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Marquetta L. Goodwine, aka Queen Quet, heads the Gullah-Geechee Nation. Here, she holds heirloom rice grains during an event in Charleston, South Carolina, on April 7, 2017. The grain was thought long extinct until it was found growing in a field in Trinidad, tended by a farmer descended from slaves who once lived in Georgia.

Mary Rivers Legree, whose family has lived on the same land for hundreds of years, at the Coffin Point Praise House on St. Helena Island. The South Carolina Sea Islands, and the Gullah Geechee culture, which has endured since the days of slavery, are increasingly buffeted by economic and social change—not to mention increasingly worse storms caused by climate change.

The Sea Islands, Jekyll Island, Georgia, included, are threatened by climate change-caused sea level rise. The people whose ancestors settled the islands must reckon with losing not only their property, but their culture.

A Garinagu dancer performs the jankunu for a crowd in Dangriga, Belize. The satirical performance is a mixture of singing, miming, and dancing.

At 57 feet, “El Castillo,” in the Mayan city of Muyil, is the tallest pyramid in Quintana Roo, Mexico, and a fun spot for kids to explore.

The California Zephyr train skirts the Colorado River.

Passengers traveling on the California Zephyr stretch their legs and smoke during a brief stop in Nevada.

Traveler Elisa Eymery watches the scenery roll by from an upper-level seat aboard the California Zephyr. The train is one of Amtrak’s Superliners, meaning it has several two-story cars.

Passengers are paired up with strangers for meals in the dining car on the California Zephyr.