeral"
The weather in Nashville for the week after Hall's death was all sunshine, so the songwriter didn't get his wish unless someone decided to delay the memorial service until the rain returned.
"I Hope It Rains at My Funeral" was never a single, but it's a song beloved by Hall's fans. After the singer details a lifetime and regrets, he wishes that it'll rain at his funeral so that he's the "only one dry." Hall's catalog is full of complicated stories like this one, songs that sneak up on you and stick with you longer than many of his flashier hits.
Tom T. Hall joined the Army, saw the world and got an education on the GI Bill. In another era, he might have stayed home and been a farmer or a gas station attendant. He's one of the last of that generation of artists and performers who served in the era between Korea and Vietnam, small-town Americans who used their service to create opportunities for a different kind of life.
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Words to your Mother
12 comments:
- diana said...
Very pretty card! Love the MME Lost & Found paper and the MFT rolled roses.
Did you use all three rolled roses die sizes or are the two smaller roses the same size with the smallest just rolled tighter? - May 10, 2011 at 9:03 PM
- Julie Koerber said...
What a gorgeous creation with a very, very beautiful sentiment! Your cards always have such class and style Lin! thanks so much for playing with us gals over at Flourishes!
- May 10, 2011 at 9:22 PM
- Dawn B. said...
This is so pretty. I love this sentiment too. It is perfect for Mother's Day. Thanks for joining us at Flourishes this week.
- May 10, 2011 at 10:38 PM
- Dawn T said...
Lin... you are so right, this sentiment is wonderful and looks stunning on this card. Such an elegant card.
- May 11, 2011 at 4:39 AM
- Ann said...
So so pretty - and, yes, a wonderful sentiment to store away for future use!
- May 11, 2011 at 5:08 AM
- stampingandstitching said...
Oh this is absolutely gorgeous, Lin! Wonderful designs and details! I love the sentiment - I will have to lift that one too!
- May 11, 2011 at 7:33 AM
- Unknown said...
This is lovely, Lin! Especially love the sentiment.
- May 11, 2011 at 12:30 PM
oh lin, this is perfect.
i also have an amazing mother & one day i hope to be half as wonderful as she is.
a lovely card, full of meaning... :) - May 11, 2011 at 7:23 PM
- Brenda said...
Beautiful and true sentiment! And such a pretty soft card Lin!
- May 11, 2011 at 7:54 PM
- Stacy Morgan said...
Delicate and pretty. These flowers look wonderful and I like the ribbon trim you used. Thanks for playing in Flourishes Word to your Mother challenge.
- May 11, 2011 at 8:04 PM
- dpkennedy said...
That is a wonderful sentiment! Your card is so soft and feminine and beautiful! Thanks for playing the Flourishes challenge!
- May 11, 2011 at 10:58 PM
- Suzanne C said...
Beautiful! Perfect for a mother's day card and so lovely and thoughtful!
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Hey Geoff, I was reading a rumor on CBSsportsline and it said that TJ and Chad are the two starting reciever and that Washington and Warrick will have to battle for playing time. With that being said, I was wondering where does Chris Henry and Tab Perry fit in? Who has the edge as our 3rd receiver?
And how are all the rookies coming along through
mini camps, any problems or possible injuries. At last, how is Chris
Perry doing with his injury, will he be back at full strength?
Josh, Dayton
It's no rumor. T.J. became the starter back in March when they dropped about $5 million on him for 2005.The real question is how ready is third-rounder Chris Henry to line up opposite Chad on the outside when they put T.J. in the slot when they go three wide receivers? And the Warrick question simply can't begin to be answered until Aug. 1.
When the Bengals ran the No. 1 group out there in June, it sure looked like the three wides of Chad, Henry, and T.J. were getting the bulk of the work. You've got to have T.J. in the slot and camp is going to decide who is going to be running with those guys on the outside. And Henry certainly looked impressive as a 6-4 leaper with superb hands who showed a knack for going up and making a play.
Kelley Washington has had the eyeballs rolling for two years (he did it again at the Open House two weeks ago when he whipped out his First Down dance after a 20-yard catch in SPRING PRACTICE) and nobody is exactly infatuated with it. But the coaches also praised him for his work and effort this spring, so don't just write him off and write Henry's name in pen.
Don't ask a rookie receiver to put up veteran numbers. It just doesn't happen. Only six wide receivers in Bengals history have caught more than 30 balls their first season and none were Carl Pickens, T.J. Houshmandzadeh, or Chad I Johnson. Since 2000, only 25 of the 63 wide receivers taken on the first day of the draft have had more than 30 catches as rookies. Only 17 of them caught at least 500 yards.
Make no mistake. Henry is going to play a lot. But if you're looking for numbers and experience, you may have to stop at Washington.
