For the past 30 years, Ra Paulette has been digging in the desert. Unknown to the world until 2014, when the short documentary CaveDigger was nominated for an Oscar, Paulette has been single-handedly digging ornate, mesmeric, cathedral-like spaces into the Ojo Caliente sandstone of western New Mexico.   To date, 65-year-old ... More

Naturalist John Muir once described California’s High Sierras as the most beautiful landscape he had ever seen. On a recent driving tour of Sequoia, Kings Canyon and Yosemite National Parks, I had the chance to explore this area during the off-season, when most of the parks’ combined six million annual ... More

Say you were the whimsical sort, and say you were to walk into the lobby of the Château Monfort in downtown Milan, there’s a very good chance that you just might be submerged in a fantasy of Hans Christian Andersen proportions. They don’t call the hotel an “urban castle” for nothing. Home ... More

I’m not one to pursue the familiar when I travel. What would be the point of that? But an evening at the The Savoy, A Fairmont Managed Hotel's American Bar turned out to be surprisingly closer to home than I imagined while scratching the itch for an only-in-London experience. The name ... More

It’s time to abandon every preconceived idea about the “mancation.” Forget the stereotypically raucous bachelor parties, uninspired golfing getaways and old-fogey fishing trips. Instead, why not consider a carefully curated escape—one that requires a little more forethought, and a bit more creativity? From traversing Kentucky’s bourbon trail to speeding in ... More

Chefs Michael Lombardi and Kevin O’Donnell opened SRV, or Serene Republic of Venice, earlier this year as an homage to the Italian city. The upscale eatery, located in Boston’s historic South End, is the city’s first Venetian-style bacaro and wine bar. It’s also the first Boston restaurant to mill ... More

The drive from Tromsø to Olderdalen, in a U-shaped valley in northern Norway’s Lyngen Alps, is long, winding and not a little disconcerting, especially given the only rental car available to us is a Yeti, a misleadingly rugged name for a tiny, tinny vehicle not entirely up to the task ... More

Pre-pitched canvas tents stocked with lush linens are so last year. The latest in “glamping”—a portmanteau used to describe camping in its most glamorous form—is decidedly more luxurious, thanks to the advent of prefab portable cabins. These miniature pop-up abodes are delivered directly to your own little corner of the ... More

Motorhomes have a bad reputation for being tacky vacation vehicles for retirees in bucket hats, but these super high-end motorcoaches disprove that theory with their marble floors, Jacuzzis, roof decks and Swarovski crystal ceilings. Suddenly, a monthlong road trip doesn’t sound so bad after all.  2017 Foretravel Motorcoach ... More

U.K.-based luxury travel agency Black Tomato has been planning elaborate vacations and honeymoons since 2005, but recently they decided to enter a new market: engagements. After receiving a plethora of requests to orchestrate extravagant proposals, Black Tomato launched a service specifically dedicated to popping the question. Tom Marchant, the ... More