Stories

Ways through the atlas.

Not every visit starts with a name. Some start with a kind of place.

Journeys · 109 places

Roads worth remembering

Beartooth, Stelvio, Skyline Drive. The drives people describe for the rest of their lives, painted from the pull-outs where they stopped.

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Public lands · 855 places

America's national parks

Every park in the system, and the state parks that deserve to be. Start with the one you camped in as a kid.

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Water · 273 places

The coast, in every season

Coves, capes, harbours, and the beaches that empty out in January. Salt in the air on a tile.

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Our backyard · 9 places

Great Smoky Mountains

Cades Cove in fog, Laurel Falls in April, Roaring Fork under leaves. The park an hour from our studio.

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Europe · 219 places

Italian villages

Manarola, Burano, Portofino, Bormio. The towns that make people move.

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Coasts · 77 places

Lighthouses at the edge of the world

From Ponce Inlet to Pointe Saint-Mathieu. Towers built so that someone would make it home.

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Water · 146 places

Where the water falls

Multnomah, Torc, McWay. Places you hear before you see.

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Europe · 81 places

Old towns and harbours

Piazzas, quays, and hilltop streets that have not changed their minds in five hundred years.

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