Missouri

35 members Latest Activity: Aug 23, 2021 The birthplace of Mark Twain and Harry Truman offers nature (especially in the Ozarks); frontier, Civil War, and other history; country music…

Voluntourism/Volunteer Vacations

85 members Latest Activity: Nov 5, 2021

Add extra meaning to your holiday by helping the communities you visit. There are plenty of volunteer travel outfits out there that can set it up.…

Travel Reads

86 members Latest Activity: Oct 13, 2021

Books and apps to travel with and because of. What's helpful, hot, or simply cool in print out there these days?' Weigh in on our comment wall and…

Latvia

23 members Latest Activity: Sep 2, 2021 The middle one of the three Baltic republics, it's got a historic but swinging capital, Riga, along with lots more history, beaches, and nature than…

Arkansas

22 members Latest Activity: Jul 31, 2021 It's dubbed "The Natural State" for a reason: the gorgeous nature in places like the Ozarks. Also of note: music festivals, Ozark folk traditions,…

New York City

124 members Latest Activity: Sep 27, 2021

Keep spreadin' the news: the Big Apple is in a class of its own -- one of the most exciting cities on the planet, and with enough variety &…

French Polynesia/Tahiti

38 members Latest Activity: Sep 22, 2021

French culture meets the South Pacific -- quel délice tropical!

Biking/Mountain Biking

89 members Latest Activity: Aug 13, 2021 There's no better way to see some parts of the world than two-wheeling it, on- or off-road.

Morocco

64 members Latest Activity: Aug 25, 2021 Marhaba! Exotic yet not intimidating, this North African kingdom just knocks our socks off with its ancient, labyrinthine "imperial cities"; its…

Antarctica

34 members Latest Activity: Nov 14, 2021 The "final frontier" of travel on Earth, this majestic frozen continent isn't easy or inexpensive to get to. But many of those who have count it a…

Norway

47 members Latest Activity: Sep 25, 2021 Pining for the fjords? Us, too -- but there's a lot of other stuff about the land of the Vikings that floats our longboat. Besides dramatic scenery,…

Bus/Coach Travel

27 members Latest Activity: Oct 21, 2021

Whether for regular long-distance bus service, organized coach tours, or local sightseeing tours, of all forms of transportation these big boxes…

Delaware

25 members Latest Activity: Sep 16, 2021 Known to many only during the hour or so it takes to pass through on I-95, this teeny, historic state has lovely country and towns (especially down…

Senegal

23 members Latest Activity: Sep 5, 2021

A peaceful, French- and Wolof-speaking Muslim country in West Africa, outside capital Dakar are great beaches, nature, village culture and of…

Zimbabwe

22 members Latest Activity: Aug 17, 2021

Though politically/economically still a mess, these days Zim's calm; finally rid of the Mugabe dictatroship; and holding its own touristically,…

Mali

20 members Latest Activity: Oct 21, 2021 Though poor and underdeveloped, this West African country offers the adventurous some extraordinary off-the-beaten-track experiences -- cultural,…

Sierra Leone

16 members Latest Activity: Aug 9, 2021

Now safe but notorious for war & "blood diamonds" in the 1990s, this English-speaking West African country has been recovering nicely & is…

Gambia

15 members Latest Activity: Sep 7, 2021

This petite sliver of West Africa snaking into Senegal from the Atlantic has been building a tourism based on nature (e.g. fab birding),…

Ghana

33 members Latest Activity: Nov 4, 2021 One of West Africa's most prominent countries, it's friendly, safe, and culturally fascinating.

Ethiopia

37 members Latest Activity: Sep 27, 2021 ኖር! One of Africa's most historic and intriguing countries also has one of its most compelling cuisines. And budget travel? There's hardly any other…