I honestly don't know what made me open my eyes. Traveling aboard one of Alaska’s state ferries from Juneau to Petersburg, I'd dozed off in the outdoor solarium—enjoying the mix of fresh air, gently thrumming ferry engines, and warming heat lamps.
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December 6, 2024
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The 35th iteration of Sweden's Icehotel—sculpted each year from more than 500 tons of ice and snow from the Torne River—has opened for the 2024–2025 winter season in the Arctic village of Jukkasjärvi. As usual, the finished product is the result of a monumental effort. In just 6 weeks, an international team of 76 builders,…
December 6, 2024
Once an expanse of abandoned warehouses, Miami's Wynwood Walls has become, since opening in 2009, what the artist RISK has described as the "Olympics of street art." Developer Tony Goldman (who had previously helped transform New York City's SoHo and Philadelphia's 13th Street) had the idea of inviting the world's preeminent graffiti…