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The Dark Romance of Strasbourg
Alsatian timbered houses, a blood-red Gothic cathedral, atmospheric 16th century restaurants, and one of our favorite craft museums
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A Handful: Contemporary Take on Traditional Craft
Keeping the old ways alive with new creative collaborations in textiles, terracotta, wicker, and more
A Quick Weekend: Mexico City
A mystical museum, a treasure-filled flea market, and the cultural power of Lucha Libre
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Dispatch From the Past: Vienna's Legendary Coffee Houses
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Two Days in the Dolomites: Merano, Italy
Where to Stay: Our Favorites in Portugal
The Old Ways: Skansen Museum, Stockholm
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In Conversation With: Annie O. Waterman
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In Conversation With: Annie O. Waterman
What it means to be a sourcing agent, craft destinations, and threading the needle on exposure and authenticity
London Field Trip: The Ultimate Country Walk
Two iconic stately homes, fields of sheep, oasthouses, a Cromwellian church, and a medieval deer park
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Maine: Wyeth's World
An unconventional house museum, folk art sculpture park, quintessential Maine coastal cottage, and other Midcoast favorites
Two Days in the Dolomites: Merano, Italy
Enchanting 19th century hotels, thermal baths, cobblestone streets, and a special Alpine restaurant reachable only by foot
Craft Spotlight: Cerâmica Vieira
Five generations and more than 150 years old, the last traditional ceramics workshop in Sao Miguel, Azores
Literary Trips: Five Classic Travel Books to Read Now
A frozen-in-time hacienda in Mexico, a hold-your-breath trek across the Sahara, a solo bike odyssey to India, the Balkans in all their colorful oddness…
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The Simple Pleasures of Salina
An ode to doing (almost) nothing in the Aeolian Islands
The Old Ways: Skansen Museum, Stockholm
A medieval stilt house, a grass-roofed cottage, a bohemian art studio, and 147 more reasons to visit this amusement park for design aficionados
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A Handful: Ceramics
Five things to know about: delftware at the Dennis Severs House, the most accomplished traditional Afghan potter, and an exhibition of work from the…
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In Hand
In Hand
The intersecting worlds of travel, craft and design.
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