In the Faroe Islands, locals go to great lengths—and heights—to preserve a tradition of “extreme ranching”
The "Kukeri" costume tradition was designed to scare off winter.
High-climbing 'guaraperos' tap an iconic tree for sap in La Gomera, Canary Islands.
Iberia’s indigenous wild goat goes where other four-legged creatures can’t.
Stealthy habits and GPS collars have helped Western Europe’s rarest wildcat hang on.
In a town on the Danube, mobs of shaggy monster-men herald the coming of spring.
Thousands of sheep crowd through the Po Valley on an annual migration between Alps and plain.
An aristocratic pastime involves training, admiring—and almost becoming—a bird of prey.
A distinctive whistling language still echoes in the hills of La Gomera.
In a Galician village, a savage horse-wrestling tradition persists.
A no-frills approach to cheesemaking endures in the Rarau Mountains.
Siena’s medieval-themed processions lay bare the city’s sturdy, tangled roots. Just don’t call them reenactments.
At Ikateq, the remains of a U.S. WWII base slowly rust on the tundra.
In a remote village in Teruel, an elderly couple are the only remaining residents.
A ride on Vienna's defining roadway.
Hardly inert, the frozen giants of the Illulissat Icefjord are harbingers of dramatic change
A singer/poet’s compilation helps preserve the Gypsy language.
Spectacular processions in Granada bring Catholic feeling to fever pitch.
Sicily’s "Beautiful Mountain" is dangerously potent.
Preserving the flavor of Old Vienna.
In the Basque Country, handball takes on a heroic aspect.
Why one historic valley district has its own customs agents and passport stamps.
The musette, theme song of a bygone Paris.
Traditional painted Easter eggs, in the historic town of Ciocăneşti.
The little mountain that caused big problems.
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