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The Beach Where "Jaws" Was Filmed: Is Martha's Vineyard Worth Visiting Today?
In the summer of 1974, Steven Spielberg descended on a small island off the coast of Massachusetts with a mechanical shark and a crew that had no idea they were about to make cinema history. Jaws, released in June 1975, became the first blockbust...
Wild Horses on the Beach in the USA: Where to Find Them, How to See Them, and Why They're There
There are places on the American East Coast where you can walk along the ocean and see horses — genuinely wild, unmanaged, government-protected horses — grazing in the dunes, standing belly-deep in the surf, or trotting across the sand with the Atlan...
Goa Isn't Just Beaches: What First-Time Visitors Actually Find When They Arrive
Goa has been India's designated escape hatch for decades. British package tourists in the 1980s and 90s. Israeli backpackers on their post-army trip. Russian charter flights in the 2000s and 2010s. Domestic Indian tourists who've discovered it more...
Best Beaches in Puerto Rico: An Island-Wide Guide
Puerto Rico's 270+ miles of coastline encompass an extraordinary range of beach types — calm shallow Caribbean bays on the south and, powerful Atlantic surf on the north, secluded island beaches on Culebra and Vieques, and bioluminescent waters that...
Brighton Beach, Brooklyn: New York's Russian Neighbourhood Explained
On the southern tip of Brooklyn, where the elevated B and Q train lines ride above Brighton Beach Avenue and the boardwalk runs east from Coney Island, there is a neighbourhood unlike anywhere else in the United States. The storefronts are in Cyrilli...
Where to Stay in Samoa: Beach Fales, Resorts, and the Authentic Polynesian Experience
Accommodation in Samoa is unlike anywhere else in the Pacific — and the beach fale is the reason why. This open-air, thatched-roof structure on the sand is Samoa's signature stay, offering something no hotel chain can match: falling asleep to the sou...
Cuba's Best Beaches and Natural Wonders: From Varadero to the Untouched Keys
Cuba floats in the Caribbean with over 5,700 km of coastline, more than 300 beaches, and thousands of coral keys (cayos) — many of them completely uninhabited. Whether you want a resort beach with a cocktail in hand or an empty white-sand stretch acc...
Alabama Travel Guide: Civil Rights History, Gulf Coast Beaches, and the South's Most Misunderstood State
Alabama is the 22nd largest US state, bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. It is a state whose national reputation is dominated by its civil rights history ...
Jamaica Beyond the Beach: Reggae History, Rum Bars, and the Real Island Culture
Jamaica is the most musically significant small island in the world. From a landmass smaller than Connecticut, it produced reggae, ska, rocksteady, dancehall, and dub – genres that reshaped global popular music across five decades. Most visitors spen...
Is Morocco Good for Surfing?
Morocco is not the first place most surfers think of when planning their next adventure. Morocco has two oceans to choose from: the Atlantic coastline (which is the larger of the two), and the Mediterranean coastline. Each coastline offers pretty ...
Top 10 Places to Visit in Latvia
Latvia may be small, but it offers something for every type of traveler, whether you want to visit historic cities, beautiful beaches, lush national parks, or an international art and food scene. Latvia is one of Europe's more affordable travel desti...
Guam: America's Tropical Secret in the Pacific — Who Lives There, What's Going On, and Why You Should Visit
Quick quiz: What is 30 miles long, sits in the western Pacific Ocean, has stunning tropical beaches, World War II history everywhere you look, a unique indigenous culture, and belongs to the United States? If you said Guam, congratulations — y...
Mauritius: The Island That Does Everything Quietly and Brilliantly
You already have an image of Mauritius in your head: pristine beaches, turquoise lagoon, luxury resorts. That image is accurate. What most people miss is everything else — the volcanic interior, the deep cultural hybridity, the food, the history,...
Antigua and Barbuda: What Is Actually There (And Why It's Worth Going)
Antigua and Barbuda is a two-island nation in the Eastern Caribbean, sitting between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. It's small — Antigua is about 108 square miles, Barbuda about 62 — but within that size it packs more variety than many...
Delaware: The First State, the Best-Kept Secret, and Why You Should Finally Visit
Delaware is the second smallest state in America by area and one of the most overlooked. Sandwiched between Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, with a narrow sliver of Atlantic coastline, it tends to get bypassed by travelers heading to bigger, l...
The Dominican Republic for American Tourists: What Nobody Tells You Before You Go
More Americans visit the Dominican Republic than any other Caribbean island — millions per year, most of them landing at Punta Cana International Airport, getting on a shuttle, and spending their entire trip inside a Barceló or Hard Rock all-inclusiv...
LGBT Spaces and Events Beyond Gay Bars in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico's LGBT community is one of the most visible, organised, and culturally embedded in the Caribbean and Latin America. Beyond the bar and club scene, the island has queer-affirming spaces, organisations, events, and a cultural fabric that ma...
Is the Ocean Dangerous in Puerto Rico? What Swimmers Need to Know
The short answer: it depends entirely on which coast and which beach you're on. Puerto Rico's geography creates dramatically different ocean conditions on its various coasts, and the island has a meaningful number of drowning incidents every year — m...
Uruguay Vacation Guide: Montevideo, Punta del Este, and the Quiet Coast
Uruguay is the quiet achiever of South America. No dramatic Andes backdrops. No Amazonian wilderness. No baroque colonial epicentres. What Uruguay has is a genuinely functional democracy, beaches that rival the best on the continent, a food culture b...
Fiji Vacation Guide: Paradise Islands, Resorts, and What to Know Before You Go
Fiji is the kind of place that looks photoshopped until you arrive and realize it's actually real. With 333 islands scattered across the South Pacific, Fiji offers everything from luxury overwater bungalows to backpacker beach villages — all wrapped ...
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