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I Came for Buzludzha: An Abandoned Bulgarian Wonder

It was the pictures that caught my attention. A giant UFO-shaped Socialist monument on top of a mountain. …

November 9, 2015

For a long time, the only country I’d ever say I truly disliked was Bulgaria. The last time…

November 5, 2015

I’m from the Boston area. I grew up north of the city, I went to college in a…

August 17, 2015

Say you’re a country that’s been hanging out behind an iron curtain. Suddenly, you’ve gone post-Communist, and yet…

July 16, 2015

The last time I was in Diyarbakir, Turkey, it was in July during Ramadan. The southeastern city felt…

May 23, 2015

There was a while when my white noise was the clatter of Sri Lankan trains. As I sat…

March 19, 2015

Los Angeles is a city that seems easy to hate. Its sprawl of car-choked freeways and skies thick…

March 6, 2015

Few cities are simultaneously as recognizable and opaque as Los Angeles. It’s not an iconic city. Think about…

March 3, 2015

What place do you think of when you think of jazz? Maybe dim blue clubs in New York…

February 19, 2015

I know that things don’t last forever. I see historic ruins, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, places where the…

January 15, 2015