Matt Hickman is an associate editor at The Architect’s Newspaper. His writing has been featured in Curbed, Apartment Therapy, URBAN-X, and more. You may go through your closet and get rid of clothes ...

IDUKKI, India — Spices grown in the mist-shrouded Western Ghats mountain range here have fueled wars, fortunes and even the discovery of continents, and for thousands of years farmers harvested them ...