By Jeanina BartlingIt worked in 1959 when Robert was six years old, and it still works today—a road-side sign that reads, “Robert Is Here.” Today’s sign is larger and more dignified than the first spray-painted red letters that drew crowds to a plywood table set up on a corner in Homestead, Florida.
By Eric TallbergIn a small New England village some 11 miles west of Concord, New Hampshire, over traditional white clapboard houses, country lanes, farms and forests, church steeples still ring parishioners to Sunday services. To visit the town of Henniker is to visit the only Henniker on earth.
By Anita Breland Muscular cows sporting well-worn collars trot into a makeshift arena, where they snort and pummel the ground into roils of dust, bells clanging. When the head-butting begins, she who turns away loses. “Huit, evacuée!”—Number eight, you’re out!
By Stephen PowerJust 90 minutes from Santa Fe or Albuquerque, you can dive into a world apart … and explore some of the oldest tribal communities in the United States.
By Julia DrakeIf you want to explore the Black Forest in Germany, but a wine tour through the French Alsace Lorraine wine region sounds just as tempting, stay in Ettlingen, and you can enjoy both.
By Ellen Hill Photos: David HillWe are caught between the cusp of a new day and the last flickers of night, strangers pressed together in a wicker basket, suspended 1,000 feet above the ground in the center of Australia.
By Kimberly Damon“Oriskany… de-e-e-e-PAR-ted,” the retired Bosun’s mate called out, a crisp salute and rigid military attention belying the tear in his eye. He had served on the USS Oriskany, an Essex class aircraft carrier that last saw active duty in 1975. Since then, the “Mighty O” languished, too small and obsolete to serve, too […]
By George CagalaA sip of Siegerrebe, a nip of Müller-Thurgau, a tot of Madeleine Angevine. We’re not in Napa anymore. We’re in Puget Sound … wine country.Okay, maybe this land of thick forests, gray winters and killer whales doesn’t have the same viticultural cachet as its better-known neighbor to the south. But just wait another 80 […]
By Dan Reich Photos by Ellen Goldstein On the outskirts of Amboseli National Park in Kenya, we visited a small Maasai Village to learn about the lives and customs of its inhabitants. But after discovering that we were Americans, everyone in the village wanted to know: were we going to vote for Obama?
By Ellen Hill Photos: David HillThere’s something exotic about straddling half of a double saddle atop a one-humped beast that’s letting out rude noises in the middle of one of the most mystical places on earth.
