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Budget Trips to Napa: Save Your Money for the Wine!
Stomp season may have commenced in September, but it's still prime harvest time in Napa. Despite the recent earthquake that rocked area hotels and wineries, most are up-and-running once again and where...
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The Happiest Place on Earth Depresses This Mom
Intelligent children (who are well-organized and can understand calendars and priorities) are a dangerous thing. Yes, I was coerced by little people who cannot vote, serve in the armed forces, drink,...
View ArticleMy Lust for the Little Frenchie!
The Francesinha is a sandwich concoction of epic proportions, packed with almost every type of meat that Portugal produces. Literally meaning "little Frenchie," this gluttonous masterpiece is the pride...
View ArticleThese Gorgeous Chicago Landmarks Are Open To The Public For The First Time In...
Consider it the Super Bowl for architecture buffs. Open House Chicago returns this weekend to give visitors from around the globe the rare opportunity to step inside some of the city's most treasured...
View Article11 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Airport Security
Take off your shoes, remove your belt, chug that half-empty bottle of water -- we know the general rules of airport security all too well. But what's going on behind the scenes, and which hacks will...
View Article10 Stunning Images Of Remote Destinations
From Lapland to the US and back again, photojournalist Kris Ubach and freelance photographer Roberto Ivan Cano have spent the past seven years, cameras in hand, journeying to the most remote places on...
View ArticleWhat I Learned From 10 Days Without Shampoo
This past July, I went backpacking through Spain with a group of seven friends -- you know, the quintessential (and very cliché) American college student summer experience. It was the first and only...
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Spending the Holidays at Sea
Christmas aboard the Disney Cruise Line (Photo Credit: Disney Cruise Line) When the air turns crisp and cold, cruise lines know families look to flee Old Man Winter with a sunny, tropical escape....
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The Abandoned Mining Town That's Colorful To This Day
If you thought this Turkish ghost town was a bit too spooky to visit, then you'll probably prefer this surprisingly colorful abandoned town in Chile. This particular ghost town, called Sewell, sits in...
View ArticleTexas Lab Worker Tests Negative For Ebola After Cruise In Isolation
GALVESTON, Texas, Oct 19 (Reuters) - A Dallas hospital lab worker who spent much of a cruise holiday in isolation after possible exposure to Ebola, has tested negative for the disease, Carnival Cruise...
View ArticleHow To Make A Hotel Bed At Home
Fluffy sheets, oodles of pillows -- if we could sleep in hotel beds all the time, we totally would. So we did a little digging, and it turns out there are indeed tricks -- even a few subconscious ones...
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10 Amazing Airport Restaurants You Must Try
By Amy Burkhardt for the Orbitz blog Meal service on flights? All but vanished. Fortunately, travelers relying on airport meals to avoid inflight hunger fits have an ever more appealing assortment of...
View ArticleThe New See-Through Eiffel Tower
Something new has happened at the Eiffel Tower. A rare update on the old Grande Dame, mostly unchanged since it was first erected in the City of Lights. For the tourists in search of intense emotions,...
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Paris Journal: Hokusai
The 18th Century Japanese artist Hokusai was discovered by a French artist named Felix Bracquemond during the same period of time when France and Japan signed the trade pact of 1858. His work derived...
View Article10 Places To Put On Your Budget Bucket List In 2015
So you want to know where to go but don't want to spend hours researching? We get it. And so does Lonely Planet. The travel pros have published their 10th annual "best in" travel compilation book,...
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10 Reasons to Travel Without Kids
The grandparents were thoroughly debriefed. My bags were packed. I was going on a trip... without my children. And as I was flying to Vermont to meet my husband, I had a startling realization. I like...
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12 Creepy Abandoned Places You'll Probably Find Ghosts Living In
We have a challenge for you this Halloween. Instead of going to that fake (but still great!) "haunted house" attraction that's set up in your town, why don't you go and seek out a real scary house?...
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7 Ways to Transcend the Typical EuroTrip
Europe is the world's most ubiquitous travel destination, certainly for North Americans. At the same time, many travelers regard a trip to Europe as an item to be checked off a list, an excursion to be...
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Orionid Meteor Shower 2014 Peaks Early Tuesday Morning
October skywatchers are in for a treat (not a trick) this week. The 2014 Orionid meteor shower will peak early Tuesday morning, Oct. 21, and it should be quite a show. "We expect to see about 20...
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The Ultimate Shrine -- The Mercedes Benz Museum
If you are a car lover, you have to rev up your engine at the ultra-swish Mercedes Benz Museum in Stuttgart, that cost a whopping 150 million Euro. Spread over 16,500 square metres, with over 1500...
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