Creating Beauty from Devastation in Galveston, Texas
By Rosie Carbo When I was a university student in Houston, Galveston Island was a magnet during holidays and after finals. Like many tourists, I…
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Choose Your Own Adventure: Bus Trips to Spark Your Wanderlust
By Amanda Festa The idea of the road trip is magic. It is a different kind of travel, about the journey far more than it…
The Library Hotel: Literary Luxury in New York City
The Library Hotel, NYC By Amanda Festa Hotels belong to no one and everyone. They are temporary resting places, providing transient comfort when we are…
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, The Citizen-Soldier
By Victor A. Walsh There can be no home without a country, and no life without honor. ~ Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, 1867 Granite monument at…
Travel for Women, Minus the Baggage: 8 Things We Learned at the Women’s Travel Fest
By Jessica Monk “I think that as women we’ve got the same messages since little girls. If you think of red riding hood, it’s don’t…
Safe, Solo, and Female: How to Book a Room of One’s Own and Have the Best Trip of Your Life
by Jessica Monk It’s a cliché but traveling alone really does help you rediscover the self that’s buried under the layers of dust. It’s the…
The Summer of Gatsby
Here at Literary Traveler we are enjoying the summer sun with a side of Gatsby. For a refresher course on all things Fitzgerald, check out…
Day Trippin’ with Literary Traveler
By Carly Cassano Literary Traveler is proud to have featured articles about artists from all over the world—some well-known, others obscure—who have something in common: Vision.…
National Geographic’s “Found” Blog Offers Endless Travel Inspiration
By Katy Kelleher For a travel writer and photography enthusiast, there are few publications more inspiring than National Geographic. Ever since I was a child,…
Apps for the Adventurous: Dublin Ireland’s “Storymap”
By Jessica Ellen Monk A common frustration experienced by tourists on city-breaks is the feeling of being: “on ‘the wrong side of the glass’ and…