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Rick Steves' Europe: Rick Steves Tosses a Coin Into the Trevi Fountain Every Year and Swears It Works

September 23, 2026

Rick Steves has lost entire tour groups inside St. Peter's Basilica, a 600-foot-long basilica where

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Malini Angelica: Malta Is the Mediterranean's Most Underrated Country and This Journey Proves It

September 22, 2026

Malta packs thousands of years of Phoenician, Arab, Norman, and British history into a small

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Malini Angelica: Belize Has Rainforests, Mayan Pyramids, and the Best Fried Chicken Malini Angelica Has Ever Eaten

September 21, 2026

From a hand-cranked ferry to a 130-foot Maya pyramid to the best fried chicken of

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Peter Buka: Pianist Plays Despacito at Nizza Airport and Stops the Terminal Cold

September 20, 2026

Peter Buka sat down at the public piano in Nizza Airport and played Despacito with

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Peter Buka: A Pianist Played 'Fix You' at a Busy Airport and the Terminal Went Silent

September 20, 2026

Between a Frankfurt boarding call and a Milan departure announcement, pianist Peter Buka played 'Fix

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Kara and Nate: Inside Transnistria: The School Bus That Rolled Into a Country That Technically Doesn't Exist

September 19, 2026

A retired Colorado school bus carrying nine Americans rolled past a Russian tank into Transnistria,

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Drew Binsky: Drew Binsky Got Stung by a Jellyfish on the World's Narrowest Island and the Locals Saved Him

September 19, 2026

Bilang-Bilangan is a strip of sand in the Philippines so narrow you can see both

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Sandtastic Travels: Crystal Mountain's Silver King Backcountry Run Is Not for the Faint of Heart

September 18, 2026

Reaching Silver King at Crystal Mountain means hiking above the resort boundary before dropping into

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Malini Angelica: Trinidad and Tobago Is the Caribbean's Best-Kept Secret and the Locals Prove It

September 16, 2026

A taxi driver named Warren offers a dawn drive to a colonial fort above Port

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Dan Martell: Dan Martell's 7-Pillar System for Never Ending Up Rich but Miserable

September 16, 2026

Dan Martell exited three companies and still felt empty, so he flew to Peru, spent

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Lucas T. Jahn: 7 Weeks, 6,000 Kilometers: One Road Trip Through All of Wild Scotland

September 16, 2026

Lucas T. Jahn spent seven weeks driving 6,000 kilometers across Scotland, from the Mull of

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Lucas T. Jahn: Lucas T. Jahn Drives 4,000 km Around Ireland and Finds a Country That Tries to Blow You Off Every Mountain

September 15, 2026

Lucas T. Jahn spent four weeks driving 4,000 km around Ireland, from a sixth-century monastic

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