In 2024, San Francisco needed a jump start. Public complaints about the city hit an all-time high, and its national reputation hit a record low. That’s when the founders of the Sijbrandij Foundation and Building 180 came up with the idea to create a trail...
It’s a Friday night in Whitefish — Restaurant Week — and I’m dining at Herb & Omni with a table full of writers, musicians, and artists from across the state. We’ve tasted everything from grilled Korean short rib and foie gras pie to chickpea fritters...
Santa Fe, New Mexico, has long been called “The City Different.” But for really different, take the Turquoise Trail, a National Scenic Byway (54 miles on State Road 14) that starts at the intersection of Interstate 25 south of town and roams southwest to Tijeras....
Set on a bluff above the Pacific Ocean, Seabrookfeels so magical people say it resembles a Hollywood movie set. The Washington beach town brims with cottages awash in robin’s egg blue, minty green, and butter yellow hues. Retreats dubbed “Whim-Sea” and “Tide Together” greet guests...
Two days after the Maui fires on August 8, 2023, Dale Zarrella had a vision. In his mind’s eye, he saw Hawaiian creatures, gods, and goddesses in the wood of the charred trees. Four months later, the sculptor entered the Lahaina burn zone, escorted by...
The town of Norman lies at the heart of Oklahoma, surrounded by the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole, Muscogee (Creek), Cherokee, and Osage Nations. Founded in the 1880s, Norman has a long and storied past but is perhaps best known today for its football team, the University...
“If ever there was a time to be an artist in Salt Lake City, it’s now,” says muralist Miles Toland. He and fellow artist Joseph Toney recently completed the largest mural in Utah, Echoes of Eternity. Painted on the Salt Lake City luxury apartment building...
Located at an elevation of 5,280 feet and framed by the majestic Rocky Mountains to the west, Denver, Colorado, is packed full of interesting attractions for art and architecture aficionados. With museums crafted by world-famous “starchitects” and public art installations scattered throughout the city, from...
Seattle’s artistry is inspired by the outdoors. Nearly every view is a panorama of water and mountains, often with flighty cloud cover obscuring peaks. Sometimes the rising hump of Mount Rainier can be seen, sometimes not. Islands and peninsulas, many with snow-capped mountains of their...
The spot where the Big and Little Arkansas rivers meet is a special place. Since time immemorial, Indigenous people have gathered at this confluence. In the 1800s, Scotch-Cherokee fur trader Jesse Chisholm set up a post in the area where Native Americans, trappers, and cowboys...