Featured Stories

Visiting Bears on the Russian Border

Spectator World

New Friends Changed my Mind About Ukraine

The Wall Street Journal

H-2A Guest Workers Can Pick Florida’s Crops

The Wall Street Journal

A Teacher’s Union Has Odd Taste in Books

The Wall Street Journal

Escaping the City in San Antonio de Areco, Argentina

Spectator World

Trump’s ULTRA-MAGA Crew Needs a Reality Check

Spectator World

On the Pleasures of Cruising the Celebrity Edge

Spectator World

Florida’s Equestrian Field of Dreams

Spectator World

The GOP Needs a New Leader

The Wall Street Journal

Country Collectors Go to War Over Ukraine

Spectator World

Sneaking Into Stadiums: Family Football Days in Brazil & Uruguay

Perceptive Travel

Democrats are Done With Iowa

The Wall Street Journal

Meet the Woke, Telecommuting Mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida

City Journal

Why Roger Federer Is Still the Greatest of All Time

City Journal

Tough Times for Argentina

The Wall Street Journal

Dave Seminara couldn’t quite follow in Roger Federer’s footsteps, so he walked in them

The Buffalo News

On the Road in Azerbaijan With the World’s Most Traveled People

Perceptive Travel

How Oregon’s Joe Manchin Lost His Primary

The Wall Street Journal

Hidden Tampa: The Best of an Often-Overlooked Florida City

The New York Times

Can You Be Addicted to Travel? (Mad Travelers Excerpt)

Atlas Obscura

Read the First Chapter of Mad Travelers

Literary Hub

Dave Talks Switzerland with Roger Federer

The New York Times

Mad Travelers: A Tale of Wanderlust, Greed & the Quest to Reach the Ends of the Earth

Now Available!

Footsteps of Federer: A Fan’s Pilgrimage Across 7 Swiss Cantons in 10 Acts

Published March 2, 2021

I Got Covid on a Cruise. I’d Take Another.

The Wall Street Journal

A Message to the Haters from Florida Man

The Wall Street Journal

When Your Favorite Companies Go Woke

The Wall Street Journal

36 Hours in Basel, Switzerland

The New York Times

Nobody Likes Tourists—Until They Stay Away

The Wall Street Journal

What I Wouldn’t Give for a Shave That Isn’t Woke

The Wall Street Journal

Few Know How to Enter; Fewer Finish

The New York Times

The Last Hike of David Gimelfarb

Chicago Magazine

The Day They Belabored the Point

The New York Times

This Indonesian Island Is a Respite From Bali. At Least for Now.

The New York Times

Bio

Dave Seminara is a writer and former diplomat based in St. Petersburg, Florida. He is the author of four excellent books and hundreds of articles.