Lowell, Massachusetts: History, Culture, and Kerouac
Kaitlyn Silva presents a guide to Lowell, Massachusetts, with descriptions of its museums, historic sites and other cultural attractions like Kerouac Park.
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Sweetheart Sites of Seattle
By Jane Cassie It’s that time of year again –- when chocolate boxes are carved into hearts, roses brim from corner grocers, and cupid comes out of hiding. So, how are you going to celebrate the big day of romance? What love-struck surprise can you conjure up for your favorite valentine? This year we’re taking…
Spain: Seville’s Flamenco Museum
Seville’s Flamenco Museum: Dancing Anger and Ache in the Heart of the City By Hunter Styles It is evening in downtown Seville. With bated breath, a seated audience fills the inner courtyard of the Museum of Flamenco Dance. The ceiling, at the top of the building’s atrium, is echoingly high. The walls are a smooth…
Goblin Valley, Utah: A Rare Jewel of Nature
Goblin Valley Utah: Emily Fagan and family go hiking in the Valley of the Goblins, seeing the unique formations and Little Wild Horse Slot Canyon.
Sarawak’s Rainforest Music Festival
A Muddy, Memorable Music Festival in Malaysia By Sonja Stark GoNOMAD Senior Writer Twenty-two hours and several time zones from JFK airport, it’s a Muslim country as well. Being a female traveler I packed conservatively thinking I would experience oppressive inequality if I dared to look different. I intended to wear the long-sleeve shirt, pants…
Salvador, Brazil: Carnaval and Capoeira
By Isadora Dunne Arriving in Brazil on the last day of Carnaval is like getting to a bar right before last call; it’s overwhelming, crowded, and everywhere you look people are going crazy. Even during the morning hours, the streets are crammed with people in their Carnaval costumes, socializing and preparing for the festivities to…
Jaipur: Forts and Castles in the Pink City
Jaipur, the Pink City in India, is filled with history and mystery, forts, and castles.
Hancock Shaker Village: Plain and Simple
Hancock Shaker Village: Plain and Simple By Richard Bauman The Shakers are remembered mostly for their extraordinary handcrafted furniture, but they were so much more than just furniture. A visit to Hancock Shaker Village, near Pittsfield, Massachusetts, opens doors to better understanding of the Shakers’ way of living. In all, the Shakers established 18 communities…
Montevideo, Uruguay: Relaxed and Sociable
By Dominic Degrazier “Tranquila.” In a little more than two weeks here in Uruguay’s capital, Montevideo, I have heard this answer at least 50 times. Locals (without fail thus far) use it to describe their city of 1.7 million inhabitants. And they are correct: this city is relaxed. It is much more sedated and safe…
Buzios, Brazil: A Family Adventure
Buzios was the favored getaway of Brigitte Bardot By Andrea Bailey I watch unperturbed as my husband of nine years wraps his arms around Brigitte Bardot in a tender embrace, blissfully unaware of passers-by. Ms. Bardot doesn’t seem to mind a bit as she sits gazing out at the turquoise ocean. It could be that…
Nicaragua: In Dreams on Little Corn Island
Karina Zobolotny spends an idyllic weekend in a rustic cabin on Little Corn Island in Nicaragua, at a resort called Ensueños, which means ‘in dreams.’
Argentina: Horseback Riding and Kayaking in Patagonia
A Patagonian Multi-Sport Adventure by Lauryn Axelrod Ever since I was a child, Patagonia held an allure… a faraway place of gauchos and glaciers, wild, open spaces and mountains that seemed to hang from the clouds. Like Bruce Chatwin’s land of dinosaurs, it beckoned me through its mythologies. But unlike Chatwin, whose journey to the…