Vogue

When it comes to a weekend getaway, you can’t go wrong with a coastal town—especially one with as much beauty, history, and authenticity as Mystic, Connecticut.

The New York Times

Hiking and kayaking in the daytime? Fun and invigorating. But under a full moon, those activities can be transcendent. Gazing at blue skies is pleasant — but rather ordinary. Looking up at the night sky, on the other hand, feels as though deep mysteries may be revealed.

Vogue

Mashed with a muffin. Bedazzled with rainbow sprinkles. Shrunk to $50 boxes of petite céréale. And now, flattened, and adorned with all manner of outrageous toppings. Who knew the croissant was such a reinventionist?

The New York Times

From cooking with a Michelin-star chef to taking a chauffeured shopping spree in Singapore, hotels and resorts are offering ever-more-lavish activities for guests.

BBC Travel

Engaging with nature on vacation can not only you make feel more rested and restored, it can also enhance wellbeing when you're back home.

The New York Times

Though the academic scene continues to imbue this coastal Connecticut city with a certain gravitas, surrounding neighborhoods are showing off their own cultural capital in the realms of art, food, music and more.

The New York Times

Volcanic São Miguel, one of the nine islands in this Portuguese archipelago in the Mid-Atlantic, offers landscapes and experiences that are at once wild and serene.

The New York Times

Lodgings in this bucolic region north of New York City are targeting a new generation of visitors with organized “experiences,” nostalgic style elements and serious cocktails.

BBC Travel

From Dutch outpost to urban playground, Governors Island has had many lives. Now, it's pioneering a zero-waste concept that could show other cities how to develop more sustainably.

The New York Times

Foie gras Popsicles? 81-layer croissants? A new wave of restaurants in the state’s maritime southeast brings more to the menu than lobster rolls and pizza.

Vogue

I’m sitting in the sun-filled restaurant of Hotel Marcel in New Haven, Connecticut, marveling at what’s before me. Not the imposing Marcel Breuer-designed brutalist structure itself.

Travel + Leisure

Skip the overbooked destinations and spend some long, lazy days at these overlooked towns along New England's diverse coast.

National Geographic

“Hey, girls,” John Farrugia says, opening the door to a fenced-in run where about 50 hens cluck, coo, and strut. He reaches in and picks up a fluffy brown chicken, cradling her in his arm. “This is a red cross,” he says, pointing to the red comb and wattles on the bird’s head. “She’s a real sweetheart.”

The New York Times

I’ve always been one of those girls. A die-hard Francophile. An American helpless in the face of Parisian charms and pleasures. A New Yorker who could never seem to shake the City of Light.

✈ A New York Times Top 10 Travel Story of the Year

Travel + Leisure

It's not just institutions like The Met, shows like Art Basel, and fairs like Frieze that are worth visiting. All over the U.S., there's plenty of inspiring, renowned, and renegade art to be seen.

National Geographic

No monument is perfect, but historians say these six U.S. memorials rise above the others.

The New York Times

Sure you can have a tango-filled, steak-fueled weekend in Buenos Aires. But Argentina’s capital and largest city also has a much more contemporary side that has been emerging from its traditional roots and European influences for years now.

The New York Times

Chocolate — like fashion, wine and finance — has become a complex cultural phenomenon. There is basic chocolate for the masses, artisanal chocolate for purists and avant-garde creations for connoisseurs.

Daily News

As we pass around reading lists and take (small) comfort in the fact that one perk of being a shut-in is having time to crack open a few books, let us remember: bookstores need us.

The New York Times

The French have elevated many things to high art: fashion, flirting, foie gras. Chocolate is no exception. With boutiques that display truffles as rapturously as diamonds, the experience of visiting a Parisian chocolatier can be sublime.

✈ A New York Times Top 10 Travel Story of the Year