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10 Craziest Superstitions From Around the World
People believe the nuttiest shit for no apparent reason. Photo by: Victor Bezrukov Perhaps an expression of our collective OCD, or our attempt at controlling things that are out of our control, crazy...
View ArticleTaxi Driver In Japan Allegedly Drugged Female Passengers So They'd Pee In...
A Japanese taxi driver allegedly drugged female passengers so they'd fight the desire to urinate and then relieve themselves in the backseat for his sexual gratification, the Agence France-Presse...
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New York's Rooftop Lounges
by Mackenzie Allison for Where® After asking Concierge Harald Mootz of The St. Regis New York for his favorite rooftop lounges, these NYC perches are on our summer must-do list. (Pictured: Top of the...
View ArticleNew York City Seriously Wants To Turn Pay Phones Into WiFi Hotspots
The City of New York has issued a request for proposals to turn its aging public pay phones into a citywide WiFi network. The Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications wants help...
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From the Philippines to Australia, a Gorgeous Look at BBQ Around the World
A typical American backyard barbecue goes something like this: grill meat, eat meat, repeat ad food coma-em. Incidentally, the case is pretty much the same in the rest of the world. Whether it's...
View ArticleIt Hasn't Been A Good Year For Chicago Hot Dog Fans
CHICAGO (AP) — In a city known for its love of both eating and bragging about its hot dogs, this was news nobody relished: Gourmet stand Hot Doug's, known for serving up options made of rattlesnake and...
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Cyprus: I'm Obsessed and You Would Be Too! (Photos)
Paphos, Cyprus I'd like to apologize to everyone who has ever asked me for a recommendation on where to go. You see, I hadn't been to Cyprus, and surely, the answer should almost always be Cyprus....
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Follow the Beat Poets in San Francisco
Photo: Sonya Yu Tosca Cafe in San Francisco has just launched Red Sauce Sundays. Chefs April Bloomfield and Josh Even will offer a family-style menu of classic red sauce Italian-American dishes each...
View ArticlePadova's Scrovegni Chapel in One Minute
Padova's Scrovegni Chapel is slathered with precious and exquisite frescos by Giotto, including several poignant scenes from Holy Week, Jesus' Crucifixion, and the Resurrection. I'm hoping to do an...
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5 Fabulously Fancy Southern Brunches for Mother's Day
Photo credit: Collage, trivago: Clockwise from left, Royal Sonesta New Orleans, The Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead and The Peabody Memphis There is perhaps no menu more varied than that of a fabulously fancy...
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This Teeny, Tiny Dwarf Antelope Looks Like A Disney Creature Come To Life
From bite-sized penguins to miniature deer, zoo creatures just keep getting cuter -- and tinier. The latest addition to the stable of aww-inducing zoo babies is a female klipspringer calf, born in...
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Across the West Bank On Foot
There are few places in the world where a good walk can be as stimulating to body and soul as the Palestinian West Bank. That may be a surprise to many, but six years after I took up hiking its valleys...
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Skyscraper's New Tourist Magnet Is Basically Hell On Earth For Acrophobes
If you're afraid of heights, you might want to sit this one out. But if you like the idea of getting a bird's eye view of the Chicago streets from 94 floors--and 1,000 feet--above the ground, the John...
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Street Photography in Stockholm
It's been a while. As I read through my last articles, I can see how much my photographic preferences have changed. I am different. My world is different. How I view life is different. My photography...
View ArticlePondering History in Ravenna's Church of San Vitale
As a tour guide, I strive to get into the mindset of the people for whom art was created. Ravenna's mosaic-slathered Church of San Vitale dates from a time when the ancient world was on the cusp of the...
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Kea, Greece's Hidden Gem
A mere breath away from Athens lies the small Cycladic island of Kea. It's often overlooked by its more prominent siblings, Mykonos and Santorini. Kea does not reveal its secrets easily. It's more an...
View ArticleChina Says It Wants To Build Massive Railway To America
China has announced an ambitious engineering plan to build a bullet train railway to America, state media reported Thursday. The massive railway network, nicknamed "China-Russia-Canada-America," would...
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Coming Soon to a TV Station near You -- Italian Travel Thrills and More
This spring and summer, we're filming six new public television programs to wrap up our new season: Berlin, Prague, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the Veneto, and the Cinque Terre. We do two shows (12...
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Create a Lasting Impact While on Your Next Trip With Virgin Limited Edition's...
(Photo Courtesy of Kasbah Tamadot) By Nicolle Monico Kasbah Tamadot, Sir Richard Branson's Moroccan retreat, is no doubt a refuge for the ultra-wealthy, as rates for low season range between USD $585 a...
View ArticleU.S. Airliner Nearly Collided With Drone Above Florida Earlier This Year: FAA
By Alwyn Scott NEW YORK, May 9 (Reuters) - An American Airlines Group Inc aircraft almost collided with a drone above Florida earlier this year, a near-accident that highlights the growing risk from...
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