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2,723 Likes, 23 Comments - Dive Easy

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There's more to do out there than visit pumpkin patches and pick apples (but those are fun, too).

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No need to hop across the pond to visit sprawling, storied castles—you can get your Downton Abbey fix at these amazing U.S. palaces, from Hawaii to Kentucky.

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How to plan the perfect trip to Point Reyes, California.

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Fish dart across mosaic floors and into the ruined villas, where holidaying Romans once drank, plotted and flirted in the party town of Baiae, now an underwater archaeological park near Naples. Statues which once decorated luxury abodes in this beachside resort are now playgrounds for crabs off the coast of Italy, where divers can explore ruins of palaces and domed bathhouses built for emperors. Rome's nobility were first attracted in the 2nd century BC to the hot springs at Baiae, which sits on the coast within the Campi Flegrei -- a supervolcano known in English as the Phlegraean Fields. Seven emperors, including Augustus and Nero, had villas here, as did Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony. The poet Sextus Propertius described the town as a place of vice, which was "foe to virtuous creatures". Read more https://www.barrons.com/news/diving-among-ancient-ruins-where-romans-used-to-party-01629524407

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9,027 Likes, 57 Comments - GΞNTLΞMᐱN MODΞΓN (@gentlemanmodern) on Instagram: “L’Isola di Loreto, #Italy A tiny wonder on Lake Iseo

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Adventure photographer and veteran van-dweller James Barkman tells it like it is

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My friend April, adventurous sailor and world traveler, had told me of Moonhole not long after we sailed our boats to the Caribbean island of Bequia. The story was one that captured my attention and drew me in instantly. It was a story of an American — Tom Johnston — who dreamed of living a life at one with nature, a life of peacefulness without the trappings of society, without electricity or technology. A story of how that same American, in 1964, founded a community of homes that were built with materials only found on the small island of Bequia — whale bones, rocks, shells, concrete, discarded anchor chains, etc.

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In the 20th century, anthropologists fell over themselves to study the “cargo cult” phenomenon in the South Pacific. But was it really a new religion—or just a Western fantasy? ---- ONE DAY IN 1900 OR 1940, or at some point in between, a man whose name was John Frum—although he might not have been a man, and his name might not have been John Frum—arrived on Tanna island, in an archipelago that was then called the New Hebrides but is now called the Republic of Vanuatu. He came, someone told me, in a plane that could somehow land in the bush without needing an airstrip, but I also heard that he simply walked up from the sea, and that he appeared, mysteriously, in a village one day. His home might be on Tanna’s tallest mountain; or nearby, inside of the island’s active volcano, which shoots lava and smoke into the sky every night; or in my own country, the United States, thousands of miles away. He may have appeared first as a tiger, although Tanna is deep in the South Pacific, where no tigers live. Then again, that may have been only a dream, and the tiger also could also have been only a cat, and John might have appeared first as a black man with a mustache, before finally returning in his final form, that of a white man who could magically speak the native languages of the island. Anyway, he came, and that much almost everybody agrees on.

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Imagine casting off most of your worldly possessions to live on a sailboat you bought on the Internet -- perhaps without even seeing it, or knowing how to tie a knot or hoist the mainsail. These people learned a lot when they gave up terra firma for boat life.

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Famous tales of swashbuckling pirates traditionally take place far out on the open seas. We hear of nomadic villains like Blackbeard and Calico Jack ...

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Plan a blow-out weekend with the bros at these Brutalist and mid-century masterpieces by Ricardo Bofill, Frank Lloyd Wright, and more iconic architects.

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For our November/December 2019 issue, AFAR editors journeyed to every continent and returned with tales of waterfalls in the jungle, helicopter flights in the mountains, and martinis in the bar car of the world’s most famous train. Read on to be inspired for your next adventure.

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Built 14 years ago, this whimsical jungle compound remains a benchmark for sustainable construction, transforming light-on-the-land living—a wastewater garden, a vegetation-filtered pool—into an effortless communion with nature. One of the family's latest wonders is the bamboo Aura house (shown) in the Green Village. Designed by architecture and design collective Ibuku, founded by John's daughter Elora, it is available to rent through BoutiqueHomes (from $245 per night). More https://www.trunqd.com/post/56009

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The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) has announced a cross-country, multi-use trail that will run across 12 states and Washington D.C., known as The Great American Rail Trail.

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From Thailand to India, Cambodia to New Zealand, we've hand-picked a few of the most epic hotel arrival experiences across the Asia-Pacific region for a first impression you'll remember forever.

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Two young women set off on an incredible journey in 1916 -- sisters Augusta and Adeline Van Buren began the first successful transcontinental motorcycle tour across the U.S. by two women on solo motorcycles. They rode 5,500 miles in 60 days often over unpaved roads while traveling from NYC to Tijuana, Mexico. The imminent entrance of the U.S. into WWI inspired the sisters' feat as they sought to prove that women could ride as well as men and were capable of serving as military dispatch riders. The women dressed in military-style leggings and leather riding breeches which were taboo at that time for women and, as a result, they were arrested several times along the way for wearing men's clothing. Yet, these two inspirational trailblazers were undaunted. As Augusta famously once stated, “Woman can if she will.” Following their historic journey, both women continued to be trailblazers -- Adeline went on to earn a law degree at New York University while Augusta became a pilot and joined Amelia Earhart's international women's flying organization the Ninety-Nines. Augusta also became active in the women's rights movement fighting to win women the right to vote. For an excellent book about more adventurous real-life women, we highly recommend "A World Of Her Own: 24 Amazing Women Explorers and Adventurers" for ages 12 and up at https://www.amightygirl.com/a-world-of-her-own For more true stories of women adventurers for children and teens, visit our “Explorers & Adventurers” biography section at https://amgrl.co/2u7QBeZ For fictional stories starring adventurous girls and women, visit our “Action & Adventure” section at https://www.amightygirl.com/books/fiction/action-adventure

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The essential travel guide to Cuba, including food, travel, culture, and what you'll need for your trip.

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Photographer Todd Antony spent time with Dekotora enthusiasts, a creative community of truckers who are obsessed with decorating trucks.

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1,493 Likes, 30 Comments - jamie green (@oh.so.mellow) on Instagram: “Feeling pretty luck that I get to travel the globe with this one @lisadanielle__ ❣️ hope we have…”

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We're all for trips to quaint small towns, but there's only so much leaf-peeping and antiquing you can do. America's small cities offer t...

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The landing strip on the Caribbean island of Saba, known as the world's shortest commercial runway, is only 400m long, with cliffs plunging down to the ocean...

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Planning out your 2020 travels? Here are hotel suggestions perfect for a spring, summer, autumn or winter trip

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In his upcoming book ‘Neon Road Trip,’ photographer John Barnes captures a luminous part of advertising history

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Since the birth of the USA on July 4, 1776 with the Declaration of Independence, the country has been at war for 93% of its existence. It all started with the American War of Independence from 1775 to 1783. Now, to most Americans that conflict was more than necessary. Had it not taken place it is doubtful that King George III of Great Britain and his Parliament would have simply waved goodbye to the Thirteen Colonies and wished them well for the future.

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From salsa, to tobacco plantations to diving on the coast of Cuba, here are 20 things you shouldn't miss in this exciting island country.

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25th September 2017 The wind shrieks, its fury unmistakable. The rain pounds a tumultuous percussion on silk-thin fabric. Beyond, outside, just...

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The year to come is all about small places, incredible locations—and very few people.

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