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The Greatest Travelers of All Time
Posted by Intelligent Travel on November 20, 2012 
A handful of history’s boldest travelers staged epic journeys that crossed new lands, broke cultural barriers, and revealed the radical diversity of the world. In doing so, these trailblazers confirmed that wanderlust is part of the human condition — and made us want to follow in their footsteps, and even blaze a few trails of our own. We’ve come up with our top 10 great travelers — past and present. Now we want to know who you’d add to the list.
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“You’re eavesdropping,” I said with a laugh, nodding at the handsome coed sitting next to me and my friend. He looked slightly embarrassed, then admitted to the charge. “I just felt the need to jump in and correct a few things” he said, his face going from slightly red to very serious. “You all don’t know the whole story.”
Tracking Thomas Jefferson
Posted by saldrich on August 14, 2009 Historical figures often define a city, their presences lingering long after their deaths. Nowhere is this more the case than in Washington, D.C. Here, you can’t avoid history and the legacy of America’s great men. I mean, there’s a giant white needle in the middle of the city to commemorate our first founding father. You…
Maira Kalman on Monticello
Posted by Meg Weaver on June 26, 2009 I was trying to explain to my non-American husband the other day why we should go to Monticello this summer. It’s incredibly unique and fascinating, I said, but I was met with a blank stare. I faltered and whimpered, “Well I was there when I was a kid and…and…it was cool. He invented a lot…
Tour Guide: A Presidential Christmas
Posted by Jeannette Kimmel on December 18, 2007 Since it’s increasingly hard to step inside the White House for a tour, we offer up two presidential homes just outside Washington, D.C. that have festive holiday tours every year. Visit Monticello, Thomas Jefferson‘s home in Charlottesville, Virginia, just two hours south of the District. The guided Holiday Signature Tour will take guests through the…
