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Trump Tower Vexes Chicago Tour Guides, More Business Travelers Use Uber, and More: Today's Travel Briefing

Well, folks, we finally made it to Election Day 2016. Don't forget to vote! If you aren't sure whether you're registered (and in some states you can still do that today) or don't know…

Great Architectural Pilgrimages: 15 Sites to Visit

From Angkor Wat to suburban Connecticut, we've rounded up 15 inspiring sites for people who love buildings.Photo Caption: Chicago city skyline reflected in the "Bean." Photo by…

Experience Barcelona

What should you see and do in Barcelona? We think these are the top sights, and they start with the crowning glory of the Modernista movement, Antoni Gaudí's Casa Milà is better known…

What to See in Istanbul: 5 Byzantine Beauties

Most visitors to Istanbul are familiar enough with those trademark pencil-thin Ottoman minarets, which rise from mosques around the city. If you stay in Sultanahmet, you're likely to…

Best Italian Architecture: Brunelleschi and More

For architecture buffs, Italy is catnip. In every major, and most minor, city are wonderful churches, ruins, and other works of architecture. But the following nine buildings never…

Spain's Best Religious Sites and Churches

Spain's religious architecture consists of a mix of privative Catholic sites, the rare remnant of Moorish conquest, grandiose monuments to a short-lived Golden Age, and monuments to…

The World's 10 Most Divine Cities

Every year, millions of travelers visit St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, or the Blue Mosque in Istanbul. Still others travel to see the Buddhist temples in…

Barcelona Walking Tour: Gaudi's Parc Guell

Parc Güell is one of the Barcelona's magical spots, where Gaudí unleashes a playful, humorous side that some of his darker creations partially conceal. Gaudí and his patron Count…

British Houses and Gardens: 16 Sensational Sites

The infamously moist British climate is a blessing for gardeners, who have nurtured native plants, imported exotic species, and pushed landscape design to new heights. Enjoy their…

Best of Crete: 9 Favorite Moments

Crete is an island of extremes -- the biggest Greek island, the farthest south, the hottest, with the longest summers, with people who are the hardest, proudest, most unforgiving of…

Experience Prague

What follows are the classic sights and experiences of Prague. And they start with the star of the Old Town Square, the medieval astronomical clock. Watch it at the top of the hour—on…

Experience Venice

If you have just a short time in Venice, what follows are experiences you can get to in just one day. If you have more time, take a look at our complete online guide to the city.Start…

How to See Rome, Florence, and Venice in a Week

You could easily spend a week in each of these cities and still not see everything they have to offer, but it's still possible to see the familiar highlights if you're on a tighter…

10 Last–Of–Their–Kind Towns

Lost in the forward-hurtling rush of civilization, by some quirk of fate each of these 10 small towns managed to escape modernization. They’re not just architectural stage sets, but…

Part of Prague's Dancing House Now a Hotel

(Photo: Pedro Szekely/Wikimedia Commons)Prague's iconic Dancing House—which features two towers of glass and concrete that appear to be cutting a rug on the banks of the Vltava…

Marijuana Tourism in Colorado, Northern Lights Time Crunch, and More: Today's Travel Briefing

Good morning! Here are the latest happenings from the world's cities, tourism boards, and frozen wastes.* ONLY 12% OF VISITORS IN COLORADO USE MARIJUANA, SAYS STATE TOURISM OFFICE…

New UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Hotels for Millennials, and More: Today's Travel Briefing

Here's what's happening today in the world of travel.* 21 NEW UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES ANNOUNCED (CNN). The UNESCO World Heritage Committee added 21 sites to its World Heritage List…

21 New UNESCO World Heritage Sites Announced

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee added 21 sites to its World Heritage List during the group's annual meeting in Istanbul last week (a meeting that had to be cut short because of…

Obamas Pick Architects for Presidential Library

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama have selected the architects who will design the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. Choosing from among 144 architects from…

Elevated Park Opens at WTC Site

An elevated park overlooking the World Trade Center memorial opened in New York City on Wednesday. Modeled after Manhattan's popular High Line, the 1-acre, $50 million Liberty Park…

World's Highest Observation Deck Opens, Shatters Height and Price Records

The world's highest observation deck has opened on the 148th floor of the 2,717-foot-tall Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai. That makes the deck 1,821 feet above street level, or a…

Eiffel Tower in Paris Unveils New Glass Floor

Paris' Eiffel Tower unveiled its new $37.5 million renovation today, which rehabilitated its somewhat ignored first level by adding shops, places to eat, and a museum that tells the…

Travel Troubleshooter: A Long, Bumpy Ride to Denied-Boarding Compensation

Tom Posch missed a weekend trip to Cleveland last summer after United Airlines overbooked his flight. Normally, travelers in Posch's shoes would quietly accept the flight vouchers the…

5 Things to Know When Planning a Trip to Greece

Philoxenia, the tradition of giving a warm and generous welcome to visitors, has a long tradition in Greece. Almost every visitor comes home with at least one story of an encounter…

5 Myths About Bedbugs & Travel

The recent bedbug comeback has spurred a surge in industry research and consumer education. That said, bedbugs are still the subject of hyped-up paranoia and confounding myths. So…