Culture + History

Explore New York City’s Multicultural History on This Delicious Walking Food Tour
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Explore New York City’s Multicultural History on This Delicious Walking Food Tour

This fascinating walking food tour in New York City leaves you curious about whose stories filled the buildings you’re passing by, what’s buried under your feet, and who has called these neighborhoods home. And it shows you how food traditions live on in the midst of assimilation. Find out more about the Tenements, Tales, and Tastes tour with NYC Urban Adventures (plus a mini review of my experience).

First Nations Culture in Calgary, Alberta: A Photo Essay
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First Nations Culture in Calgary, Alberta: A Photo Essay

Calgary—that’s in Canada, right? If Cool Runnings and something about a Jamaican bobsled team at the Winter Olympics are the first things you think of when you hear “Calgary,” you’re not alone. Admittedly, that was pretty much all I knew about it before I had the opportunity to explore Indigenous culture in the Calgary area recently.

How to Support Immigrants and Refugees through Travel in the United States
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How to Support Immigrants and Refugees through Travel in the United States

Traveling in the U.S. and want to show support towards immigrants and refugees? This growing list of tours, restaurants, hotels, and other travel experiences helps you learn about, connect with, or support immigrants and refugees in local communities in the United States.

7 (More) Awkward Language Moments from Travelers
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7 (More) Awkward Language Moments from Travelers

If you’ve traveled cross-culturally, you’ve probably made a few blunders along the way, and sometimes it helps to know we’re not alone in the embarrassing moments we have trying to learn a second language. Part 4 in the language and travel series brings you even more reader stories full of language mishaps and cross-cultural blunders while traveling abroad.