Where Water and Sand Meet
A Hidden Jewel in the Atlantic Just thirteen miles off the southern coast of Rhode Island lies Block Island. It is a tranquil, time-slowed world that feels like it was dropped into the Atlantic from a storybook. It is frequently overlooked in favor of its louder New England cousins — Nantucket or Martha’s Vineyard. Block…
The People Before the Rainforest Long before Costa Rica became a mecca for ecotourism and surfboards, the southern reaches of the country were home to an Indigenous civilization known as the Diquís. Between 700 and 1530 CE, these people flourished in the lowlands of the Diquís Delta near the Térraba River, crafting a society that…
The Caribbean conjures images of turquoise waters, sugar-white sands, steel drums, and rum-laced cocktails. But wine? Peel back the layers of these sun-kissed isles, and you’ll discover that wine—not just rum—is finding its place among the palms. A burgeoning wine scene is quietly making waves across islands like Aruba, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico,…
Nature doesn’t always need sunlight to put on a show. While daytime rainbows tend to steal the spotlight, there’s a quieter, rarer spectacle that takes place under the cover of night—lunar rainbows, or moonbows. These pale, ghostlike arches appear when moonlight reflects, refracts, and disperses through water droplets in the atmosphere, much like their daytime…
Somewhere over the rainbow isn’t just a lullaby lyric—it’s a real place, or rather, a collection of breathtaking ones. In scattered corners of the world, where mist meets sunlight just right, the skies unwrap into glowing arches of color. Coastal regions and islands, with their constant sea spray, dramatic weather, and open skies, are prime…