This surreal seaside library will transport you into the clouds.

This surreal seaside library will transport you into the clouds.

By Walker Caplan | May 14, 2021

A new digital library in Rome lets commuters read unlimited e-books for free.

A new digital library in Rome lets commuters read unlimited e-books for free.

By Walker Caplan | May 13, 2021

Who Owns the Seaside? On the Rise of Planet Beach

Who Owns the Seaside? On the Rise of Planet Beach

Robert C. Ritchie Traces the History of Private Beachfront, Public Access, and the Tides of Tourism

By Robert C. Ritchie | May 12, 2021

The Obsessive Scholar Who Rescued Iceland’s Ancient Literary Legacy

The Obsessive Scholar Who Rescued Iceland’s Ancient Literary Legacy

How Arni Magnusson Saved a Country’s Stories

By Egill Bjarnason | May 11, 2021

For Too Long We Have Only Known Western Stories of the Himalayas

For Too Long We Have Only Known Western Stories of the Himalayas

Sophie Cousins on the Cruel Beauty of Mountaineering and
the Literature It Breeds

By Sophie Cousins | May 6, 2021

How Venice Invented the World

How Venice Invented the World

From the Time to Eat the Dogs Podcast with Michael Robinson

By Time to Eat the Dogs | May 3, 2021

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On Being an Outsider: Words by Charles Simic, Photos by Romeo Alaeff

By Romeo Alaeff and Charles Simic | April 20, 2021

Soon you’ll be able to vacation at Jane Austen’s country estate . . . in a cowshed.

By Walker Caplan | April 13, 2021

Taking a Much-Needed Road Trip to Italy, Texas

By Andrea Bajani | April 12, 2021

Why I Decided to Write Fiction and Publish a Debut Novel<br> in My 80s

Why I Decided to Write Fiction and Publish a Debut Novel
in My 80s

Orville Schell on His Long Odyssey From Nonfiction to Fiction

By Orville Schell | April 1, 2021

This game of “telephone” for artists spans the entire world.

This game of “telephone” for artists spans the entire world.

By Walker Caplan | March 31, 2021

The Louvre’s entire collection is now online.

The Louvre’s entire collection is now online.

By Walker Caplan | March 29, 2021

Pandemic Diversions: On the Modern Day Myths and Freaky Folktales of <em>The Siberian Times</em>

Pandemic Diversions: On the Modern Day Myths and Freaky Folktales of The Siberian Times

Farah Abdessamad in Praise of the Best Damn Newspaper
East of the Urals

By Farah Abdessamad | March 25, 2021

From Jim Crow to Now: On the Realities of Traveling While Black

From Jim Crow to Now: On the Realities of Traveling While Black

Mia Bay Maps the History of Segregated Travel

By Mia Bay | March 25, 2021

Take a look at the beautiful design for this Norwegian library dedicated to Henrik Ibsen.

Take a look at the beautiful design for this Norwegian library dedicated to Henrik Ibsen.

By Walker Caplan | March 22, 2021

How Mark Twain Documented the Dawn of the Tourist Age

How Mark Twain Documented the Dawn of the Tourist Age

Marco d'Eramo on Innocents Abroad, the Account of an Early Transatlantic Cruise

By Marco d'Eramo | March 22, 2021

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