Kleyweg's Stads-Koffyhuis in Delft, Netherlands

Coffee Shops of the World Photographs.

Hank's search for the perfect coffee shop.

Kleyweg's Stads-Koffyhuis in Delft, Netherlands The Dotcom cafe in Um Phang, Thailand Latte Da Coffee Cafe in Lee Vining, California, near Yosemite National Park's east entrance The Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa Top Pot in Seattle's Capitol Hill Starbucks U Village in Seattle, Washington Novel Cafe in Westwood, Los Angeles, California Starbucks in Westwood, Los Angeles, California Inside University Zoka in the U District, Seattle, Washington The cafe at the Cafe Britt Coffee Plantation in Heredia, Costa Rica Roughrider Coffee Saloon at the Grand Canyon's North Rim Refugio Los Cuernos in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea in Silverlake, Los Angeles, California Casbah Cafe in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California Aroma Espresso Bar in New York Inside Aroma Espresso Bar in New York Joe the Art of Coffee in New York Cafe Lalo in New York Inside Cafe Lalo in New York University Zoka in the U District, Seattle, Washington Victrola Coffee Roasters in Seattle's Capitol Hill Bauhaus Books & Coffee in Seattle's Capitol Hill Inside Bauhaus Books & Coffee in Seattle's Capitol Hill Stumptown Coffee in Seattle's Capitol Hill

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Mountains shrouded in fog behind Refugio Lago Paine in Chilean Patagonia's Torres del Paine National Park.

Adopted by Kiwis in Chilean Patagonia.

Hiking the Torres del Paine Circuit on another family's vacation.

Michela

Skating by.

Understanding the post-feminist ethos of roller derby.

The ruins in Copán, Honduras include a Mesoamerican ballgame court.

How to win your ex-girlfriend back (in Honduras)

A Central American love story.

A cable car hangs overhead as a hiker adjusts his tent (photo by Brian Leukart)

Trekking the Graveyard of the Pacific.

Brothers tackle dangerous surge channels on the West Coast Trail.

The McKinley River with tens of braids in the distance

Accepting Wet Feet.

A harrowing attempt at crossing the McKinley River in Denali National Park, Alaska.

Bicycles sit waiting for a class (courtesy of Josh Hikes)

Bicycling to nowhere.

The peculiarity of studio cycling and Los Angeles gym culture.

New Hampshire's Cornish-Windsor Bridge, the longest two-span wooden covered bridge in the world.

Attack of the Chipmunk Serial Killer.

An unnerving drive through rustic New England to a five-year college reunion.

A happy couple at the Swan Club on Long Island

Thank God I'm mannequin-sized.

Losing a tuxedo and a friend in a single weekend isn't easy.

Santa Claus (a.k.a. Brian) dons a Santa suit on the Grand Canyon's South Kaibab Trail.

Santa Claus snowshoes the Grand Canyon, rim to rim to rim.

Brothers tackle a classic trek with magical, holiday cheer.

A sign warns trespassers at the boundary of Area 51 as security officers in a truck keep watch from a ridge.

Searching for UFOs near Area 51.

A travel guide to America's most mysterious military base.

A view of Half Dome in the Yosemite Valley, seen from Glacier Point

Living Yosemite.

After climbing Half Dome, I can't bear to leave Yosemite.

A zebra and her newborn baby stand together in the Linyanti Wildlife Reserve.

Goodman, my good man! What is that zebra doing?

Witnessing a zebra birth in Botswana, Africa.

A hiker gazes at the canyon walls of Buckskin Gulch.

Flat Stanley escapes a flash flood in Buckskin Gulch.

Hiking the world's longest Slot Canyon with a boy made of paper.

Destinations.

Crater Lake, in the Cascade Mountains in Southern Oregon, lies in a collapsed volcanic basin.

Pacific Coast Highway.

The highway of life transition.

A memorial cemetery sits on Santa Monica Beach

Los Angeles.

Fallen soldier tourism, getting kicked in the head, and the best French toast.

Seattleites commandeer Olive Ave. for use as a huge sledding hill.

Normandy, France.

Time traveling to D-Day.

A fountain in the Paleis Het Loo gardens in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.

Florence.

Penis envy and St. John the Baptist.

A hiker gazes at the canyon walls of Buckskin Gulch.

Utah.

Hiking the world's longest Slot Canyon with a boy made of paper.

Favorites.

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