Amazon Awakening

December 10, 2015

NEW YORK TIMES | Ayahuasca visions and cultural tourism in Ecuador's rain forest.

Tristan da Cunha: Island at the End of the World

April 30, 2015

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER | Everything is off the beaten track on the world’s most remote inhabited island.

The remains of a fortress, built by a tribe of fire worshipers in the third century, dominates a ridge above the Wakhan Valley between Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Credit: Andy Isaacson

Pamir Mountains, the Crossroads of History

April 29, 2015

NEW YORK TIMES | Retracing the Silk Road through Tajikistan.

Driving through California's remote northeast. Credit: Andy Isaacson — Driving through California's remote northeast. Credit: Andy Isaacson

Just Me and My RV

April 29, 2015

NEW YORK TIMES | A western road trip to the world's largest RV rally.

The California Zephyr runs along stretches of the Colorado River. Credit: Andy Isaacson

Riding the Rails

April 22, 2015

NEW YORK TIMES | From New York to California by Amtrak.

Credit: Jeff Minton — Credit: Jeff Minton

My Starring Roll in Laos

April 13, 2015

AFAR | While backpacking through a village in Laos, I invented a dessert sushi at a small restaurant. 7 years later, it had become a sensation.

Hawaii’s Last Wayfinders

April 9, 2015

ISLANDS | Fewer than 20 people in the world can navigate the South Pacific using only glow sticks and instinct.

Roberto Penny Cabrera in the Ica Desert. Credit: Andy Isaacson

Lost (and Found) World

April 1, 2015

HEMISPHERES | Peru's Ocucaje Desert is known as the most abundant repository of marine fossils on the planet. It's also a preferred destination for legions of sticky-fingered scavengers. Meet the man who has vowed to fight the fossil thieves.