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Slip Slidin’ Away: Venice’s Too-Slick Glass Bridge Getting a Stone Makeover

We're not structural engineers or anything, but putting an arched footbridge made out of a notoriously slippery substance in the middle of a famously soggy city seems like a surefire…

“In the Heights” Sites: Upper Manhattan Spots Featured in the Vibrant Movie Musical

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s pre-Hamilton musical In the Heights balances the strength and sustaining comforts of a tight-knit community with the individual dreams of a batch of strivers…

Take an Elevated Stroll Among Giant Redwoods on California’s New Sky Walk

A brand-new suspended walkway in Northern California will give visitors a unique perspective on the region's gigantic redwoods. Located at the Sequoia Park Zoo in Eureka, Redwood Sky…

Would You Climb This Heart-Stopping Sky Ladder 400 Feet Above the Utah Desert?

Thrill chasers who are no longer moved by the prospect of crossing yet another trembling suspension bridge dangling hundreds of feet over a gorge have a new way to get the spine…

The World’s Longest Suspension Bridge Has a See-Through Walkway

The world's longest pedestrian suspension bridge will soon be getting visitors' spines tingling, hearts pounding, and regrets overflowing above a gorge in Portugal. Held up by steel…

99 Places to Take Your Family in the United States

UPDATED FEBRUARY 18, 2020 Here are 99 must-see places around the United States to take your family on vacation. We cover everything from the action and adventure you'll find ballooning…

Chinese Glass Bridges Closed Out of Safety Fears

For a few years now, China has seemed determined to install spine-tingling transparent bridges, walkways, and slides at every cliffside, mountain gorge, and canyon in the country. At…

Stroll Above the Smokies on the USA’s Longest Pedestrian Suspension Bridge

Eastern Tennessee is now home to the longest pedestrian suspension bridge in the United States.Opening May 17, Gatlinburg SkyBridge, located in the resort town that serves as a gateway…

That's Ridiculous! The "Myth" of the Unchanged Hotel Sheets

No recent story has generated more hate mail than my recent investigation of hotels that don't change their sheets between guests. I use the term "investigation" lightly, since the…

What's New: An Online Update for Frommer's San Diego

Even before it became an American city in 1850, San Diego has run on cycles of boom and bust. The city's housing market now finds itself in official freefall bust mode, with home…

8 Reasons Your Travel Company is Ignoring You

It isn't your imagination. Your travel company is giving you the cold shoulder.As the number of travel complaints takes off -- airline gripes jumped nearly 60 per cent to 13,168…

What's New: An Online Update for Frommer's Amsterdam

With more than half of its "land" area, and two-thirds of its 16 million inhabitants precariously situated below sea level, Holland is beginning to get a little bit nervous about…