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Inside the World’s Most Remarkable Destinations: Nusfjord Village & Resort

December 13, 2025
Norway, Stay in Europe
A hotel bed isn’t just someplace to rest your head at night. A hotel room isn’t just a place to store luggage and a toothbrush. After touchdown, your hotel becomes the first point of contact to shape your journey. The first impression that sets the tone. One step into the lobby can make you giddy with anticipation—or send you into a spiral of regret. Vacations are escapes from our daily lives. Taking us to places we’ve dreamed about, read about, coveted, and saved up for….
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by Jamie Edwards

Novel Destinations: The Remarkable Rise of Literary Tourism

November 18, 2025
Travel Essays, Wander
Some of my earliest childhood memories are linked to the Nancy Drew Mystery series. I can even trace my love of reading to a specific book, The Hidden Staircase, by Carolyn Keene. In this captivating tale, Nancy, a teenage detective with a knack for cracking cases, discovers a haunted mansion filled with dark passages, a hidden staircase, and plenty of riddles. These tantalizing tales kept me awake at night. I would crack my bedroom door open wide enough so the hall light would spill onto…
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by Jamie Edwards

A Local’s Guide: These Places Will Make You Fall for Stowe

October 24, 2025
United States, Wander North America
In 30 days, I’m moving to Stowe. If my teenage self knew she’d one day be living in rural Vermont, she’d laugh that layer of AquaNet right off her teased head. That girl wasn’t destined for the slow life. She wouldn’t be caught dead in Muck Boots slogging along snow-covered roads. She’d be clicking down city sidewalks in stilettos. Forty years later, that girl is a middle-aged woman. Now I’m the one laughing. Part giddiness and part nervous energy. How did I get here? What…
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by Jamie Edwards

Chasing Polar Bears in the Arctic Circle—And Other Adventures

September 3, 2025
Norway, Wander
Our guide’s voice breaks the silence, even-toned, but with a noticeable sense of urgency. “We need to get back to the Zodiacs—there’s been a polar bear sighting.” Twenty-five SLRs freeze mid-click. We file back along the rocky shoreline towards the boats, an energy in our steps equal parts thrill and fear. It’s one thing to read about polar bears in National Geographic. It’s quite another to come face-to-face with one on his home turf. My eyes scan the shore, the sea, and past the huddle…
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by Jamie Edwards

My Favorite Village on the Côte D’Azur is Not Saint-Paul-de-Vence

August 6, 2025
France, Wander Europe
There’s a certain kind of giddiness I feel when exploring a place that is not only so far removed from the grid of my normal life but seemingly unknown. Slightly off-balance, a bit lightheaded, with a flutter in my stomach that makes me want to simultaneously keep it a secret and immediately post it all over Instagram. Villages of the Côte d’Azur Tourrettes-sur-Loup is not the first (second, third, or even fourth) village one visits on the Côte d’Azur, aka French Riviera. A quick Google…
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by Jamie Edwards

What’s Love Got To Do With It? At Wolf Cove Inn, Everything.

June 10, 2025
Stay in North America, United States
Historic Maine inns are some of the last vestiges of simple and timeless country gatherings. Whether as a natural stop on the way to a big city or as a place to break up a long road trip, the classic Maine inn is as quintessential as a Maine lobster. So when millennial innkeepers Geoff and Nicole Skidmore decided to buy Wolf Cove Inn, they didn’t miss a beat turning it into a destination that honors the past but walks headfirst into the now. Follow me…
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by Jamie Edwards

It Takes a (Kona) Village: The Big Island’s Most Well-Loved Property Gets a New Life

May 27, 2025
United States, Wander North America
Why is Kona Village, A Rosewood Resort, so well-loved? Maybe it’s their prized location, a crescent bay where the Pacific Ocean stretches into the horizon without interruption. Or, the well-appointed ‘hales’ and locally-sourced cuisine. Maybe it’s the staff who welcome every guest with a natural smile. It’s all of that, and more. But what truly sets Kona Village apart is its connection to the past, where the traditions of this former fishing village are literally etched into the island’s volcanic landscape. We peel off the…
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by Jamie Edwards

Don’t Drive Maui’s Road to Hana Without This One Simple Thing

April 5, 2025
United States, Wander North America
I wrestle with my iPhone, trying to connect it to CarPlay as we race out of the Enterprise parking garage. Speed bumps ignored, the Jeep lurches and bounces like a bronco at a Texas rodeo. Was a 4×4 really necessary? The answer will be clear soon enough, but suffice it to say—hell, yeah! Finally, I pair successfully and set up the Shaka Guide—an app designed to expertly navigate the Road to Hana—a drive on eastern Maui known for its crazy switchbacks, towering waterfalls, and dramatic…
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by Jamie Edwards

The Best Of Mérida: Mexico’s Newest Hot Spot

March 21, 2025
Feast in North America, Mexico
“Where’s Mérida?” you wonder, and “Why should I go there?” I’m happy you asked. Mérida, Mexico, is the capital city of the Yucatán State. It’s simple luxuries fly under the radar in terms of typical Mexican tourist destinations—more rustic, fewer bells, fewer whistles, and friendlier on the wallet. Long may that last. Recently, I spent three days uncovering the best of Mérida, Mexico, old school style with a pen and paper. Three days exploring boutiques, boutique hotels, hidden watering holes, and airy rooftop bars. Was…
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by Jamie Edwards

These Remote Norwegian Islands Have An Unusual Smell. It’s Money.

March 6, 2025
Norway, Stay in Europe, Wander Europe
Our RIB slices through Trollfjorden towards Svolvær, the scenic capital of the Lofoten Islands. Twelve of us instinctively lean left—as if we have some control over the heeling boat. The narrow fjord’s steep-sided, jagged mountains rise dramatically from the sea. The water swirling beneath me is a shade of blue I’ve never seen. Overhead, the sea eagles we met earlier turn back towards Raftsundet strait, realizing their midday snack is officially over. The trolls remain hidden. As we get closer to the harbor, a stench…
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