During the century that followed the secession of land by four Anishinaabe tribes in 1807, Detroit’s growth was gradual. Wagon wheels and bicycles predated the automotive industry, a manufacturing backbone which … Read more

Straddling the Vltava River in central Czech Republic, Prague serves as a meeting point for West and East Europe. Novelist Franz Kafka called Prague home before the city passed through … Read more

Memphis’ role in the making of America is varied. At one point its cadence was slow and gait heaving, with cotton tugged upstream along the Mississippi from plantations in the … Read more

America’s latest boom town is home to a vaulted property, once a Presbyterian church and now a striking hotel with social conscience intact – The Russell in Nashville, Tennessee. While … Read more

Now add to the list of recent hospitality trials a recent opening – Bristol’s Artist Residence hotel. Even before the Covid pandemic was in sight, the latest outpost from the … Read more

The vibrant Chinatown quarter of Kuala Lumpur is now home to a 49-bedroom industrial conversion and retreat – Else. The transformation of the 1911 Rubber Building has repointed the structure’s … Read more

Britain’s industrial past owes much to the centrally located city of Sheffield, renowned for its durable steel on the east side of the Peak District. Like Pittsburgh in the U.S., … Read more

Nearly two centuries since the rise of the UK’s first industrial city, Manchester provides a gateway for a variety of contrasting edges. Traversing the city means crossing the lines of … Read more

Located at 75 miles of San Francisco between Silicon Valley and John Steinbeck’s Salinas is Santa Cruz. The city pays tribute to its name as “Holy Cross” as a crossroads, … Read more

In centre of Liverpool, the prosperity of the port city’s industrial past is in view. To the south nearest the tidal Mersey River is the looming pink sandstone Cathedral, faced … Read more

Every now and again, restoration projects transform a place enough to convert it into a destination and draw a crowd. The Pig hotels have done that with their renovations of … Read more

I can’t be the first to person to crave better sports facilities at airports. Even the shortest workout can be a constructive way to kill time ahead of departure, or … Read more

Had Romeo ever been an ambitious athlete, his banishment to Mantua and beyond the endurance facilities of Verona would have represented a double curse. Though the quiet town on the … Read more

Those not quite sure of status of England’s most European-facing coast can find some certainty along the shoreline 60 miles south of London. Towns like Brighton have become escape routes … Read more

Located 40 miles north of Washington, D.C., Baltimore has been undergoing a slow renaissance as one of the legacy cities of the Eastern seaboard. The town’s coal heritage and port … Read more

Despite the turbulence of U.S. politics, a hotel half a mile north of Washington D.C.’s Capitol Hill remains defiant, serving up an unrivalled range of businesses at a central venue. … Read more

Drifting south from Munich by train is a meditation in itself. As the Deutsche Bahn slides through the suburbs of the Bavarian capital, a verdant carpet opens up. First the … Read more

Science nerds and outdoor enthusiasts can both appreciate Geneva, a city that on the one hand embraces the timelessness of its alpine location, while on the other embraces the major … Read more

The bucolic setting of The Mash Inn is one of the great celebrations of British planning control. Despite being practically within the shadow of the less exciting High Wycombe, the … Read more

The lure of any retreat into nature is normally one of unhindered recreation, set aside from the fumes and traffic of the city. Yet to escape to the African bush … Read more