Blog
Field notes and behind-the-scenes.
Shorter posts from the editorial desk. New material every couple of weeks.
Field notes
Notes from a rainy week in Assynt
Two contributors and a photographer spent seven days in northwest Scotland. Not one of them stayed dry.
Behind the scenes
How we choose which places to write about
The editorial process, from a note in a notebook to a published article, usually takes seven months.
Photography
On not photographing people's windows
A short essay on our unwritten rules for photographing residential neighborhoods.
Travel stories
A quiet week on the Hel peninsula
Three days on the train, one on a fishing boat, and a lot of smoked flounder.
Field notes
The bakery route: seven villages, one week
Notes and photographs from a slow driving loop through Beira Alta in central Portugal.
Editorial
Why we don't cover the Cliffs of Moher
A long answer to a question we get asked a lot: what makes a place too popular for us to write about?