Each year, Indian's poorest transform into rich, burnt orange oracles in Theyyam. But modernization might spell the festival's end.

Using words as his palette, F. Scott Fitzgerald painted devastating portraits of love and loss. Here are some of his finest.

Though the promise of the city beckons, tens of thousands of Mongolians have chosen to live as nomads.

In a world where just about everything can be ordered on demand, sometimes it's nice to lack control. A trip on the Trans-Siberian railway offers just that.

As these Russian churches show, Italy doesn't have a monopoly on ornate devotional spaces.

The former Soviet capital is full of fascinating monuments to "different" political life. One is the Moscow metro, where commoners were king.

Millennia ago, the Romans split Spain's mountains in search of gold. Here's what the world heritage site known as Las Médulas looks like today.

One of the best ways to prepare for life on Mars is to spend an extended period of time at Concordia Station in Antarctica.

In José Guadalupe Posada's world, we must start by affirming one truth: we will all one day be skeletons. Life becomes a lot simpler once we accept that.

Take a four-hour drive from Athens and you'll find yourself in staring upward at the sublime rock formations of Meteora, Greece.

Pablo Neruda was a man who practiced what he preached. He embraced the odd in all facets of life, be it his prose or interior design. These homes prove it.