World Footprints

New Windsor, Maryland, may not be a trendy tourist destination. But that’s the entire point for travelers like me who seek solace and quiet connection. As with most historic towns, I often find an enclave that exudes that feeling. You know the one – where your shoulders drop, and your jaw finally unclenches as your breath deepens. The one where you quite literally fe...

The 24th annual Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival returns to Oak Bluffs August 7–15 with an early look at Children of Blood and Bone, documentaries, independent films, athlete stories and conversations that reach far beyond the screen.

Last year, I described the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival (MVAAFF) as a

If walls could talk, some very famous voices would be echoing throughout the Newberry Opera House, where legendary entertainers like Tex Ritter, Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson, Wynonna Judd, and Jefferson Airplane performed. Their signatures are still on display in the Green Room and on the elevator panel, along with the names of thousands of other performers who once took the s...

When I told friends I was leaving San Francisco to travel across the world to photograph a gigantic rock in the center of the Australian desert, their reactions ranged from “Why?” to “Wow, that must be some sort of spiritual place!”

Both responses made sense. From the outside, the idea of journeying thousands of miles to stand before a solitary sandstone monolith seems...

Barberville Pioneer Settlement feels like stepping straight into Florida’s frontier days. On my most recent visit, Associate Director Gudrun Benson walked me through the village’s history. Today it incl...