Artists travel the world, not just to document of an area's landscape, people, cultures, customs and history, but also to express fleeting moments of discovery and adventure. Long before travel photography was mastered by National Geographic magazine, elites painted cultural treasures and breathtaking vistas throughout Europe as part of The Grand Tour. Some artists obsess on a single destination like Fauvist painter Paul Gauguin did with the French Polynesian islands. Others cover great expanses, such as Swiss photographer Robert Frank who road tripped most of the United States to capture the diversity of post-war America. Contemporary artists such as Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller , Massimo Vitali , and Bruno Barbey continue to use art as a guide that transports the viewer to the furthest reaches of the globe.