https://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/travel/RSS feed for TravelenTue, 05 Dec 2023 13:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/the-ten-best-books-about-travel-of-2023-180983361/Take a trip without leaving home with these adventurous reads from this yearTue, 05 Dec 2023 13:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/these-15-photos-capture-the-beauty-of-the-northern-lights-180983291/Spiking solar activity could mean more chances to see the awesome aurora borealisFri, 01 Dec 2023 15:07:50 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/hoyma-is-bringing-music-home-in-the-faroe-islands-180983292/For one fall night, it is tradition for a handful of houses in Sydrugota, on the island of Eysturoy, to open their doors and host intimate concertsWed, 22 Nov 2023 18:29:38 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/how-stone-walls-became-a-signature-landform-of-new-england-180983250/Originally built as barriers between fields and farms, the region’s abandoned farmstead walls have since become the binding threads of its cultural fabricTue, 14 Nov 2023 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/this-california-museum-is-home-to-hundreds-of-natures-scents-180983171/Perfumer Mandy Aftel's spellbinding collection of rare essences and artifacts is on display at the Aftel Archive of Curious Scents in BerkeleyWed, 01 Nov 2023 17:08:11 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/groundhogs-are-old-news-in-this-tiny-town-caterpillars-predict-the-weather-180983146/Thousands of people flocked to Banner Elk, North Carolina, this year to watch the nation’s biggest woolly worm caterpillar raceFri, 27 Oct 2023 15:49:03 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/these-beautiful-barns-tell-the-story-of-our-nation-180983110/In 1935, the nation was home to 6.8 million farms, and most had at least one barn. By 2007, only about 650,000 of these structures remained.Fri, 20 Oct 2023 15:37:06 +0000