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  1. PhotoA temple on Crescent Lake at Mingsha Shan (Echoing Sand Mountain) near the town of Dunhuang in Gansu, China. Dunhuang was an important strategic base along the ancient Silk Road, near the entrance to the Hexi Corridor.
    CreditZhang Xiao

    A Poetic Journey Through Western China

    For years, Silk Road travelers made the grueling trek past towering mountain ranges and ancient cities now lost to time. Centuries later, one writer attempts to retrace the journey.

    By Anna Sherman

    2. PhotoAn 18th-century map from China purporting to be a copy of one drawn there in 1418, based on the explorer Zheng He’s travels around the globe. While some have claimed that it proves Zheng He arrived in the Americas before Christopher Columbus, scholars have questioned the map’s authenticity.
      CreditUniversal Images Group/Getty Images

      Letter from the Editor

      The Silk Road’s Enduring Romance, and Eternal Influence

      Last May, when our known world was one way, we began planning these stories. By last month, when we were finishing work on this issue, the world was another way.

      By Hanya Yanagihara

  1. PhotoDry stone walls are characteristic of the Hebrides islands, where stones are in natural abundance.
    CreditMitch Epstein

    T’s Most Transporting Travel Stories

    Distance and solitude can make us feel more isolated than ever — but these tales of far-off locales provide something of a distraction.

  2. PhotoRinko Kawauchi’s “Untitled,” from the series “Approaching Whiteness” (2011).
    Credit© Rinko Kawauchi, courtesy of RoseGallery

    Japan in Bloom

    For more than a thousand years, the country’s cherry blossom season has been a source of fascination and wonderment. How did such an infatuation begin?

    By Hanya Yanagihara

  3. PhotoA rocky cliff near the beach of Kalamos, on the southeast side of Milos.
    CreditAsako Narahashi

    Around Milos, Swimming the Aegean Sea

    One writer explores the Greek island, discovering not just volcanic caves or ancient ruins but also a deeper connection to the past.

    By Peter Rock

  5. PhotoFrom left: poi from Waiahole Poi Factory on Oahu; a taro plant at Kealia Farm on Kauai.
    CreditFrom left: Steve Czerniak; Jessica Sample/Gallery Stock

    Where to Eat Hawaii’s Most Sacred Ingredient

    Once a staple of Native Hawaiian cuisine, taro is no longer as easily accessible, but a new wave of chefs is rediscovering its power.

    By Mitchell Kuga

  1. PhotoThe walled garden of the hotel Dar Paru in M’Hamid, with a door that opens into the Sahara.
    CreditRichard Mosse

    In Search of Ancient Morocco

    South of Marrakesh, the Draa Valley still exerts an indefinable pull, retaining traces of its now almost-vanished Berber kingdom.

    By Aatish Taseer

  5. Home & Work

    PhotoAt Casa Fortunato, the sitting room in the master guest suite (Room 1) has a Patricia Urquiola for B&B Italia sofa, Noguchi paper lantern and Malofancon-style coffee table.
    CreditManolo Yllera

    A Hotel So Nice the Owners Moved In

    The family behind Lisbon’s Casa Fortunato lives among — and just above — their guests.

    By Jen Murphy

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  2. For Travel, a Sustainable Comeback?

    From a newly certified Whale Heritage Site to scenic byways for electric cars, five new initiatives suggest the travel industry may be envisioning a more responsible future.

    By Elaine Glusac

  3. Travel Quarantines: Enduring the Mundane, One Day at a Time

    Running a half-marathon in your hotel room. Hearing the sea, but not seeing it. Fixating on food. Here’s how some travelers passed the time during their mandatory quarantines.

    By Lauren Sloss

  4. How Plagues Shape the Landscape

    From cholera to AIDS, epidemics have given rise to landmarks around the world, be they sculptures, churches or feats of engineering. In this dire moment, their histories resonate.

    By Yuval Ben-Ami

  5. The World Through a Lens

    On Horseback Among the Eagle Hunters and Herders of the Mongolian Altai

    Deep in the Altai Mountains, where Russia, China, Kazakhstan and Mongolia meet, Kazakh people have for centuries developed and nurtured a special bond with golden eagles.

    By Claire Thomas

  6. The T List: Five Things We Recommend This Week

    An exhibition of new work by Stanley Whitney, housewares from Ogata Paris — and more.

  7. Where the Rare Citrus Grows

    For French chefs and perfumers, a government-run grove on Corsica — home to some 900 varieties — has become a place of pilgrimage.

    By Zoey Poll

  8. A Different Early-Bird Special: Have Vaccine, Will Travel

    People over 65 have been among the first in line to receive Covid-19 vaccinations. And they are leading a wave in new travel bookings.

    By Debra Kamin

  9. Meet America’s 63rd National Park

    The New River Gorge in West Virginia got the federal government’s highest protection, thanks, in part, to the latest pandemic relief bill.

    By Zach Montague

  10. The World Through a Lens

    An Inside Look at Cuba’s Constant Struggle for Clean Water

    Across the country, battling water scarcity requires a vast array of workers, from inspectors and fumigators to truck drivers and pipe layers.

    By Sanne Derks