Le Méridien Washington, D.C., The Madison opened in 1963 with John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy among its first honored guests. Today, its midcentury-inspired design, contemporary art, and central ...

Camping in the United States is as much about the landscapes as it is about the experience of being outdoors. The country’s diverse geography and sheer size give it some of the most striking natural ...

Travel as a force for good. At Matador, we envision a world where travel is a transformative experience that enables us to find the humanity in each other, everywhere. It has the power to connect, ...

There are roads, and then there is Route 66. As it turns 100 years old, Matador Network is celebrating the road that shaped how Americans travel — the spirit, the freedom, the Indigenous lands it ...

It’s easy to plan a trip in the United States around places known for being haunted. But anyone can conjure a ghost story or start a rumor by saying they saw a mysterious shape. Haunted places can be ...

1. There’s a good reason Medellín is known as the “City of the Eternal Spring.” Flowers on balconies and terraces, in gardens and parks, on sidewalk café tables…Medellín blooms all year. That might be ...

Swimming pools are nice and all, but nothing beats swimming in wild waters, be they rivers, springs, or oceans. Whether you bathe for ritual purposes, for exercise, for the fun of it, or because it’s ...

The United States is packed with astronomical observatories — located on high mountain tops or splayed across a desolate desert. Beyond their beautiful terrestrial settings, many of these ...

Nanaimo, British Columbia, should be on the top of your list of places to visit, and not just because it hosts the World Bathtub Racing Championships every year. Located on the eastern edge of ...

What makes a town “the coolest”? In the end, it’s the same as what makes travel the coolest: the people. And yet there seem to be a few common patterns that attract cool people to certain areas, or ...

Pyramids were built as funerary tombs for pharaohs and high-ranking officials from 2600 BCE to 1550 BCE. These massive monuments displayed a person’s power and wealth and served as a place of ...

Horse-drawn carriages loaded with passengers passed me on the road, their hooves knocking against stone. There was no traffic buzzing or car horns blaring. There were no billboards or neon fast-food ...