Moko Jumbies are stilt walkers that wear colorful clothing and appear at festivals and celebrations throughout the Caribbean. Thrillist's Vanita Salisbury visited St. Croix, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, to learn about this 200-year-old tradition and the people that are keeping it alive.
Ever dreamed of spending a vacation surrounded by books? Gladstone's Library may be your dream destination. It's the U.K.'s only residential library and has 26 bedrooms, 150,000 books, and several book-lined reading rooms with desks and armchairs where you can read, study and write (in the past decade, more than 300 books have been worked on there). Emily Monaco wrote about staying there for BBC Travel.