Three Friends on the Pacific Crest Trail: A Fundraising Walk and Film
A long-distance hiking film has a wonderful way of making a vast journey feel close. Desert ground gives way to mountain country; weather ch...
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United States: Stories & Places to Explore
Plan White Sands National Park with a realistic dune outing, current road restrictions, walking choices and tips for enjoying the changing light. Explore Central Park with a manageable first-visit route, from the Mall to Bethesda Terrace and Bow Bridge, plus ideas for a second outing.
Start with White Sands National Park: Dunes, Walks and Visit Planning and Central Park: A First-Visit Walk and Places Worth a Pause.
The Total Solar Eclipse of 21 August 2017: Path, Timing and Viewing Context
For a brief part of 21 August 2017, people along a narrow path across the United States watched daylight change in a way that an ordinary su...
Pack Up + Go: The Idea Behind a Surprise-Destination Holiday
Opening an envelope to discover where you are going turns a familiar travel decision into part of the adventure. That is the appeal of a sur...
The Route 66 Solar-Roadway Proposal: A Pilot and a Larger Vision
Route 66 carries plenty of stories about the future. When it opened, the road connected places and opportunities in new ways. In 2016, headl...
Randal Olson’s US Road-Trip Route: The Landmarks Behind the Calculation
A line looping across the United States makes a tempting promise: perhaps somebody has already solved the road trip for us. Randal Olson’s w...
10 American Hotel Settings: Coast, City, Desert and Mountains
A beautiful hotel can be the centre of a holiday or a comfortable place to return after exploring. Decide which role you want it to play bef...
A 50-Landmark US Road-Trip Loop: What the Map Actually Optimises
A map with dozens of landmarks can inspire a road trip. It can also make your own available week feel rather small. The solution is to borro...
Green Bank, West Virginia: Why Radio Quiet Matters
A huge white telescope rises above the trees at Green Bank, pointing toward signals far beyond what our eyes can see. The setting is quiet i...
Dave Lane’s Yellowstone Night Photography: The Milky Way and Geothermal Pools
Yellowstone is famous for colour and movement at ground level. In Dave Lane’s night photographs, the sky becomes just as expressive: the Mil...
Driving Miss Norma: Norma Bauerschmidt’s Family Road Trip across America
Norma Bauerschmidt's road trip became widely known because it began at an extraordinarily difficult moment. After losing her husband and...
Venice Beach at First Light: Robert McIntosh’s Aerial Film
Early light gives Venice Beach a different rhythm. Before the oceanfront fills with the day's activity, paths, palms and open spaces bec...
Half&Half: New York and Seoul Meet in a Couple’s Photo Collages
Two ice creams meet at the centre of a frame. Two streets line up as if they belonged to one walk. In ShinLiArt's Half & Half projec...
Derek Low’s American Train Journey: The Route Behind the $429 Ticket
Watching the landscape change through a train window gives a long journey a different character. Derek Low's photographs of travelling a...
Niagara Falls in Miniature: Joerg Daiber’s Little Big World Film
The boats look like toys. Visitors move like tiny figures in a model village. Then the water sweeps through the frame and reminds you that t...
Los Angeles in Hyperlapse: Two Years Behind Two Minutes
Los Angeles seems to slide, spin and accelerate through Vadim Tereshchenko’s short hyperlapse film. Buildings hold your attention while the ...
An Adventure Mobile Across North America: The Van and the Photographs
A campervan can be transport, a place to sleep and a reason to stop somewhere for longer than you otherwise would. For photographer Travis B...
Five US National Parks for an Autumn Landscape Collection
Autumn colour is a moving target, which is part of its charm. One hillside can be glowing while another is still green; a sunny overlook and...
Dwayne Parton’s Truck, Dog and Unhurried Journey Toward Alaska
Bobby watches the landscape through the truck window. Beyond him, mountains stretch across the view. It is a simple photograph, but it captu...
The Past Present Project: Christian Carollo Retraces Family Photographs
Hold an old photograph in front of the place where it was taken, and two journeys briefly occupy the same view. A doorway lines up, a tree h...
Colossus: Patrick Vale Draws New York Across Three Sheets
At first the page looks impossibly large and the marks impossibly small. Then rooftops gather, windows multiply and a recognisable New York ...