10 Foreign TV Shows to Watch Now
TV has never been better than it is now. Shows like House of Cards, True Detective and Mad Men have raised the bar by miles and managed to attract millions of viewers without pandering or sacrificing...
View ArticleFirst Lunar Eclipse Of 2014 To Provide Show For Skywatchers In Americas
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — North and South America, get ready for the first eclipse of the year— in color. Next Tuesday morning, the moon will be eclipsed by Earth's shadow. This total lunar eclipse...
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17 Things You Need to Explain to International Visitors About America
Credit: Fotopedia Foreigners are kinda like parents: Sure, sometimes they can be annoying, but we really wouldn't be here without them. And since we're not exactly the most gracious of guests when we...
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Carnival Marches on Stomach
Co-owner of Golden Wheel Amusements Jacqueline Leavitt makes pancakes for the crew at the Bear Paw Festival in Eagle River, Alaska last July. "An army marches on its stomach." -- Napoleon Bonaparte No...
View Article26 Food Things Only A Chicagoan Would Understand
If you think deep-dish pizza and ketchup-free hot dogs are all there is to understanding Chicago food, you've got another thing -- or 26 -- coming. Chicago is a city of many, many neighborhoods, all of...
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Ready To Pay Big Bucks To Live In A Dirty Dumpster? Welcome To San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO — When does a dirty dumpster start to look like a waterfront condo? When you're living in San Francisco, the country's most expensive real-estate market. A photographer no longer able to...
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16 Coachella Acts Who Could Be Better Than These Mainstream Counterparts...
Coachella's 15th festival is just around the corner. As the desert blowout gets bigger and bigger each year, this happens to be one of our absolute favorite lineups. Amid all the big-name excitement,...
View ArticleWedding Traditions From Around The World You've Probably Never Heard Of
Weddings, to this day, are steeped in tradition -- regardless of where in the world they take place. For instance, did you know that the practice of wearing a veil originated in Rome, and that it was...
View Article13 People You'll Meet in Seattle
It's a whole different breed in the Emerald City. I was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. Some of that was spent in a small town, some in Portland for college. I left the PNW to attend Berkeley...
View Article18 Best Coachella Reunions Ever
When it comes to music festivals and reunions, this year's headlines have belonged to Kanye West's return to Bonnaroo and, of course, OutKast's massive summer circuit. The legendary ATLien duo's first...
View ArticleSeemingly Adorable Hotel Ad Has Ending You'll Never See Coming
They're towels shaped like swans, and they're swimming on a bed. The champagne pops. The anticipation builds. But this terrycloth romance is pretty much doomed. "Farewell hotel cliches, hello...
View ArticleChicago's 'Revenge Shot' Has Never Been More Popular -- Are You Man Enough To...
Business has never been better for Chicago's signature "revenge shot." By all available indications, the malort boom has arrived -- at least in Chicago, where the recently-trademarked wormwood liquor...
View Article3 Dozen Possibly Ill With Norovirus On California Cruise
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Officials say more than three dozen people are possibly ill with the highly contagious Norovirus while onboard a cruise ship sailing to ports in California. Princess Cruises...
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Afghanistan War Veteran Adopts Military Dog She Credits With Saving Her Life
Two Afghanistan War veterans have been reunited off the battlefield. Angie McDonnell served in Afghanistan's Helmand province with a very special comrade. Vidar, a 4-year-old Belgian Malinois, served...
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Amster-Damn
Let me start at the beginning. We were on a tour bus in Amsterdam when the guide mentioned Hans Brinker. "Who's that?" my daughter asked me. "You never heard of Hans Brinker? The boy with the silver...
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Where to Stay in Istanbul
Photo courtesy of Annminina / Dreamstime.com. Article by Caroline Patience, contributor to Budget Travel. Istanbul -- the only city in the world that straddles two continents -- just took the No. 1...
View ArticleIllnesses Aboard California Cruise Ship Nearly Double
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Officials say the number of passengers believed to be sick with the highly contagious norovirus has nearly doubled aboard a cruise ship sailing to ports in California. Princess...
View ArticleThe Craziest Places to Have a Meal
We love good food here at Condé Nast Traveler. But we can't lie -- location matters, too. And there's no doubt we'd go out of our way to visit a restaurant in an an amazing and unexpected location --...
View ArticleRincon, Puerto Rico Plastic Bag Ban Is First For Island
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A popular tourist town in western Puerto Rico has become the island's first municipality to ban plastic bags. Rincon Mayor Carlos Lopez tells reporters that plastic bags...
View Article11 Travel Tips Italians Want You To Know
Over 46 million tourists visit the boot-shaped peninsula each year! They come from all over the world, and many return again and again for a magic that only Italy can deliver. As Samuel Johnson said,...
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