Our Nation's Raging Conversation About Marijuana
Our nation has been mired in a war against marijuana that has proven to be as wrong-minded and counterproductive as the prohibition against alcohol back in the 1930s. Recognizing the social and...
View ArticleBest Vehicles for Road Trips
Spring break and summer vacations should be times to kick back, relax and spend time with family and friends. Road trips have always been a popular option for students or families, and choosing the...
View ArticleHotels Where Celebrities Have Stayed
Ever wanted to "randomly" bump into a celebrity? Check out Hipmunk's list of hotels where celebrities have been known to stay. -- Stephanie Ainza, Hipmunk.com
View ArticleThe 10 Steepest Streets In America
Think San Francisco has a monopoly on hellishly vertical inclines? Think again. Fixr, an online network for small businesses, rounded up the top ten steepest streets in the U.S. into one neat...
View Article10 Confederate Monuments You Probably Didn't Know About
Did you know that Confederate monuments and memorials stand in many states today? Here are ten you may not have known about... 1. Confederate Memorial Monument, Montgomery, Alabama The monument...
View ArticleAll The Cool Kids In Singapore Hang Out On The Henderson Waves Bridge
More than 100 feet above busy Henderson Road in Singapore, there spans an unexpected forest oasis: the Henderson Waves Bridge. This architectural mind-boggler connects two nature parks with a curvy,...
View Article16 Local Legends You Should Probably Pay Attention To
There's something hallowed about visiting a place of legend. To think that thousands of people over dozens of centuries have kissed the same stone, or climbed the same bell tower, or petted the same...
View ArticleThe Best Time To Book A Plane Ticket, According To New Study
Finally, there’s a scientific answer to that magic number of days before a flight when tickets are at their cheapest. The answer? Are you ready? Are you reeeally ready? Fifty-four days before takeoff...
View ArticlePlane Makes Emergency Landing After Bird Smashes Into Window
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — An American Airlines flight returned to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport for an emergency landing after its crew reported the jet hit a bird on takeoff. The Federal...
View ArticleMedieval Candelabra Found Near Ibiza May Hold Clues To Forgotten Sea Trade...
A 10th-century candelabra found off the coast of the Spanish island of Ibiza may be a clue to long-forgotten shipping routes in that era. But the candelabra's use and origin remain a stubborn mystery,...
View ArticleHow One 'Wishing Tree' Brought An Entire Community Together
Back in November, before leaving town for a weekend, Nicole Helprin and her two kids wrote a few wishes on tags and hung them on a tree in front of their Portland, Ore., home, KGW reported. When...
View ArticleAsk Healthy Living: Do Airplanes Make Us Sick?
Welcome to Ask Healthy Living -- in which you submit your most burning health questions and we do our best to ask the experts and get back to you. Have a question? Get in touch here and you could...
View ArticleCossacks, Warships And A Fruit Seller In Syria: The Week In Photos, Feb. 23 -...
Nothing quite compares to the power of a photograph to communicate the goings on in the world, captured in the thick of things. Ranging from the serious to the silly, these photos offer peeks into...
View ArticleSnow Leopard vs. Blue Sheep Battle Captured In Amazing Photos
Snow leopards are often described as elusive, and for good reason: they live a mostly solitary life at high altitudes. So when an INDRI Ultimate Wildlife Tours group not only spotted a snow leopard,...
View ArticleLarry Ellison Has Grand Plans To Reintroduce Agriculture To Lanai
Larry Ellison is doubling down on his quest to make the Hawaiian island of Lanai a beacon of sustainable living. "I was just looking at the Lanai five-year budget," he told a group in Las Vegas...
View ArticleYour Weekly Travel Zen: New Orleans
This week's Moment of Travel Zen comes to us from Miranda Santiago. Of her photo of Lafayette Cemetery Number One in the Garden District she says: "Part of what I love about the city is its ability to...
View ArticleThe Way These People Get Around Will Make You Seriously Rethink Your Car
Taxis tend to make us feel like tourists, and walking is just so... cliché. Those aren't your only options for moving around this great world, however. Spend a vacation on these unique modes of...
View ArticlePlaza De Toros Bullring In Colonia, Uruguay In All Its Abandoned Glory
There's not much that gets us excited over here at HuffPost Travel quite like an abandoned place in some part of the world. While the idea of an abandoned structure is certainly saddening and often...
View ArticlePeru's Quelccaya Ice Cap Is Melting, Thanks To Climate Change
From Mother Nature Network's John Platt: For decades now scientists have observed rapid melting in the Quelccaya Ice Cap in Peru. The glacier ebbs and flows each year, as do all glaciers, but each year...
View ArticleHere's How You Start A Controlled Avalanche (VIDEO)
If you see an avalanche, chances are you may not live to tell the tale. But if you're part of the Stevens Pass "avy control" group, you can experience nature's power unharmed. Avalanche control is the...
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