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By Forrest Brown, CNN Do you feel a stirring in your heart? Maybe a jump in your libido? Heck, are you just getting plain ol’ hot and bothered?…
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN Do you feel a stirring in your heart? Maybe a jump in your libido? Heck, are you just getting plain ol’ hot and bothered?…
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches the four-month mark, one airline has announced plans to change its livery amid…
Continue ReadingBy Emmy Abbassi, CNN To celebrate the 20-year anniversary of the “Scooby-Doo” live-action film, Warner Bros. and Airbnb offered an…
Continue ReadingBarbie Latza Nadeau with Hada Messia, CNN Rome, the eternal city, has been invaded, conquered and pillaged countless times since its founding nearly…
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, CNN Yellowstone National Park’s north loop will reopen to all visitors Saturday, nearly three weeks after epic floods…
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan and Raja Razek, CNN After a week of epic flooding, Yellowstone National Park’s south loop will reopen to the public on Wednesday…
Continue ReadingJohn Walton, CNN The world’s longest flight: nonstop, 20 hours, as you recline in your wide armchair and decide whether you want to relax with…
Continue ReadingBy Karla Cripps, CNN US aircraft maker Boeing has just revealed its new 2022 ecoDemonstrator plane — a converted, 20-year-old 777-200ER that…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN At the far northern tip of Australia is one of the country’s least-visited and least-understood regions. But that’s…
Continue ReadingBarbie Latza Nadeau with Hada Messia, CNN Rome, the eternal city, has been invaded, conquered and pillaged countless times since its founding nearly…
Continue ReadingBy Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN The 18-year-old flew in from Miami wearing jeans and a denim jacket in the dead of winter. Outside, Washington was so…
Continue ReadingLeah Dolan, CNN While the former Beatle may be known for his immeasurable contribution to music, Paul McCartney also has a well-documented penchant…
Continue ReadingTamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN As her plane began its descent into the Seychelles on October 6, 2019, Ugandan-American travel influencer Jessica Nabongo…
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches the four-month mark, one airline has announced plans to change its livery amid…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN A warship carrying about 330 people — including James Stuart, future King of England — ran aground and sank on…
Continue ReadingTamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN You might need a stiff drink before you even get to this watering hole. A 240-meter-long (787 feet) glass bridge with a…
Continue ReadingMarianne Garvey Kim Kardashian did not ruin Marilyn Monroe’s iconic dress at the Met Gala. That’s according to Ripley’s Believe It…
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN As the quest for less environmentally damaging aviation continues, one Spanish airline has thrown its hat into the ring by…
Continue ReadingMarianna Cerini, CNN After a year off due to the pandemic and a scaled-down iteration in September 2021, Milan’s Salone del Mobile — the…
Continue ReadingBy Paul Vercammen, CNN Five friends’ celebrated photo taken every five years at the same California lake is out for the world to see despite…
Continue ReadingBy Paul Vercammen, CNN Five friends’ celebrated photo taken every five years at the same California lake is out for the world to see despite…
Continue ReadingJacqui Palumbo, CNN Wedding season is in full swing after two years of delayed or pared down “micro” ceremonies, and one thing is clear:…
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN With its cliff-chiseled road, dramatic curves and sheer drops towards the turquoise sea far below, the Amalfi Coast has become an…
Continue ReadingLeah Dolan, CNN A rare portrait by celebrated painter Francis Bacon sold for £43.4 million ($52.8 million) at Sotheby’s London on Wednesday,…
Continue ReadingLianne Kolirin, CNN Germany’s highest appeal court has ruled that a medieval sculpture can remain on the outside of a church in Wittenberg,…
Continue ReadingScottie Andrew, CNN James Patterson, the best-selling crime and mystery novelist, apologized for saying that White men are kept from getting writing…
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Ryanair has confirmed that South Africans will no longer have to take an Afrikaans test to prove their nationality…
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN Flying economy for any extended period of time is an experience usually endured rather than enjoyed, but one airplane seat…
Continue ReadingNadia Leigh-Hewitson, CNN While other artists might use watercolors or oil paints, Mbongeni Buthelezi uses waste plastics to create highly textured…
Continue ReadingKathleen Magramo, CNN A turtleshell-shaped box and a sacrificial altar are among a treasure trove of 13,000 relics dating back over 3,000 years…
