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Barcelona’s modern landmark where sea and skyline meet.
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  • Spain

Why Barcelona Keeps Rising on the World’s Happiness Rankings

Happiness is hard to measure, but to me, it looks like a late-spring afternoon in Barcelona. The kind where light spills golden across the tiled rooftops of a hillside neighborhood.…
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Relojes Centenario in Zacatlán de las Manzanas, Mexico.
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  • Mexico

Keeping Time in Zacatlán de las Manzanas

Nestled in the Sierra Norte mountains of Puebla, Mexico, Zacatlán de las Manzanas is a small Mexican town that often flies under the radar. However, for visitors exploring the state…
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Auckland’s peace begins with the landscape.
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Falling for Love and Life in Auckland

Auckland was recently named the world’s happiest city—and for good reason. With its strong public infrastructure, natural beauty, low crime rates, and deeply human pace of life, it offers more…
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Best art scenes around the World
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The Coolest Art Scenes Around the World

Art, like travel, has the power to transcend boundaries, reflecting the unique cultural, historical, and social narratives of its environment. Around the globe, certain cities have emerged of late as…
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In Loma Linda California wellness begins with belief—and becomes habit.
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Loma Linda, The Blueprint of a Long Life

In the hills east of Los Angeles lies a quiet anomaly in the American health landscape. Loma Linda California—a modest city of approximately 24,000 residents in San Bernardino County—is the…
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South Ossetia
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The Curious Case of South Ossetia

Editors Note: There is some disagreement over the name of the region examined in this article. The use of the names South Ossetia and Tskhinvali are the subject of debate…
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Sardinian Chronicles - Life in Sardinia unfolds in stillness, season, and sun.
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A Sardinian Chronicle

They say time doesn’t exist in Sardinia. Or at least, not in the way it does elsewhere—racing past you with the sound of horns, ticking clocks, and unread emails. I…
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An Bang beach on a typically perfect afternoon.
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An Expat’s Guide to An Bang Beach

Many readers may know that the city of Hoi An, in Central Vietnam, is home to the UNESCO World Heritage Ancient Town, one of the best-preserved trading ports in Southeast…
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Palm trees sway under a blue summer sky on Costa Rica’s Nicoya Peninsula.
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Costa Rica, the Largest Blue Zone

The Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica, with its rolling hills, verdant green farmlands, and breathtaking Pacific Ocean, has changed my outlook on life. Its beauty was one of the main…
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The place I was once too afraid to enter became the one I never wanted to leave.
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I Didn’t Mean to End Up in Morocco

I was 18 when I got my first job—I was going to be a professional cowgirl and live in a trailer park with a 75-year-old retiree named Jerry in The-Middle-of-Nowhere,…
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