Paris' Henri Cartier-Bresson Photography Venue Moves to Meet Tourists
Posted on 10/25/2018, 8:00 PM
The gallery and archive dedicated to one of France’s most iconic photographers reopens this week in a new space in the artsy Marais district, where more tourists will be able to see it. Henri Cartier-Bresson was instrumental in the development of modern photojournalism, particularly through his candid street photography. He was also, along with Robert Capa and several other contemporaries, a co...
Oldest Building on D.C.'s National Mall Reopens After Restoration
Posted on 10/25/2018, 12:45 PM
You've probably never heard of the Lockkeeper's House in Washington, D.C.There's a good reason for that. It's been closed for decades. But this unassuming stone building at the corner of Constitution Ave. and 17th St. NW is actually the oldest structure on the National Mall.Built in 1835, the building is now open to the public after a restoration that took nearly two years. Using funds from a publi...
The Pittsburgh Steelers Are Getting a Roller Coaster
Posted on 10/23/2018, 2:00 PM
One of America's oldest amusement parks is teaming up with one of the NFL's most storied franchises. Kennywood, which originated as a "trolley park" around the turn of the 20th century and still operates classic rides from the 1920s, is constructing a new themed area dedicated entirely to the Pittsburgh Steelers, whose Heinz Field is about 12 miles west of Kennywood (just go up the snaking Monongah...
NYC's New Museum of Optical Illusions Wants to Blow Your Mind
Posted on 10/19/2018, 5:00 PM
Remember that day in fourth grade when your teacher distributed photocopied handouts of M.C. Escher prints, figures that appeared to be differing sizes but were actually the same, and drawings of ducks that, on closer inspection, were also rabbits? The new Museum of Illusions in New York City is two floors of that, with the added benefit—crucial in the age of Instagram—that guests can put themsel...
The Game Is Afoot at London's New Sherlock Escape Room
Posted on 10/11/2018, 12:45 PM
Would you want to be stuck with Sherlock Holmes in an escape room—one of those games where players are locked in a confined space and have a limited amount of time to find clues, solve puzzles, and crack codes in order to get out?On the one hand, the super-sleuth of Baker Street would have every mystery on the premises cleared up faster than you could say "Hound of the Baskervilles."On the other, y...
Police Destroy Semi-Submerged Sculpture Park in the Maldives
Posted on 09/26/2018, 1:30 PM
Police officers wielding saws, pickaxes, and ropes have destroyed the world's first semi-submerged sculpture park. Located in the Maldives, Coralarium—which Frommer's covered this summer when the work opened to the public—was an over-/underwater project designed by British-born artist Jason deCaires Taylor to be explored by swimmers and snorkelers. It stood amid calm waters belonging to the luxe Fa...
Acclaimed Houston Art Museum Open After Renovations
Posted on 09/24/2018, 4:00 AM
After more than six months of renovations, the Renzo Piano-designed main building of Houston's Menil Collection—home to an eclectic horde of 17,000 artworks, from antiquities to contemporary creations—reopened to the public on Saturday, September 22. The interior has been extensively reconfigured to make the place less cluttered and to make room for new and expanded galleries, allowing for the perm...
New Foodie Arcade Opens on Paris’s Left Bank
Posted on 09/19/2018, 8:00 PM
Visitors to Paris have a new one-stop destination for gourmet delicacies from the city’s top chefs and food purveyors. Beaupassage, a refurbished historic passageway in the heart of the stylish Saint-Germain district, has opened on the Left Bank. Unveiled on August 25th, the vast 10,000-sq.-m (32,800 sq-ft.) space flows through three connecting pedestrian lanes built in 1703. By the mid-1850s, ove...
Would You Fly on Wires High Above Vegas? You Can!
Posted on 09/19/2018, 10:00 AM
Starting in November, you'll be able to ride a zipline high over the Las Vegas Strip—a first for Sin City, where daredevils have previously had to limit themselves to off-Strip zips such as the ones at the downtown Fremont Street Experience and the Rio resort. But the new Fly LINQ attraction launches from the LINQ Hotel & Casino, which has an honest-to-goodness South Las Vegas Boulevard address...
New Long-Distance Cycling Trail Links the Western Balkans
Posted on 09/18/2018, 4:15 PM
The first regional cycling trail to cross borders in the Western Balkans, the new TransDinarica route (www.transdinarica.com), has opened its first segment. Travelers can now cycle over gravel and mountains from Slovenia through Croatia and on to Bosnia and Herzegovina on challenging, remote track through areas of the Balkans that haven’t seen many tourists. The project, which aims to economically...
