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Fairytale Castles Around the World
Fairytale Castles Around the World
by wander_notes  • 
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Castles that look drawn for a storybook: pointed turrets, island settings, painted walls and silhouettes framed by forest, lake or mountain. The test for a place here is the view itself. Each one...
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Famous Lighthouses Around the World
Famous Lighthouses Around the World
by wander_notes  • 
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A photo tour of lighthouses that travelers seek out and lighthouse lovers tick off: towers famous for their age, their engineering, their storms or simply the coastline they stand on. To earn a...
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Quiet Places for Introverts to Recharge
Quiet Places for Introverts to Recharge
by wander_notes  • 
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Some trips spend your energy and some give it back. These are places for the second kind: a week of long walks, a good book, a café table with nobody waiting for it, and evenings where the loudest...
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Mountain Bike Trail Centers and Bike Parks in the UK
Mountain Bike Trail Centers and Bike Parks in the UK
by curious_compiler  • 
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Every place here has waymarked, graded trails and a proper trailhead, and most have bike hire or a bike shop on site, so a weekend can be planned around it. UK centers share one color scale: green...
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Rail Trails in the US for Easy Car-Free Rides
Rail Trails in the US for Easy Car-Free Rides
by curious_compiler  • 
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Old railroad beds make some of the gentlest bike paths in the country: long, nearly level, mostly away from cars, and often strung with the small towns that grew up around the depots. Every trail...
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Movies About Long Walks, Hikes and Pilgrimages
Movies About Long Walks, Hikes and Pilgrimages
by movie_expert  • 
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Every film here keeps its people on foot for most of the story, whether they are following the Camino to Santiago, a national trail, a desert crossing or a fence line home. The test for a place...
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Great Glasshouses and Conservatories Around the World
Great Glasshouses and Conservatories Around the World
by wander_notes  • 
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The grand glasshouses of the world's botanic gardens and parks, inside and out, in the order they were built: from early curvilinear iron palm houses through Victorian and Gilded Age...
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Day Hikes With Big Views for Moderate Fitness
Day Hikes With Big Views for Moderate Fitness
by wander_notes  • 
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Every hike here fits into a single day for someone who walks regularly, stays on a clear path with no scrambling or ropes, and ends at a view big enough to justify the effort. None needs a permit...
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Iconic Views in America's National Parks
Iconic Views in America's National Parks
by wander_notes  • 
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At Tunnel View, Yosemite Valley opens between El Capitan and Cathedral Rocks. At Mather Point, the Grand Canyon drops away in layers. Each photograph pairs a national park with one recognizable...
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Ridge Walks and Scrambles for Confident Hill Walkers
Ridge Walks and Scrambles for Confident Hill Walkers
by wander_notes  • 
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For fit, experienced hill walkers ready to put hands on rock and choose a ridge at the right grade. These are scrambles rather than roped climbs: in dry, calm summer conditions a competent party...
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Show Caves and Caverns Worth Visiting
Show Caves and Caverns Worth Visiting
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These are caves you can walk into without caving gear, picked for what is actually underground: river canyons, giant chambers, ice, glowworms and rare formations, rather than for light shows or...
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Florida Places to Visit Beyond the Theme Parks
Florida Places to Visit Beyond the Theme Parks
by wander_notes  • 
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A Florida trip built around springs, swamps, reefs and old towns rather than rides. Each place here earned its spot by showing a side of the state most theme park visitors never see: manatees...
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Small Mountain Towns in the American West for a Long Weekend
Small Mountain Towns in the American West for a Long Weekend
by wander_notes  • 
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These are small towns in the mountains of the American West that hold up for three days on their own, in summer or in winter. Each one has a walkable center with somewhere good to eat and drink...
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