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High-Tech Lenses Let Color-Blind Travelers See Art and Nature in Full Color
Assistive devices for color-blind travelers are coming to parks and museums across the nation.
What Will Fall Foliage Be Like in 2022? Predictions from an Expert
We've got encouraging news for leaf peepers—and it comes from a real expert. Aimee Tucker, the digital editor of Yankee magazine and NewEngland.com, told me on this week's edition of…
Deserted: Eerie Photos of Abandoned Islands Around the World
By definition, islands are cut off from other places. Maybe that's why deserted islands that show signs of once having had human inhabitants feel especially eerie and forlorn. Floating…
An Easy New Way to See Redwoods in the San Francisco Bay Area
A newly opened hiking trail in the San Francisco Bay Area supplies a wide-ranging survey of California's scenic wonders, all within a manageable distance and on easily traversable…
Amazing Stargazing! Stellar Views of the Milky Way from Around the World
May and June are the best months for seeing the Milky Way's luminous, hazy band of distant stars in the night sky in both the northern and southern hemispheres, according to the travel…
PHOTOS: 13 of the World’s Most Spectacular Theaters
Some theaters are showstoppers before the show even starts. The architecture and interior design can supply plenty of spectacle and splendor independent of the dramas unfolding…
American Roadsides: Acclaimed Photographer Captures Rural Strangeness and Beauty
There was a time when driving across the American heartland meant encountering a steady parade of weird and wonderful roadside scenes—fire-and-brimstone billboards, idiosyncratic art…
An 800-Year-Old English Landmark Finally Gets a Visitor-Friendly Makeover
One of the most historically significant buildings in England hasn't had much to offer visitors for about, oh, three centuries or so. The 800-year-old Clifford's Tower in the…
PHOTOS: 12 of the World's Most Gorgeous Gardens
The plant kingdom is a diverse and versatile realm. Consider, for example, the myriad ways humans have cultivated green things for practical and recreational uses: There are orderly…
6 Great Dude Ranches and Guest Ranches in the U.S. and Canada
Vacations don’t get more all-American (or all-Canadian) than this: spectacular scenery and outdoor adventures with your kids or grandkids at a dude ranch. You’ll feel wind-in-your-hair…
Two Years on a Bike: Photos of an Epic Ride from Canada to Argentina
Dutch travel writer and photographer Martijn Doolaard takes bike rides that last about as long as a grad school program. His previous book, One Year on a Bike (published by Gestalten…
WATCH: A Dozen Years at Yosemite Captured in Stunning Time-Lapse Video
Mid-February is "firefall" season at California's Yosemite National Park. On evenings when conditions are just right in Yosemite Valley, the setting sun hits El Capitan's Horsetail…
Dive Into the Best Underwater Photography of 2021
About 71% of Earth is under water , yet that vast submerged realm remains aqua incognita for most of us, even if we take the occasional snorkeling excursion during vacation. Maybe…
Frommer Guide Flashback: Why Is Barcelona's Sagrada Família Still Under Construction?
Gaudí's fanciful masterwork of a church has been in the works since 1882. What in heaven is taking so long?
Hikers Follow Glow-in-the-Dark Guideposts on This Stargazing Trail
A scenery-focused hike in the dark sounds counterintuitive, but not when the nighttime amble is at Exmoor National Park, a coastal stretch of unspoiled moors between Devon and Somerset…
Giant Star Added to the Top of Barcelona’s Still-Unfinished Sagrada Família
Barcelona's La Sagrada Família received a (literally) dazzling new addition this week: a giant, illuminated star on the top of the still-unfinished basilica's second-tallest…
This Year's Most Dazzling Photos of the Northern Lights
When it comes to otherworldly beauty, Mother Nature really outdid herself with the northern lights. Filling wintertime skies with eerie swirls of green, purple, yellow, and pink, the…
In London, Big Ben’s Tower Finally Emerging from Scaffolding—with New (Old) Look
The world-famous clock tower at the Houses of Parliament in London has been under scaffolding for three and a half years now. The photogenic landmark, commonly referred to as Big Ben…
Our Newest Guidebook, "Frommer's New York City Day by Day," is Now on Sale
You know the moment in just about every rom-com when the montage sequence shows the happy couple bathed in golden light while laughing, smiling, and running around doing cute…
Float Over Dubai in the World’s Highest Infinity Pool with Wraparound Views
You can now take a soak while soaking in limitless views of Dubai's over-the-top skyline at a new infinity pool suspended more than 650 feet above the United Arab Emirates…
These Rentable Cabins Are So Gorgeous, They’re Part of a Coffee Table Book
Salt Lake City–based JJ Eggers has a thing for the outdoors and a passion for charming, cozy cabins. A few years ago, he started posting photos on Instagram of his favorite hideaways…
Which New York City Skyscraper Observation Deck Is the Best?
If Edge is for adventurers, then this new-in-2021 deck is for Instagram fans, visual artists....and stoners. I don't mean that as a diss. This is, without argument, the city's most…
PHOTOS: The World's Most Impressive New Skyscrapers
A stunning addition to the already iconic harborside skyline of Sydney, Australia, has been named the world's best new skyscraper. The 890-foot-tall One Barangaroo tower (pictured…
7 Bewitching Filming Locations from "Hocus Pocus" That You Can Visit in Salem, Massachusetts
Come, little children! It's all just a bunch of "Hocus Pocus" at these Salem spots that appeared in Disney's beloved Halloween movie classic.
From Souks to Skyscrapers: Astonishing Then-and-Now Photos of a Middle Eastern Metropolis
The Middle Eastern nation of Qatar gained its independence from the British in September 1971. In the 50 years since, this tiny nub of land on the northeastern coast of the Arabian…