The Most Expensive Gas in America? Unfortunately, I Think I Found it...
This is a photo from my vacation last week along the Northern California coast. The scenery was spectacular, the food was good and, as a bonus, I believe I found some news because along the way I...
View ArticleThis Giant Picnic Blanket Will Forever Transform Your Summer Snack Fantasies
There are few joys as nostalgic and pure as packing up a wicker basket full of treats and hitting the grass, picnic style. The only thing missing from this leisurely trifecta of food, sunshine and...
View ArticleIsrael Mourns, Pakistani Nomads And A Feast In Rome: Week In Photos, Jun. 29...
Nothing quite compares to the power of a photograph to communicate the goings on in the world. Ranging from the serious to the silly, these photos offer peeks into what happened around the globe this...
View ArticleThe New Jet Age
I join the stream of travelers transferring from the concourse to a shining new aircraft, around 400 boarding on the lower level into economy class and some 90 on the upper floor to business and first....
View ArticleWhere to Find The World's Least Expensive Luxury Hotels
We know that a luxury hotel can set you back a pretty penny. But not everywhere -- if you know where to look. We recently set out to find the 15 countries where staying a night at a luxury hotel is in...
View ArticleThree Boeing Fuselages Fell Off a Train Into a Montana River
King 5 News is reporting on a 19-car train derailment that occurred outside Superior, Montana on Thursday. As a result of the derailment, three railcars that carried several Boeing aircraft fuselages...
View ArticleEs Grau, Europe's 'Secret Seaside,' Is Insanely Beautiful
You've never heard of Es Grau, right? We certainly never had. The beach was named one of Europe's "secret seasides" by The Telegraph this week. So we got curious. Lo and behold, Es Grau is really darn...
View ArticleAmazing Facts About America's Most Famous Landmarks
As travelers, as adventurers, as Americans, when we have the chance to explore, we revel at the spectacular national monuments and landmarks that are scattered across our country. They make up our...
View ArticleMaine's Shrimp Fishery May Face New Restrictions
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Federal regulators may limit the number of fishermen allowed to catch northern shrimp in the Gulf of Maine once the depleted fishery reopens. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries...
View ArticleTSA Requiring Some Overseas Airports To Power On Passengers' Electronics
WASHINGTON (AP) — Passengers at some overseas airports that offer U.S.-bound flights will be required to power on their electronic devices in order to board their flights, the Transportation Security...
View Article5 Fun Facts About the Washington Monument
In honor of Independence Day, Babette and I took a trip to Washington DC... Watch today's video and discover 5 fun facts about The Washington Monument... I believe in you! Noah St. John is famous for...
View ArticleThis Family Went To Enormous Lengths To Rid Themselves Of 'Stuff'
Five years ago, Catherine and Temple Pond led a seemingly picturesque New England life in the small New Hampshire village of Hancock. Their Federal-style home, built in 1813, had been passed down...
View ArticleGallant Boy Comforts Girl On Her First Day Of Preschool, And Now We're...
Prepare yourself for the cutest display of kindness ever recorded. In the video above, Anita and Alston, two preschoolers in Taiwan, have an adorable conversation. The video was shot about three years...
View ArticleFour Family Reunion Themes to Make Time with Your Relatives a Pleasure
For families spread out across the country who aren't able to get together under one roof very often, reunions are well worth the effort they take to organize. It may seem like a daunting task at the...
View ArticlePeople Watching: Harmless or Perverted?
Watching people is pretty harmless right? I mean all you're doing is sitting there observing people go about their daily lives, maybe picking up a few idiosyncrasies here and there. You might see a...
View ArticleAirport Lines and the Survival of the Finest
With the summer travel season in full swing, the anticipation of warm waters and far-away sights comes tinged with the less pleasant prospect of long lines at the airport. From check-in to security,...
View ArticleThese Photos Show A Side Of Australia Rarely Seen
"The Other Hundred" is a unique photo book project aimed as a counterpoint to the Forbes 100 and other media rich lists by telling the stories of people around the world who are not rich but whose...
View ArticleGoing Where the Weather Suits My Clothes...
Weather has been a major reason for migrations throughout human history. Humans have adapted to almost every climate on the planet, but our personal feeling is that they only went to the bitterly cold...
View Article8 On-the-Go Food and Travel Tips
When you travel your sleep patterns differ, you spending habits change, and your activity level will be out of the ordinary. Doesn't it make sense then, that your eating will also differ? This is your...
View ArticleWhite Gold, Black Slaves, Red Blood: Countless Years a Slave on the Looney Front
White gold, they called it, the salt that made white men rich and black slaves wretched with a horrendous plight beyond all suffering in the salt pans of Grand Turk. Today the pans spread out their...
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