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Why Iceland runs on hot water
A country of 390,000 people heats nearly every home from the ground beneath it. Here's what that feels like — and what it quietly teaches the rest of us.
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Rome’s 2,500 fountains, and the empire that still waters them
All over Rome, cast-iron fountains pour cold, drinkable water day and night — fed, in part, by aqueducts the emperors built.
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Everything in Dubai is the tallest, newest or biggest — on purpose
Half a century ago this was a trading town on the edge of the desert. The skyline you see now was built, quite deliberately, to astonish.
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Why travelers to Buenos Aires carry crisp dollars
In Buenos Aires, the smartest thing in your luggage might be a stack of clean US dollars — thanks to an exchange rate with two very different faces.