Tagged: inventions

On the Margarita Mile in Dallas: How the City Became the Birthplace of a Tex-Mex Staple

There are lots of places across the United States where you can pay tribute to the country’s great inventors and innovators. But very few, if any, of those institutions serve tequila…

The Frommer's Travel Products Gift Guide for 2023

The success of gift-giving lies in the using. Too many presents are politely received but then wind up on the shelf, at the back of the closet, or in the bin. The real winners are the…

Japanese Airline Installing Hands-Free Lavatory Doors

Touching an airplane bathroom's door has always been scary, whether there's a global pandemic raging or not. A clever solution has been devised in Japan, and, frankly, we'd like to…

Why Didn't We Come Up with These Creative Inventions for Life on the Road?

During the pandemic, we've spent way more time indoors than we would have liked. Now that we're eyeing the open road again, many of us will find our travel expectations have been…

The Annual Frommer's Travel Gift Guide

This year, give the gift that keeps on moving! We combed the current best offerings to find travel gadgets and inventions that actually improve the way we experience places—and we…

Three Hot New Travel Inventions Coming to You Soon Through Crowdfunding

The entire Internet is now an episode of Shark Tank. Inventors with a good idea no longer have to go the traditional route and sell out to VCs and banks—they can take the product…

Three Hot New Travel Inventions Coming to You Soon Through Crowdfunding

The entire Internet is now an episode of Shark Tank. Inventors with a good idea no longer have to go the traditional route and sell out to VCs and banks—they can take the product…

That's Ridiculous! What's Your Hurry?

I don't know what I was thinking, trying to drive 1,100 miles in a straight shot. Was I trying to set a new land-speed record? Or had I just forgotten that everyone needs to sleep…

Headed to Europe This Summer? It's Going to Be a Riot

If you're looking for a little adventure this summer -- a strike, a riot or maybe even a revolution -- skip the Middle East and head to Europe. Traditionally quiet and predictable…

Park of the Week: The Pony Express National Historic Trail

"Only 10 days to deliver mail from Missouri to California?" Some folks didn't believe it back in April 1860, when the new Pony Express service was inaugurated between St. Joseph,…

10 Haunted Houses of the American South

Few U.S. regions conjure up visions of ghostly apparitions like the South. Stately old antebellum mansions, often abandoned to the ravages of time, loom from behind moss-draped trees.…

Danish Treats: Having Fun and Getting Happy in Copenhagen

"We're the Texans of Scandinavia," said a burly Dane to me years ago, explaining how he and his countrymen differ from what he called the "formal Swedes, the gloomy Norwegians and the…