By Everett Potter for the May issue of National Geographic Traveler magazine -- One hundred years after trying to rescue passengers on the Titanic, Halifax remembers the disaster. The Nova Scotian capital has a bevy of the ship’s artifacts, as well as a bounty of local seafood and a strong seafari[...]
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Day 1: The Big Yellow Border
My list of things to do today is massive. I'm about to take off from D.C. on a 4,000-mile road trip across America in search of good will. But all I’m worried about is what to wear. Call it shallow, superficial, silly – but it’s the truth. See, I’ve been called to The Office of The[...]
NOLA Jazz Fest: A Healthy Addiction
By Monica C. Corcoran, senior photo editor at NationalGeographic.com I knew I had a problem when a coworker asked how long I’d been going to Jazz Fest and I couldn’t remember if it was 17 … or was it 18 years? It’s my annual pilgrimage to the promised land of lip-smacking food and hip-sh[...]
#FriFotos: Flower Power
#FriFotos is a weekly themed Twitter chat founded by @EpsteinTravels where travelers share their favorite pics. Want to see one of your photos featured on our website or on the Intelligent Travel blog? Make it happen by uploading your favorite travel pics (don’t forget to add a caption!) to ng[...]
On Your Mark, Get Set, GOOD!
We're sending one of our most popular bloggers out on the classic American road trip to uncover uncommon stories of everyday people who are bringing change to their own communities. Aric S. Queen = The Good Traveler, and the adventure begins on Monday, May 7th. Follow Aric's journey on Intelligent T[...]
My Cuba, Then and Now
By Juan José Valdés, The Geographer at National Geographic, and the Director of Editorial and Research at National Geographic Maps. Some of the world’s most historic and picturesque cities are instantly identified by their nicknames — The Big Easy, The City of Light, The Windy City, to[...]
Your #ParkPic Photos!
National Park Week just ended and to play into this year’s parks week theme, “Picture Yourself in a National Park,” we asked our readers to tag photos they took at any park around the U.S. Here are 15 of our favorite submissions from Twitter and Instagram. Photograph by @random_man[...]
Joshua Tree, Retrofied
By Monica Corcoran, senior photo editor at NationalGeographic.com. It’s funny how your mind can change after you’ve tried something for the first time. I was convinced that Hipstamatic – an iPhone app that let’s you apply film, lens, and flash settings to your pics to achieve a retro lo[...]
#FriFotos: Pool Party!
This week's #FriFotos theme is POOLS, so while we could have gone with a photo of the man-made warm-weather variety, we thought we'd take the natural route instead. We chose this stunning image of the mineral-rich Champagne Pool in the Wai-O-Tapu (Māori for “Sacred Waters”) geothermal park near[...]