Destinations
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18 Roller Coaster Facts for Restless Thrill Seekers
Roller coaster fans were forced to put their hobby on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic, since amusement parks around the world were shuttered. With parks now reopening, here’s a roundup of some of the most amusing and notable facts about…
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Plum Guide: An Airbnb-Like Website That’ll Make You Want to Splurge
If you’ve ever walked into an Airbnb property and thought, “Boy, this is not as advertised,” we feel you. While some vacation rentals are exactly as wonderful as you’d hoped, it seems like far more are letdowns, to say nothing…
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Plum Guide Vacation Rentals That’ll Make You Say Airbnb Who?
If you’re not yet familiar with Plum Guide, let us be the first to introduce you. It’s a lot like Vrbo and Airbnb, but it vets its properties extensively using home critics, a list of 150 criteria, and more. It…
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Hotels With Spectacular Views Across America
Looking to get away? If you’re spending time and money to recharge in a new location, we think you deserve the best of what that location has to offer, including a room with views of your surroundings. Here are hotels…
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The 5 Best Cities for Public Parks — and the 5 Worst
Do you know where the closest park is and can you get there by walking? If the answer is no, you’re not alone. Some 100 million Americans — nearly one-third of us — don’t live within easy walking distance of…
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28 Movie Locations You Can Visit in the U.S.
It’s no wonder filmmakers spend so much time trying to find the perfect shooting locations for their movies. After all, the willingness of an audience to suspend their disbelief can depend largely on how well a movie’s set matches its…
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Bike Season Begins: Is a Group Tour for You?
Maybe you bought a Peloton and are suddenly in the best shape of your life. Or you were lucky enough to score a new ride in a booming bike market…
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Most Iconic Staircases Around the World
What is a staircase? A means of getting from point A to point B, sure (unless you’re M.C. Escher). But stairs are more than functional. They can be figurative, fantastical,…
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Coolest Dog Parks Across America Worth Going Out of Your Way For
A park that allows dogs is one thing, but a genuine, bona fide dog park is a whole different day of adventure with your canine. The best dog parks aren’t…
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13 Destinations Every ‘Star Wars’ Fan Should Visit
With Star Wars Day upon us, mania over the Star Wars franchise is taking hold again. Multi-decade devotees and Padawans just learning the ways of the Force can show their fandom…
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Unsolved Mysteries of Ancient Ruins Around the World
The pyramids of Egypt, the statues of Easter Island, and the monoliths of Stonehenge have stood for millennia. These icons of the ancient world and others like them have attracted,…
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Breathtaking Photos of the Earth’s Most Remote and Unexplored Places
Earth Day might have passed, but that doesn’t mean you can’t do a little armchair traveling while appreciating some of our planet’s more isolated and undeveloped places. From the northern…
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In Full Bloom: Gorgeous Botanical Gardens in All 50 States
A garden in bloom is a picnic for the senses, and an escape from the hustle of daily life — and some are open during the pandemic, though with mask…
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Jaw-Dropping Ice Caves to Inspire Your Inner Explorer
Enormous, ethereal ice caves inspire the inner explorer in many of us. These building-size structures, often the product of glacial movement, are visually stunning, haunting, and so photogenic. Entire tours…
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The Best and Worst Cities for an Active Lifestyle
Each year, Americans’ lists of New Year’s resolutions are topped by a desire to lose weight and exercise more. And after a year spent cooped up and socially distancing amid…
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Beautiful Dog-Friendly Vacation Rentals Across America
Not all dog-friendly vacation rentals are created equal — in fact, more often than not, pup-welcoming accommodations aren’t much to look at and don’t have great amenities. We don’t blame…
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27 Most Beautiful Bookstores Around the World
If a book is “a dream that you hold in your hands,” a bookstore is like a palace of possible worlds you could fall into. Though not typically as ornate…
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Best Vacation Rentals for Seeing the Northern Lights
For many, a trip to see the Northern Lights is a major bucket-list item. Also called the aurora borealis, this spectacular natural light show only happens in the Northern Hemisphere…
