All the splendor. A fraction of the people.

On March 19, 2020, the US State Department issued a Global Level 4 Health Advisory on all international travel and as of June 10, it’s still in effect.

Productivity at Thrillist Travel was disastrously derailed recently when an editor dropped a brown bear live cam into a group Slack, sending us all into a tailspin of staring at a globe-spanning array of adorable animals before we clicked over to find ourselves in... space.

We may all be temporarily grounded, but thanks to the miracles of the internet, we can tour this big beautiful world from pretty much anywhere -- with the added bonus of not having to deal with lines and fellow tourists.

Take an underwater safari in a whole new world.

It's a roadside attraction… about roadside attractions.

Once bustling with bars, brothels, and bandits, these 14 hamlets are now eerily desolate.

Journey from one world-famous beach to the next.

You are forgiven for not having visited Vermilion Cliffs, or perhaps not having heard of the place at all.

Even the most well-traveled American has inevitable gaps on their “where I’ve been” map.

Many of our nation’s most popular national parks are closing for a while, but this simply invites us to explore the slightly lesser-known national parks as well as our state parks, so long as we don’t have to travel very far to do so and remain at least six feet away from others at all times.

The only other time Dublin, Ohio, ever called off its St. Patrick’s Day parade was in 1993, when a super snowstorm shut down most of the region.