Maya Linton

Maya Linton writes about quiet coastlines, small towns, and the beauty of going slow. She has a knack for finding the kind of places most travelers drive past – the diners, docks, and dirt roads that tell real stories. When she’s not chasing sunsets, she’s probably digging into history or savoring a bit of nostalgia.

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The Bolivian hotel built from one million salt blocks — and the strict “no licking the walls” rule that keeps it standing

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Source: Wikipedia The Palacio de Sal sits at the eastern edge of Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia — the world's largest salt flat. Every wall, ceiling, floor, bed, chair, and decorative…

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You can ride free on top of a Sahara iron ore train — and it’s one of travel’s wildest adventures

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Source: Wikipedia The Mauritania Railway operates one of the longest and heaviest trains in the world — a freight train up to 2.5 kilometers long, pulled by 3-4 American diesel locomotives,…

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The Vietnamese street where trains pass inches from coffee shops twice a day — and the closures the government keeps trying to enforce

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Source: Wikipedia Hanoi Train Street is a narrow residential alley in Vietnam's capital where the active rail line connecting Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City passes through residential neighborhoods with mere…

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The Norwegian city where the sun doesn’t rise for 6 weeks straight — and the surprising reason locals say it’s their favorite season

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Source: Wikipedia Tromsø sits 217 miles north of the Arctic Circle. From November 27 until January 15 each year, the sun does not appear above the horizon — for 50 consecutive…

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The “lost” Cambodian temple complex that was never actually lost

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Source: Wikipedia Almost every Western account of Angkor Wat begins the same way: French explorer Henri Mouhot stumbled through the Cambodian jungle in 1860 and "discovered" the lost city of Angkor,…

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The Japanese village where life-sized dolls outnumber humans 10 to 1 — and the woman who’s been making them since 2003

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Source: Wikimedia Commons Nagoro is a village deep in the Iya Valley on Shikoku island in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. Once home to 300 residents, the population has shrunk to approximately 27…

Maya Linton

The Bolivian hotel built from one million salt blocks — and the strict “no licking the walls” rule that keeps it standing

You can ride free on top of a Sahara iron ore train — and it’s one of travel’s wildest adventures

The Vietnamese street where trains pass inches from coffee shops twice a day — and the closures the government keeps trying to enforce

The Norwegian city where the sun doesn’t rise for 6 weeks straight — and the surprising reason locals say it’s their favorite season

The “lost” Cambodian temple complex that was never actually lost

The Japanese village where life-sized dolls outnumber humans 10 to 1 — and the woman who’s been making them since 2003

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