6 Ways Travel Is Better Than It's Ever Been
By: Ed Hewitt, Features Editor of IndependentTraveler.com While there were plenty of great things about travel in the good old days, it's not all bad today -- in fact, there are plenty of "good old"...
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Barcelona Journal IV: Picasso
Picasso was born in Malaga in 1881 and in l895 arrived in Barcelona, as a young art student. If you'd seen his work for sale on a street corner would you have snapped it up? If it was the painting of...
View ArticleThe Most Beautiful Libraries in the World (PHOTOS)
The ingeniously simple concept for the library at Tokyo's Musashino Art University speaks volumes: it's made entirely of wood bookshelves, with a glass exterior. Inside, architect Sou Fujimoto's...
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9 Breathtaking Destinations You Must See While Visiting Australia
One of the pleasures of travel is the feeling of discovery. In a time when there is a proliferation of information and everyone is connected all the time, it is a joy to realize there are still...
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Top 10 Reasons to Travel the Ex-USSR
Ancient Church in Kazbegi, Georgia. I am asked pretty regularly why I go to countries like Russia, Ukraine or Tajikistan. At first glance, there is not much to attract visitors, what with the civil...
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Visiting Bali, Indonesia: Earth's Paradise
Written by Scott Bosco If you have as much wanderlust as I do, then you could imagine how often I dream of Bali's Bukit Peninsula. Kneading my toes through the island's chalky-white sand beaches, while...
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This Is What The World Looks Like, According To Quantum Mechanics
The realm of quantum mechanics tells us that humans experience 40 conscious moments per second. These individual frames, or sequences of "now," amount to the way we perceive time flow. We don't realize...
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Tour Montparnasse Has A Better View Than The Eiffel Tower... Because It's A...
The Eiffel Tower observation deck sees a horde of almost seven million tourists every year. Wait times average two hours (for the first elevator), and it's not uncommon to kill a whole day just trying...
View ArticleForget Selfies, Dronies Are The New Must-Take Travel Photo
Selfies are so last season. Meet "dronies," the cooler, more adventurous, amped-up sibling of the oft-maligned selfie. A "dronie" is basically a selfie from the sky, taken not at arm's length from your...
View ArticleHere's How Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Was Built (PHOTOS)
Abu Dhabi's most iconic landmark is the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, which features eighty-two white domes. Built between 1996 and 2007, it was designed to be an architectural wonder that incorporated...
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Monsoon Rivers, Flying Carpets And Nations Mourn MH17: Week In Photos, Jul....
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...
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Hyams Beach Holds The Guinness World Record For The Whitest Sand On Earth
We've found the bluest water. We've tracked down secluded wonders. We even found the prettiest beach on the planet. Now we turn our attention to Australia's Hyams Beach -- the most heavenly beach on...
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Hawaii's Completely Outrageous And Illegal Water Slide
First let us start by saying, you can't legally go here. But we can see why you’d want to: (Story continues below...) Post by StormTracker 13. The barbed wire fence and risk of danger hasn’t stopped...
View ArticleYou've Probably Never Flown With North America's Friendliest Airlines
We spend a lot of time hating on airlines: passengers whine that the food is nasty, the luggage gets lost, and the flight attendants are grumpy and grouchy. But if you're busy dissing airlines, it's...
View Article7 Reasons Why Cottage-Style Homes Are The Best Kinds Of Homes
From their quaint porches to their often-enchanting surroundings, there is just so much to love about a cottage. Let us count the ways... All photos from our friends at Porch.com. Have something to...
View ArticleAir Algerie Jet's Black Boxes To Be Sent To France
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Black boxes from the Air Algerie plane that crashed in northern Mali last week will be transferred to France for analysis, the French embassy in Mali said Sunday, as officials...
View ArticleHow to Use Twitter to Rebook a Canceled Flight
If you've traveled from, through, or to the Northeast or Midwest in the dead of winter, chances are you've run into a delay or cancelation. But while a few feet of snow or hurricanes can shut down...
View ArticleFeng Shui: On Land and At Sea
In Feng Shui and Traditional Chinese Medicine, it is believed that health for an individual occurs when chi flows freely through the body nourishing every cell. The same is true for a space -- whether...
View ArticleBest Places to See Baby Animals (PHOTOS)
In Kaikoura, New Zealand, a forest trail begins along a crystal-clear stream that feeds into the Pacific Ocean. But it doesn't take long before you realize you're not on any old hike. Are those dogs...
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Top European Tours 2015: Where to Go Now
With 2015 fast approaching, we're vowing to make it one of our best travel years yet. But with so many exciting places to visit, it can be hard to pinpoint the next destination. Our advice? Find a tour...
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