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Warsh called inflation "a tax on the American people" in his first appearance before Congress as the central bank's leader
From Hood River's volcano views and wind-sport gorge to Friday Harbor's ferry-only San Juan Islands where orca sightings anchor daily life
From Panama's Bocas del Toro bioluminescent bays and overwater villas to Zanzibar's sugar-sand beaches and UNESCO-listed Stone Town
From the Galápagos' wildlife found nowhere else on Earth to Dominica's year-round sperm whales and volcanically heated Boiling Lake
From Golden Gai's tiny bars and old-school nightlife in Shinjuku to Yanesen's temple-lined lanes where old Tokyo survives intact
From Svalbard's polar bears and midnight-sun cruises to Albania's quiet Riviera beaches a 30-minute ferry from Corfu
From Bandera's oldest honky-tonk in Texas to Deadwood's swinging-door saloons where Wild Bill Hickok was shot mid-poker game
From the Alhambra's Moorish palace towers to secluded Menorca coves reachable only on foot along a 14th-century coastal path
From Jiuzhaigou's gem-toned lakes and staggered waterfalls to Hua Shan's wooden planks bolted to a sheer cliff above a 2,000-meter drop
From Jostedalsbreen's 60-kilometer ice cap above Norway's longest fjords to Teide's volcanic moonscape and 83 visible constellations at night
From picnics along the Seine with grocery-store wine to free admission at the Musée d'Orsay on the first Sunday of every month
From a rum swizzle at the historic Swizzle Inn to a fried fish sandwich on raisin bread that wins over skeptics with every bite
From a Utah desert drive-in built among classic cars to a 37,000-acre Montana ranch with hot-air balloon rides and a dedicated kids' camp
From Uluru's ancient Anangu culture and drone light shows to Rottnest Island's car-free quokka trails off the coast of Perth
From Skara Brae's 5,000-year-old stone furniture on Orkney to Dunrobin Castle, built on profits from the Highland Clearances
From Iceland's virtually crime-free glaciers and geysers to Japan's near-zero violent crime and tranquil temple ports
From a Rivian R1S that fords 43 inches of water on electric power to a Ford Expedition Tremor with a Rock Crawl mode for technical descents
From a Lucid Air Sapphire that hits 60 mph in under two seconds to a Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing with a six-speed manual and 472 horsepower
From Paris's layered arrondissements and world-class museums to Dubrovnik's intact medieval walls above the Adriatic
From alpine wildflowers carpeting Crested Butte's meadows in mid-July to a 1882 steam locomotive climbing into the San Juan Mountains above Durango
From baobab-lined highways in Madagascar's west to a rainforest where the indri's echoing call announces the world's largest lemur
From Bronze Age ruins beneath Santorini's ash to an active volcano hikers can walk into at the caldera's center
From Seoul's 24-hour noraebang bars and Michelin-starred restaurants to Gyeongju's royal tomb mounds and the oldest observatory in East Asia.
From Chinatown's oyster omelets and neon alleys after dark to a limestone peak temple designed to mirror seven levels of Buddhist enlightenment
From the Louvre's 35,000 works across 403 halls to a WWI tunnel network beneath Arras where New Zealand miners once hid an entire army
From Coney Island's century-old boardwalk and 56-mph roller coasters to a Governors Island spa where soaking pools overlook the Financial District
From Palermo's brioche-wrapped pistachio gelato to a Calabrian waterfront kiosk that has served bergamot and tartufo since 1918
From iconic fashions on the streets of Harajuku to a morning Sumo practice viewing at Arashio Stable, the best free activities
Rewarding off-the-grid coastal destinations, including a hidden gem near Tulum and a beach filled with flamingos
From Overstory's 64-floor Art Deco perch above the Financial District to a Bushwick natural wine rooftop two stories above the street
From a Honda Civic with class-leading rear legroom under $25,000 to a Ridgeline whose SUV-based ride fits downtown parking structures
From a 2020 Ford Ranger with the lowest five-year ownership cost on the list to a GMC Sierra Denali that brought hands-free driving to trucks in 2020
From a sake museum in a 1637 brewery with a free tasting to a Pritzker-designed gallery focused on living Kansai artists
From Scotland's capital, to an area with over 50 whiskey distilleries and a prehistoric site that predates Stonehenge
The best beaches to visit in Wales — from dolphin-watching at Mwnt to romantic views at Llanddwyn Beach
Essential food and drink experiences in Burgundy, from wine tasting to seeing how Dijon mustard is made
From a Parisian cabaret that rivals Moulin Rouge, to quiet garden spaces, the best places to visit near Champs-Élysées
From Escalante's density of direct-trade cafés in San José's most energetic neighborhood to Finca Rosa Blanca's plantation hotel
From Iceland's predator-free trails and midnight sun hikes to Queenstown's flashpacker hostels at the gateway to Milford Sound
From Big Sur's hidden beaches and cliff-side hot springs to the Inn at Little Washington's tasting menus 90 minutes from D.C.
From the Acropolis above Athens to the stone archway entrance of the original Olympic stadium at Olympia
From London's free world-class museums to the Giant's Causeway's 40,000 basalt columns on the north Antrim coast
From geothermally baked underground rye bread in the Mývatn volcanic zone to langoustines grilled in butter at the Höfn harbor festival
From beef noodle soup born of civil war homesickness to bubble tea invented at a Taipei roadside stand and now exported worldwide
From Nikko's autumn canyon foliage around UNESCO shrines to Yoshino's thousand cherry trees and a millennium-old pilgrimage route to Kumano
From yatai stalls where eight diners share a charcoal grill to a 41-meter bronze reclining Buddha that dwarfs any statue in Kamakura
From sesame koulouria eaten on the morning commute to floodlit Parthenon views from a rooftop bar above Monastiraki
From swimming in the Seine with an Eiffel Tower view to free riverside salsa and swing dancing at Quai Saint-Bernard on summer evenings
From Jakarta's Old Town Dutch colonial architecture to Mount Bromo's lunar sand sea, accessible by 4WD with no hiking required
From a roaring Godzilla statue atop Hotel Gracery's roof to sleeping cubbies built directly into floor-to-ceiling bookshelves in Shinjuku