Detroit’s Terribly but Beautifully Derelict High Schools

Detroit, the derelict city of abandonment, has undergone a dramatic population loss like no other city in the United States. The result is that almost 50% of Detroit's...

Detroit’s Renaissance Center

When I photographed Detroit’s Renaissance Center in early January 2016, it was extremely cold and the strong gusts of wind didn’t help to get it done. I had just come...

Belize’s Fantastic Bioluminescence

In Belize, there's a river called the Sittee River. It is a body of brackish water that is surrounded by giant mangroves and, at night, total darkness. I mean total...

Living in the Sahara Desert, Morocco

Erg Chebbi (Arabic: عرق الشبي‎) is really a sea of sand – lots of intensely red and orange sand that reminded me of the sand dunes of Star Wars. To the east you will...

Surfing Salsa Brava in Costa Rica

Costa Rica is a paradise, of course. But what can you do there? Here’s the answer: get somehow to Puerto Viejo and surf “Salsa Brava”, one of the most challenging and...

No Vacancies here, at 6° 28′ 33.5″ S 39° 29′ 44.0″ E on Zanzibar

There is always something unexpected and fascinating to discover. When we were on Zanzibar, I heard from an abandoned beach resort at the very South of the island, not...

Ksar of Ait Ben Haddou, an Ancient Fortified City of Morocco

Aït Ben Haddou (Berber: Ath Benhadu, Arabic: آيت بن حدّو‎) is a fortified city, or ksar, along the former caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakech in the...

Colors of Boipepa Island & Morro de São Paulo, Brazil

Brazil is vast and there are beautifully lonely spots such as Boipeba Island (Ilha de Boipeba) and, less lonely, at least in 2012, Morro de São Paulo. You get to Morro...

Sands of the Sahara Desert, Morocco

Erg Chebbi (Arabic: عرق الشبي‎) is one of Morocco’s two Saharan Ergs, which are sand or dune seas – a large sea of dunes formed by wind-blown sand. The dunes of Erg...

Detroit’s Vanishing Graffiti Art

According to Mark Stryker in a July 2015 article in the Detroit’s free press, Detroit has become one of the most vibrant centers of graffiti street art in the country...

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