3 Bed, 2 Bath, 1 Poltergeist: “The Conjuring” House Is for Sale
Posted on 09/27/2021, 5:15 PM
The 14-room farmhouse that inspired the hit horror movie The Conjuring can be yours for $1.2 million. Fair warning: You might have some spectral squatters to deal with. A listing for the historic, 8.5-acre property in Burrillville, Rhode Island (about a 40-minute drive northwest of Providence), appeared last week on the website for Mott & Chace Sotheby's International Realty. In the 1970s, g...
“Silence of the Lambs” House Now Rentable for Skin-Crawling Overnight Stays
Posted on 09/25/2021, 6:00 AM
Fictional serial killer Buffalo Bill is famously a pretty terrible host in The Silence of the Lambs. Nevertheless, the three-story, four-bedroom southwestern Pennsylvania home that served as the character's residence and grisly tailoring workshop in the creepy, Oscar-winning 1991 thriller is now taking overnight guests. Recently purchased by Chris Rowan, who works as an art director and prop sty...
Pioneering Daredevils of Rock Climbing Are on Top at New Yosemite Museum
Posted on 09/24/2021, 6:00 AM
The sheer granite cliffs of California's Yosemite National Park are the "center of the rock-climbing universe," according to the nail-biting 2018 documentary Free Solo, which follows climber Alex Honnold as he becomes the first person to summit the 3,000-foot-tall El Capitan without a rope. Now Yosemite has its own museum dedicated to the sport. The Yosemite Climbing Museum, which opened this s...
Gorgeous Photo Book Celebrates 90 Years of Stars and Style at The Carlyle Hotel in NYC
Posted on 09/21/2021, 6:00 AM
The Carlyle in New York City is the sort of place where a princess, a pop star, and a titan of business might share an elevator. And we're not exaggerating: Princess Diana, Michael Jackson, and Steve Jobs once did exactly that, as recounted in the 2018 documentary Always at The Carlyle. A long roster of past and present A-listers have named the Madison Avenue hotel one of their favorite Manhatta...
Apple Users in 8 States Can Soon Use Their Phones as ID at Airports
Posted on 09/17/2021, 12:00 PM
A lot of Apple customers will soon be able to leave their IDs in their bags when going through airport security. Earlier this month, the company announced that eight U.S. states have signed on to a new system that allows iPhone owners to store government-validated digital versions of their driver's licenses on smartphones. To participate, iPhone users simply scan their driver's licenses and add t...
All-Inclusive Resort Chains Sandals and Beaches Set New Standard for Covid Guarantees
Posted on 09/17/2021, 8:00 AM
Sandals Resorts International is redefining the term "all-inclusive" to fit the needs of pandemic-era travelers. The vacation company operates beachfront properties under the Beaches and Sandals banners in Saint Lucia, Jamaica (the Sandals Royal Caribbean is pictured above), Antigua, the Bahamas, Grenada, Barbados, Turks & Caicos, and Curaçao. No, the company is not throwing in free spa tre...
Chile Reopens for Tourism—with Lots of Red Tape
Posted on 09/16/2021, 10:00 AM
Chile, like many countries, declared itself off-limits to international tourism about a year and a half ago. Starting October 1, the South American country is finally putting itself back on the market. But the host of requirements introduced would be difficult to fulfill on a backcountry hiking vacation to remote places such as eastern Patagonia and Torres del Paine National Park (pictured above)...
Thailand Reopening Bangkok and Other Popular Areas for Vaccinated Tourists
Posted on 09/15/2021, 12:45 PM
Bangkok, which was one of the world's most visited cities before the pandemic shut down tourism, will finally reopen to fully vaccinated foreigners on Friday, October 1. The Tourism Authority of Thailand announced that international visitors to the capital city and four other popular areas—Chiang Mai, Chon Buri, Phetchaburi, and Prachuap Khiri Khan—will no longer have to undergo two weeks of hote...
North America Is Getting an All-Inclusive Ski Resort from Club Med
Posted on 09/13/2021, 9:00 AM
The year was 1950. Belgian water polo champion Gérard Blitz got a hold of a bunch of army surplus tents left over from the recently concluded World War II and decided to start a business venture with them. He set up a camp on the Spanish island of Majorca with the aim of creating simple, affordable vacation opportunities for his fellow Europeans. Guests would live communally in the tents, cook mea...
Unvaccinated Americans May No Longer Freely Enter France
Posted on 09/12/2021, 8:00 AM
Global options for the unvaccinated continue to shrink. France has tightened restrictions for visitors from America who have not been fully vaccinated. Last Thursday, the country moved the United States to a list of nations it considers to be dangerous, and the reclassification forces unvaccinated tourists to quarantine for a week before they are permitted to travel freely. Unvaccinated visitors...
