Precious Pearls
There aren’t many like him left. In fact, Saad Ismail Al Jassem believes he may be the last remaining pearl diver in Qatar, a tiny...
The Dolphins of Atlantis
BY LAURA MARJORIE MILLER
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ATMOJI
Article from the Summer 2018 Mermaid Issue
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Flying in an eight-seat hopper plane from Fort Lauderdale,...
Planning An Epic Journey
While it’s true that some of the best adventures can come out of the blue with little planning or preparation, most greatly benefit from a...
Storybook Santarella
Photography by Ren Nickson Photography
“The path was now plain before them, well-tended and bordered with stone. It wound up on to the top of...
Quebec’s Hotel de Glace
Article taken from Issue #29 || Winter 2014
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It’s the silence that surprises here. The sensation, as I wander the dim, chilled corridors, of supreme...
The Lodge: A Secret Hideaway
On the rooftop of the McKittrick Hotel in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood, there’s a secret garden hideaway called Gallow Green where theatergoers and others...
The Magic of Libraries
“I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of a library.” —Jorge Luis Borges
I remember my first vision of the paradise Borges...
Hobbiton
“Do you remember the Shire, Mr. Frodo? It’ll be spring soon. And the orchards will be in blossom. And the birds will be nesting...
“You Can Take the ’Witch out of Salem, But You...
I’ve lived many places, but thus far Salem, Massachusetts, was the only one where no one ever asked where I’d come from. There are...
The Portland Art Museum’s Passion for Paris and Art Nouveau
It’s a bit like entering a dream, one of beauty and culture, where poverty, pain, and any other of the world’s cares and concerns...