Warning: these images may incite wanderlust. Antarctica is a land of extremes. This southernmost continent is home to the world’s coldest temperatures, windiest conditions, highest landmass, and largest desert, yet even those extreme factors can’t compete with the extreme beauty that can only be found within this amazing destination….
Ultimate Expedition UNLIKE THE ROOM FULL of eager voyagers surrounding me, waiting to board a ship destined for the seventh continent, I had never once dreamed of stepping foot on Antarctica. As they regaled me with stories of planning the trip in their 40s, making promises to loved ones they…
10 Incredible Tree House Hotels in the U.S. If you’ve ever wanted to take your love of the great outdoors to new heights, get ready to climb up to the canopy and sleep in one of these amazing treehouse hotels. Feats of contemporary engineering, these contemporary treehouse hotels are…
American Woodie: Turning a Diamond Mine into a Humanitarian Gem Kristy Alpert For a man who has spent the last six years running a diamond mine in Sierra Leone, Woodie Butler wears surprisingly few diamonds. Zero, to be exact. The only diamond of value to this Arkansas native is…
Best Food Tours Photo: Eat Mexico cactus farm tour © ANA TELLO / EAT MEXICO By Kristy Alpert ULTIMATELY, GETTING A TASTE for culture and adventure is what travel is all about, and now more than ever, travelers take that concept literally. Many use guidebooks or spend hours scouring local…
Vault: Banking on a Great Experience Kristy Alpert For nearly 40 years, the building at 723 Central Avenue in Hot Springs sat empty, abandoned after its last tenant, Citizens Bank, moved out and shut the ironclad vault one final time. Dating back to 1909, when it opened as the First Federal…
FINDING SANCTUARY IN CAMELBACK MOUNTAIN RESORT + SPA AN AESTHETIC OVERHAUL FOR THE ACCLAIMED WELLNESS LOCATION By Kristy Alpert The sun hasn’t even made its way over the mountains in the distance when a small group begins Thai Chi. Inside, the soothing sound of water flowing through a zen garden…
