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Grand Voyager: Bodrum Has Ancient Castles, a Million Olive Trees, and a 4th-Century Love Story Temple

September 5, 2026

Inside Bodrum's crusader castle, five European nations each built their own tower, and the shipwrecks

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: GoPro Finally Lets You Swap Lenses and Filmmakers Are Already Losing Their Minds

September 4, 2026

GoPro's new interchangeable lens system lets filmmakers attach anamorphic glass and cinema zooms to a

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Y Combinator: Hart Aerospace Just Flew the World's Largest Electric Airplane on $5 of Electricity

September 4, 2026

Heart Aerospace flew the world's largest electric airplane from Plattsburgh, New York, on $5 of

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Island Hopper TV: The Best Things To Do in Singapore in 2026, According to Someone Who's Been Going for Over a Decade

September 4, 2026

Island Hopper TV's presenter, who has been returning to Singapore for over ten years, runs

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September 4, 2026

Drew Binsky has visited all 197 countries and made over 1,200 documentaries since 2012. His

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just lanchen: Inside Wasteland, the Post-Apocalyptic City Built from Scratch in the Mojave Desert

September 4, 2026

Deep in the Mojave Desert, a fully built post-apocalyptic city runs on bottle caps, barter,

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just lanchen: Vietnam's Bana Hills Is the Medieval Fantasy Theme Park You Never Knew Existed

September 3, 2026

Bana Hills in Vietnam sits 1,500 meters above sea level and is reached by the

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Drew Binsky: Inside Gambell, Alaska: America's Most Remote Town, 30 Miles From Russia

September 3, 2026

Gambell, Alaska sits 30 miles from the Russian coast, home to 700 Yupik people who

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Malini Angelica: Tuscany Beyond the Postcards: Pisa, Volterra, and the Towns That Stop You Cold

September 2, 2026

From Pisa's Field of Miracles to a Volterra alabaster workshop where a sculptor named Gabrio

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Kara and Nate: Nine People, One Retired School Bus, and a 5,000-Mile Drive from Prague to Kazakhstan

August 31, 2026

Kara and Nate bought a retired government school bus, shipped it from Colorado to Europe,

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Joe Fazer: Joe Fazer Survived 4 Days Alone in the Amazon With a Machete, a Fishing Line, and Almost No Sleep

August 31, 2026

Joe Fazer spent 72 hours alone in the Amazon rainforest with a machete, a flint

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Shelby Church: She Bought a 4,000-Square-Foot House in Sicily for €27,000. Here's What That Actually Gets You

August 30, 2026

Shelby Church spent four days in Musameli, Sicily, tracking what it actually costs to buy

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