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New: A Literary Walking Tour of the Great Writers of Amherst, Massachusetts

Seeing as how Amherst, Massachusetts, produced Emily Dickinson, the Pioneer Valley college town's literary reputation is pretty solid already. But the most perceptive and inventive…

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"House of Gucci" Filming Locations You Can Visit in Italy

Ridley Scott's movie about the troubled marriage of a Gucci heir puts stars Lady Gaga and Adam Driver in vintage fashions and fabulous places. Here's where the film was made. 

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Get Yourself to Europe Quick: River Cruises Are Up to 50% Off

Starting on November 8, Americans are going to see a whole lot of something they haven't seen much of in ages: Europeans. That's because November 8 is the day the restrictions on…

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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…

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Haunting Photos of Abandoned World War I Sites Around the World

Though often overshadowed by its sequel, World War I had a lasting impact on history, from the conflict's map-altering geopolitical ramifications to the indelible scars that Lost…

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In New York City, You Can Climb Up the Exterior of a 1,200-Foot Skyscraper

The cityscape of New York is a breathtaking sight. But to see it from the most elevated spots, Manhattan's five observation decks will charge you around $40 a pop. Consequently, most…

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Pauline Frommer: Atlanta Is One of the Best Places in the USA for a Weekend Getaway

In National Geographic’s latest 3-inch-thick coffee table book, 1000 Perfect Weekends: Great Getaways Around the Globe, the city of Atlanta doesn’t appear once. Not once. I know…

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Disney's Pay-to-Skip-Lines System Launches: 10 Crucial Discoveries from the Reactions

Lightning Lane, Disney's new automated system that charges visitors extra to jump the line, has debuted at Walt Disney World. Here's what observers learned about how it works (and…

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Hawaii Welcomes Tourists Back Starting in November

The state of Hawaii will open once again to nonessential travelers. That may be an odd statement considering it never technically closed. But on August 23, Governor David Ige made a…

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Getting the Most Out of a Visit to NYC's New SUMMIT One Vanderbilt Observation Deck

Novelist Edith Wharton once wrote, “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” In the case of New York City’s newest observation deck,…

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Filmmaker Wes Anderson Designed a Real Train Car You Can Ride In

Film director Wes Anderson (pictured above) has redesigned a real-life, luxury train carriage and, honestly, what took him so long? It's an environment—small, self-contained, elegant,…

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Best Ghost Tours in the U.S.: 7 Ghoulish Guided Walks

From coast to coast, America has no shortage of ghost stories. Who better to explain the things that go bump in the night than a local tour guide? Whether you're an aspiring paranormal…

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The "Into the Wild" Bus Finally Goes on Display at a Museum

For one day in June 2020, hikers in backcountry Alaska could glimpse a truly fanciful sight: a rusting, 1950s Fairbanks City Transit System bus flying over the treetops. In 1992, the…

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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.

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New York City Puts Hotels, Shows, and Museums on Sale for October

Fall is normally New York City's most busy and expensive season, with hundreds of thousands of travelers descending on the city for business meetings, Broadway show weekends, the…

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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…

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Here's Where They Filmed James Bond's "No Time to Die"

If you've got the Aston Martin and the tuxedo, we've got the list of filming locations of the 2021 James Bond movie so you can retrace the secret agent's movements.

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Major Museum Dedicated to Native Americans Opens in Oklahoma City

A total of 39 Tribal Nations are based in what is now known as Oklahoma. Only a handful are indigenous to the state—the rest were forcibly removed from other parts of the United States…

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“Silence of the Lambs” House Now Rentable for Skin-Crawling Overnight Stays

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…

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Shopping in Paris: The Most Beautiful Design Stores and Artisan Studios

Paris is easily one of the world's most artistically inspiring cities—and not just because of its architecture, gardens, galleries, culture, cuisine, and je ne sais quoi . Even the…

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Walt Disney World's First 50 Years—Through the Lens of Orlando's Newspaper

Nowadays, Florida's Walt Disney World —the most popular theme park destination on the planet—cultivates its global image through heavyweight marketing, synergistic sister brands, and a…

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Westwood Village, L.A.'s Secret Cemetery of Superstars and Legendary Epitaphs

First-time visitors to Los Angeles expect celebrity sightings at every turn, but in reality, there's only one place where you're positively guaranteed to get close to Hollywood's…

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Atlas of Forgotten Places: Haunting Photos of the World's Abandoned Sites

Abandoned places are called ghost towns but really they’re more like ghost stories. As in any spooky tale of specters, a once-inhabited, now-forsaken spot can suggest all at once…

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Puerto Rico’s Splashy New Entertainment Complex Is Corporate but Cool

If you're the type of traveler who likes to explore local culture, the idea of a multimillion-dollar, "multisensory," "tech-first" entertainment complex with a corporate sponsor in its…

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8 Lush Hudson Valley Museums Worth the Trip (And How to Reach Them From NYC)

New York's gorgeous Hudson Valley has been inspiring artists ever since painter Thomas Cole founded America’s first major art movement there in the early 19th century. Called the…