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Inside The Broad, Los Angeles' Gorgeous New Modern Art Museum

Los Angeles 's newest major attraction is called The Broad —and it's free. Named for a pair of art collectors and philantropists who made their billions in construction and insurance,…

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11 Pieces of Truly Awesome Hotel Art

Traditionally, the artwork hanging in hotels has been nothing to look at, let alone admire. In the past, most hotels opted for bland landscapes or depressing nature scenes, usually of…

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11 Best-Kept Travel Secrets of Greece

Travelers to Greece can get so caught up in iconic sights like the Acropolis or Santorini that they tend to overlook Greek attractions and locations that are just as classic, if less…

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What to Do in San Antonio If You Don't Have Much Time

For a sprawling modern metropolis, San Antonio has a quaint Old World sensibility that’s vaguely Spanish, decidedly Mexican, and truly Texan. Such a kaleidoscope of enduring proud…

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A Tour of 12 Architecture Icons in Chicago

Considered the birthplace of the skyscraper, downtown Chicago has long been a center of architectural innovation. After much of the city was destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of…

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The World’s 12 Most Breathtaking City Views

There’s nothing like finding a “Big Picture” panorama to orient yourself at the start of a visit to a new city. Or maybe you save the views for the end of your trip, so you can…

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London's 10 Best Afternoon Teas

Afternoon tea in London can be an overpriced tourist’s pursuit, to be sure, but that doesn’t mean it’s not delightful to pass a mid-afternoon by pretending to be fancy. For the…

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Ten Unique Homes from Around the World

A house can be ornate, simple, large, or small. It can be made of brick and mortar, or it can be made of animal feces. A home is more abstract, and what one considers a home, the place…

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The Frommer's' Best Places to Go List for 2016

Every year when Frommer's decides which destinations to include on our eagerly awaited Best Places to Go list, we ask our global team of traveling experts to name their favorites. It's…

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The Museo dell'Opera is One of Florence's Best Museums

Anyone who has been to Florence knows about its spectacular Duomo complex. The Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, as it is officially called, dominates the city skyline with a…

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The Great Palazzo and Villa Hotels of Italy

Like much of Europe, Italy is adorned with hundreds of gorgeous old villas and palaces, each one an echo of the golden age of nobility. But time has not been kind to Italy's…

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12 Memorable Adventures in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico is filled with opportunities for special moments, regardless of where you go looking for them, be it the cool, modern allure of San Juan nightlife; the miles of tropical…

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That Wasn't a Set: Classic Movie Locations Around the World

Sarah Gavron's period drama Suffragette, which stars Meryl Streep, was the first film (commercial or independent) to shoot on location in London's Houses of Parliament , at a building…

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10 Site-Specific Masterpieces of Art You Can Only Appreciate in Person

Two years after Phaidon published The Art Museum , a highlight reel of the world's best masterpieces in a single tome, it published a second coffee table volume destined to inspire…

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Raven Trekking: Edgar Allan Poe's Richmond, Virginia

Richmond, Virginia , still feels haunted by the spirit of one of America's greatest and most misunderstood poets and horror writers, Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849). Although Poe was born…

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The London Eye: Weird and Wonderful Pictures Through the Years

The London Eye turned 15 in 2015. Although Londoners weren't sure about it at first—how dare it dwarf the tower containing Big Ben!—the tourist attraction quickly came to define the…

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What to Do in Dublin If You Don't Have Much Time

Despite its stony gray appearance, the Irish capital is one of Europe’s most youthful and rapidly changing cities. Dublin’s oldest landmarks remain among its most interesting, but…

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Adventures You Can Only Find in Las Vegas

As we all know, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. And some things ONLY happen here. So if you find yourself heading to “Lost Wages,” try one of these unique adventures—where else…

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New Zealand Movie Sites to See Whether You Care About Hobbits or Not

From 2001 to 2003, filmmaker Peter Jackson put out an epic, three-part New Zealand tourism brochure called The Lord of the Rings . Ever since the phenomenal success of that series,…

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Then-and-Now Pictures of Movie Locations, from Hitchcock to Pee-wee

We travel for food. We travel for weather. And some of us travel for entertainment history. Admit it—on your own vacations, you've sought out spots because you saw them first on the…

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What to Do in New York City If You Don't Have Much Time

How fast the time flies during a visit to New York City ! With so many sightseeing and entertainment options—including some of the world's most important historical and cultural…

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24-Hour Tokyo: A Round-the-Clock Touring Plan

Tokyo is awake all hours of the day, offering something at every hour to its residents....and visitors. The 23 wards of the city are fragmented into several smaller districts, and from…

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Exploring the Best Artifacts from the National African American Museum

Long-planned and anticipated, the new, $540 million Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) explores the rich saga of African American history and…

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15 Sublime Gardens That Prove the French Grow them Best

Few countries have mastered gardening as supremely as France. Blessed with a moderate climate, the French have created the best examples of seemingly every planting style over the…

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Hidden Wonders Inside Broadway’s Historic Theaters

Broadway’s 40 theatres (soon to be 41!) each contain a multitude of secrets, and many of them are designated historic sites. From the hidden speakeasy behind a wall panel at the Music…