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Travel Writing

Montezuma, Kansas

Stauth Memorial Museum

A museum celebrating a couple who loved to travel the world and to bring its treasures back to Montezuma, Kansas.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (left), Aéropostale pilot and author of <em>The Little Prince</em>, stands in front of a plane in 1929.

The Daring Desert Pilots That Inspired ‘The Little Prince’

And the modern pilots retracing their pioneering airmail flights.

Cat Rainsford July 12, 2023

William Dampier aboard the <em>HMS Roebuck</em> surveys the New Guinea coast.

The Pirate Who Penned the First English-Language Guacamole Recipe

William Dampier's food-writing firsts included the use of the words "barbecue" and "chopsticks."

Luke Fater July 26, 2019

Farmers still use the same techniques developed 2,000 years ago.

ancient technology

The Egyptian Egg Ovens Considered More Wondrous Than the Pyramids

A hatching system devised 2,000 years ago is still in use in rural Egypt.

Vittoria Traverso March 29, 2019

Hemingway eventually did make it to Europe; here he is in Paris, in 1924.

Found: The Earliest Known Work of Fiction by Ernest Hemingway

Two researchers discovered a story written by the author when he was just 10 years old.

Sarah Laskow October 2, 2017

Centro Habana heading towards the Barrio Chino, home of the old Shanghai Theatre.

Exploring Cuba, Guided by Graham Greene

'Our Man in Havana' was published at the end of 1958, and much of the city it describes remains intact.

Luke Spencer February 20, 2017

31 days of halloween

Traveling Through Transylvania With 'Dracula' as a Guide

Is it possible to use Bram Stoker's 1897 novel to explore Romania?

Luke Spencer October 13, 2016

The World’s First Travel Writer Was a Guy From Ancient Greece

You can thank second-century geographer and writer Pausanias for travel literature.

Lauren Young August 31, 2016

Tall Travel Tales from 17th-Century Mexico, Mapped

Giovanni Careri traveled far and wide, or so he said.

Tao Tao Holmes June 13, 2016

An illustration from the too-rude tourist guide.

Read a Japanese Region's New Anti-Flatulence Brochure for Tourists

The booklet, now available in English, counsels tourists on how to "understand the Japanese mind" by refraining from screaming and farting.

Cara Giaimo April 28, 2016

1880s Party Starters Had Their Own Version of Cards Against Humanity

Sarah Laskow February 10, 2016

objects of intrigue

Object of Intrigue: a Jim Crow Era Guide for Black Travelers

Urvija Banerji February 9, 2016

Passports Were Once Considered Offensive—Perhaps They Still Are

Tao Tao Holmes December 9, 2015

The Delights and Perils of Navigating New York City With a Guidebook From 1899

Luke Spencer November 19, 2015

The Government-Funded Tourist Guide Written by Poets and Pulitzer Winners

Atlas Obscura November 6, 2015

Marianne North in Mrs Cameron's house in Ceylon, c. 1877

The Victorian Gentlewoman Who Documented 900 Plant Species

Ailsa Ross April 22, 2015