Warrick? A, he's got to be healthy and B, Washington might have a tiny bit of an edge on him because the Bengals are more comfortable putting Warrick in the slot rather than on the outside. Washington plays pretty much only on the outside. Still, if Warrick is healthy, I have to believe he'll make it.
The interesting thing there is do they make Warrick the No. 1 slot receiver and shelve Henry with Houshmandzadeh on the outside? They almost have to do that with Warrick because how can you pay your back-up slot guy $2.2 million?
And don't ask if Warrick is healthy. No one knows and if they tell you they do, they're kidding themselves. He's expected to be out there for the first practice July 29. That's not the problem. What we don't know is if he'll be out there July 30. If the same thing happens at this year's camp that happened in Georgetown last year, where he couldn't practice a couple of days in a row, they've got their answer. But if he can go three or four straight days without the knee blowing up like a TV blimp, he's good to go.
You get the sense Tab Perry is going to be an excellent pro. He's got great size, and he runs nice routes with sure hands. He might not play a lot this year from scrimmage, but he'll be a special teams staple starting with kick returns. That makes you worry a little bit about wide receiver Kevin Walter because he's been a special teams standout and can they afford to keep two similar guys like that at receiver? Then again, if they both produce, you keep them both, and Walter has been quite competent from scrimmage the little he's been used there. Walter is going to be a difficult guy not to make one of the six wide receivers.
Sorry, but the answer with Chris Perry has to be like the Warrick brain teaser. A few weeks ago, Perry said he was running at 60 percent and didn't know if he'll be ready for July 29. His problem last year was that he could go about 90 percent, but then when he would burst, the abdominal muscle would tear or get re-tweaked. Like a knife in his pelvis, he said. The problem is he hasn't bursted 100 percent since October. Even if he's healthy, it may take him some time to get back in the swing. It's another case of let's see him burst on July 29, 30 and 31 and see how he feels Aug. 1


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"Food security is in danger and it is paramount that agricultural policy changes to recognize the perfect storm brewing on the horizon," said Aidan Connolly, Alltech vice president of corporate accounts. "There is a tremendous gap between genetic potential and what we are achieving in the field. Nutrition must use new approaches to bridge the gap."
Key messages from each of the five speakers:
• "There is a limit to the genetic potential of an animal. If resources can then be allocated appropriately for that animal, away from maintenance, this leaves more available for growth." – Dr. Chris Ashwell, Department of Poultry Science, NC State Univ.
• "There are three main implications for the requirements for vitamins and antioxidants: developing new feeding strategies using gene expression analysis to optimize the use of expensive ingredients, understanding dietary effects and the hidden effects of nutrition and providing an explanation of production responses." – Dr. James Pierce, director of research, Alltech, adjunct assistant professor, Univ. of Kentucky.
• "Supplements to the mother's diet don't always lead to benefits for the child. In addition if you are born small it is better to stay small early on, accelerated early growth increases risk of adiposity later on." -- Dr. Susan Ozanne, British Heart Foundation Senior Fellow, Univ. of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories, UK.
• "Taking control of genetics, independent of Mendelian inheritance, moves us beyond simple breeding programs and provides new nutritional tools to enhance productivity. This is done by using nutrition to define epigenetic controls, nutritional interactions and to redefine nutrient requirements, allowing animals to reach their genetic potential." – Dr. Karl Dawson, Alltech vice president and chief scientific officer.
• "Straightforward optimization is not as simple as it looks. With micro arrays and gene expression, we can improve our understanding of physiological responses." – Dr. Jan Dirk van der Klis, Schothorst Feed Research, Lelystad, The Netherlands.
One-hundred thirty nutritionists attended the seminar. Of those surveyed:
• Forty-nine indicated their awareness of epigenetics is due to Alltech's Poultry Epigenetics seminar; 71 percent believe it will impact greatly on bird health, bird efficiency and product quality.
• More than half believe the price of feed will increase by more than 10 percent in the next 12 months.
• Sixty-eight percent think research findings on epigenetics will be important to optimize poultry production in the next five years; however, they are undecided on the level that feed conversion ratio can be improved by 2040.
• Regarding optimizing chick quality, 50 percent believe the poultry industry is not currently exploiting all possibilities in breeder nutrition.
• Sixty-one percent felt very strongly the industry is not doing enough to attract young talent to the poultry sector.


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Digital cameras are so useful. I love my digital camera. I take it everywhere with me. My friends think I'm mad, but I've got thousands of really good photos. Digital cameras are so much better than the old cameras with film. They're also much better than mobile phone cameras. My digital camera fits in my pocket and takes great photos. I usually take a few photos every day and then put them online for my friends to see. The best thing about digital cameras is that they are so easy to use. It's child's play. The good thing is that digital cameras today give the same quality photos as you could only get on really expensive cameras. All you need is 10 to 12 megapixels. That's more than enough. |