Riding in Montana’s Mountains at the Triple J Ranch
Max Hartshorne visits the Triple J Ranch in Montana, which is calls a summer camp for grown-ups, framed by The Bob Marshall Wilderness
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Mexico: So Much More Than Cancun!
By Tim Leffel Next time you’re with a few people who don’t travel very much, ask them to name a city in Mexico. Odds are most, if not all of them will spit out Cancun before anything else. But there is far more to the Yucatan Peninsula than this hedonistic, shrink-wrapped magnet for package tourists….
Drive I-95! America’s East Coast Highway
A drive down America’s east coast main highway, i-95 with tips on where to eat, shop and stay on the road, driving down the east coast of the United States.
Biking Utah’s Canyonlands: The White Rim Trail
Matthew Kadey describes a mountain biking trip on the White Rim Trail in Utah’s canyonlands.
Galapagos: Sea Lions & Turtles & Boobies, Oh My!
GoNOMAD Contributor Lisa Lubin writes about her tour of the Galapagos Islands where she sees blue-footed boobies, sea turtles, and the dramatic landscapes.
A Step-By-Step Passport Primer
Changes in passport requirements for travel to and from the US have changed a lot in recent years, largely due to new regulations promulgated by the Department of Homeland Security. So travelers need passports to go to a lot of places — notably Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean — that they used to be able…
Spain’s Balearic Islands: Exploring Beautiful Mallorca
GoNOMAD DESTINATION GUIDE: MALLORCA, SPAIN By Habeeb Salloum Her words put us in an upbeat mood for our meandering in northwestern Mallorca – the Balearic Islands’ largest island and one of Spain’s most appealing tourist havens. Leaving prosperous Palma, a city of some 375,000 and Mallorca and the Balearic Islands’ capital, we drove through a…
Sailing the Historic Northwest Passage in a Polar-Class Icebreaker
By Stephen Hartshorne Since the Age of Discovery began in the sixteenth century, explorers have been braving the frigid weather and powerful sea ice of Canada’s northern reaches in search of a Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean. So great was the attraction of this potential shortcut to the Far East that dozens of mariners…
A Snake Safari in Northwest Nevada
A Snake Safari in Northwest Nevada By Andrew Kolasinski Rattling its tail in warning, a three-foot (.9 m) western rattlesnake rises up from the sand and strikes, but its venomous fangs miss their mark. “He doesn’t like you very much. I’ve never seen one get this aggressive,” says Jim, as he strides over to the…
Travia: The Ultimate Book of Travel Trivia
By Nadine Godwin A cat flew nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean twice before Charles Lindbergh made his historic trip. The Eiffel Tower was nearly knocked down in the early 20th century. Guests cross the Equator to get from the lobby to the restaurant at the Mount Kenya Safari Club. New Orleans was destroyed twice by…
Yukon Territory to Alaska: Rafting the Tatshenshini
Linda Ballou takes a rafting trip on the Tatshenshini River in the Yukon Territory and Alaska, the same trip her mother had taken 20 years before.
Pedaling Quebec’s Little Train Bikeway
Quebec biking: A trip along Quebec’s Le P’tit Train du Norde Linear little train Bikeway, viewing local scenery and enjoying Quebec food specialties like poutin