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Geography
Alaska Has More Coastline Than the Rest of the U.S. Combined
Why Alaska’s 47,000-Mile Coastline Makes It Feel Like an Island Universe—And Why That’s Worth Remembering I first heard the fact...
SeasonalNature
Tourists Can Be Fined in France for Lighting Up Outdoors
Why Smoking at the Beach or Bus Stop in France Could Cost You €135 This Summer I still remember the...
Travel Stories
Praying Beneath a Hidden Salt Mountain
How Colombia’s Salt Cathedral Was Carved 600 Feet Underground—and Feels Like Faith and Stone in One Imagine walking into a...
Nature
The Desert That Forgot How to Rain
How Chile’s Atacama Desert Went Centuries Without Rain—And Still Managed to Bloom With Life There’s a place on Earth where...
Nature
The River That Literally Boils
Deep in the Peruvian Amazon, One Mysterious River Reaches 200 °F—And the People Who Live Beside It Say It’s Alive...
Cultural Sites
The Town That Lives Without Wi‑Fi … And Loves It
How Green Bank, West Virginia Thrives in America’s Radio Quiet Zone—Living Where Cell Phones and Microwaves Are Mostly Banned There’s...
Nature
This Desert Hasn’t Seen Rain for Centuries
How People Survive in the Driest Place on Earth — Inside Chile’s Atacama Desert, Where Some Areas Went Without Rain...
