1. Acadia National Park, Maine Don’t you feel like you could just dive right in?   2. Annapolis, Maryland   3. Atlanta, Georgia   4. Bayard, Nebraska   5. Block Island, Rhode Island Blue skies, puffy clouds, sea breezes… Yes, I will take some of that.   6. Cambridge, Massachusetts July 4th is coming!   7. Carroll, Arkansas   8. Chicago, Illinois Music […]

There’s not many things in nature as beautiful as a sunset. The right setting with the right people can make this daily occurrence an unforgettable moment. Depending on the weather, place, and time, some sunsets happen to be more gorgeous than others (in our opinion anyway!) Here are 25 of the best sunsets in the […]

New York-based photographer Lori Nix and her artistic partner Kathleen Gerber build their own post-apocalyptic world for an incredibly realistic photo series called The City. The photographer’s lifelong fascination with the end of the world is brought to life through dioramas. Each scene is a depiction of an ordinary setting that has been demolished and reclaimed by Mother […]

1. New York, 1957 2. Canada, 2011 3. New Mexico, 1939 4. California, 1965 5. Mexico, date uncertain 6. Ecuador, 2008 7. Antarctica, 2012 8. Arizona, 2005 9. East Germany, 1973 10. South Africa, 1995 11. India, 1948 12. Iraq, 1984 13. Lebanon, 1957 14. India, 1976 15. Sri Lanka, 1995 16. Hong Kong, 1931 17. Australia, 1977 18. Papua New Guinea, 2000

The 11th annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest has just announced its 60 finalists. With over 50,000 entries submitted by photographers from over 132 countries, they’re the best of the best that have been split into 6 main categories: Natural World, Travel, People, Americana, Altered Images, and Mobile. Check out some of our favorites, below. (All […]

I recently got the great opportunity to interview one of my all-time favorite travel bloggers, Gary Arndt, who I wish I could go see speaking at Blog World this January in Las Vegas (oh college *sighs*). In our interview about America’s best National Parks, we mentioned his American National Parks Project. It really inspired me to announce […]