Plus, One of Americaâs Beautiful Cities Leans Into Its Dark Past
[Manage newsletters]( [View in browser]( [Image] [Image] The entire world in your inbox. Hello allâ I hope you had a lovely spring weekend wherever you are. Iâve been sailing around the Sea of Cortes, and letâs just say, Iâve been blown away. A friend who is a frequent visitor, summed it up bestâitâs the closest place to paradise on Earth. We lead things off with our series [Itâs Still a Big World]( in which Cassandra Brooklym is [taking readers around the tiny Central American nation of Honduras](. It has everything an adventure and nature traveler could want, she writes, and has none of the crowds (or sticker shock) that some of its more popular neighbors have. Weâre also diving into two destinations working to shed their troubled past. In the case of Natchez, Mississippiâone of the more beautiful cities in the U.S.âit means confronting its sins, [writes Janna Zinzi](. 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