Laura Kiniry

1 month ago | fodors.com | Laura Kiniry

What it’s like searching for lost treasure in Arizona’s Superstition Mountains. Several years ago, I found myself on a group backpacking trip in Arizona’s Superstition Mountains. We spent our days hiking this high desert landscape of craggy peaks, saguaro cacti and sagebrush, and perennial blue skies, while at night, we’d gather around the campfire, sharing tall tales, ghost stories, and a local legend or two. One evening, under the stars, someone brought up the Lost Dutchman Mine.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Laura Kiniry

2 hours agoTrump’s Recession Has BegunIt’s already in Seattle. It will now travel east. I have a friend named Eric Redman. He’s a lawyer, climate change professional, and author (The Dance …2 hours agoKim Davis, who denied same-sex couples marriage licenses, will appeal case to Supreme CourtThe Kentucky clerk who denied same-sex couples marriage licenses is trying to get the Supreme Court to overturn marriage equality.

Mar 13, 2025 | smithsonianmag.com | Laura Kiniry

Demilitarized zones—from Vietnam to Korea, Cyprus and Antarctica—require tourists to look beyond what exists and to find the real stories in what doesn’t When standing at the center of Vietnam’s Hien Luong pedestrian bridge, the former divide between the country’s north and south is painfully obvious.

Mar 13, 2025 | flipboard.com | Laura Kiniry

16 hours agoPlus, editors share their favorite scalp massagers. I don’t know about you, but I mainly go to the salon for the scalp massage. Sure, a perfect blowout is great, too, but there’s just nothing like that intense kneading post-wash. Well, guess what? Thanks to a host of scalp massagers on the market, …

Feb 14, 2025 | mwg.aaa.com | Laura Kiniry

Stretched across the border between California and Nevada, Death Valley National Park is both the hottest and driest place in North America. This desolate wilderness east of the Sierra Nevada mountains is home to more than 1,000 flora and 400 fauna species, as well as the Timbisha Shoshone people who have lived in the region for centuries. The highest temperature ever recorded on earth, a searing 134.1 degrees Fahrenheit, was seen at Death Valley’s Furnace Creek in July 1913.