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN An Indian street food restaurant in Asheville, North Carolina, an Indigenous restaurant in Minneapolis and an…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN Many mountaineers will tell you that climbing down Mount Everest is harder than climbing up. But South African Pierre Carter has…
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN Many travelers in the United States and abroad have been waiting for it. The travel industry has been pushing for it. And on…
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Zhang Daqian may not be a household name in the West, but in China — and the global art market at large — he is on par…
Continue ReadingBlane Bachelor, CNN Just as summer heats up, the US is lifting its long-standing requirement for all travelers entering the country to present a…
Continue ReadingEmma Tucker, CNN A blown-up Russian tank near Kyiv, a monument for Ukrainian writer Borys Hrinchenko, an apartment building destroyed by artillery…
Continue ReadingEmma Tucker, CNN A blown-up Russian tank near Kyiv, a monument for Ukrainian writer Borys Hrinchenko, an apartment building destroyed by artillery…
Continue ReadingLeah Dolan, CNN Britney Spears wore an elegant custom Versace gown to marry personal trainer and model Sam Asghari at an intimate wedding ceremony…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN The Swedish city of Malmö is taking dirty talk to a whole new level in its latest effort to clean up the streets. By installing…
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN Flying economy for any extended period of time is an experience usually endured rather than enjoyed, but one airplane seat…
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN The horrifying photograph of children fleeing a deadly napalm attack has become a defining image not only of the Vietnam War but…
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley As chaos engulfs the aviation industry this summer, one airline CEO has come up with a novel way of cutting down on flight…
Continue ReadingLianne Kolirin, CNN A Jeff Koons sculpture estimated to be worth up to £10 million ($12.5 million) will go on sale this month to raise funds for…
Continue ReadingBy Jacopo Prisco, CNN “I came of age when the jet age came of age,” says Ann Hood, an American novelist and New York Times best-selling…
Continue ReadingBy Kocha Olarn and Heather Chen, CNN Thailand on Thursday became the first country in Asia to decriminalize cannabis — but tough penalties will…
Continue ReadingMegan C. Hills Rainbow-themed Pride Month collections have become par for the course for fashion brands, but Versace’s latest collaboration is…
Continue ReadingBy Steve Almasy, CNN An Arizona man is suing American Airlines, claiming the airline’s negligence led to him spending 17 days in jail after he…
Continue ReadingSilvia Marchetti, CNN Italy has in recent years sold off hundreds of dilapidated homes for next to nothing, thanks to schemes to attract new…
Continue ReadingMelanie Swan, CNN The UAE may have only just celebrated its 50th anniversary of independence but Abu Dhabi has a centuries-old past. The largest of…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN Global mobility company ECA International has released its annual list of the world’s most expensive cities to live in,…
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN As summer heats up, the travel industry is struggling to cope — and one company has seen the writing on the wall, canceling…
Continue ReadingAqeel Najim, CNN A 66-year-old British man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in Iraq after he was found guilty of stealing antiquities while…
Continue ReadingLianne Kolirin, CNN Paula Rego, the acclaimed Portuguese-born British artist, has died at age 87. In a statement posted to Twitter, the Victoria Miro…
Continue ReadingJacqui Palumbo, CNN A striking meditative temple made of painted black wood has been built in London’s Hyde Park as part of a prestigious…
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN The horrifying photograph of children fleeing a deadly napalm attack has become a defining image not only of the Vietnam War but…
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN The horrifying photograph of children fleeing a deadly napalm attack has become a defining image not only of the Vietnam War but…
Continue ReadingMegan C. Hills Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” has often provoked controversy, facing book bans over the decades…
Continue ReadingBlane Bachelor, CNN Just as summer heats up, the US is lifting its long-standing requirement for all travelers entering the country to present a…
Continue ReadingHarmeet Kaur, CNN There are those who take photos and those who make photos, to paraphrase the legendary photographer Ansel Adams. Michelle Watt is…
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Mahtani, CNN Love them or loathe them, as the travel world re-opens, influencers are back on the move. That’s welcome news for some…
Continue ReadingTamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Ryanair has come under fire for asking South African travelers to take an Afrikaans test to prove their nationality…
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN Once every four years, influential Texas Monthly magazine comes out with one of its most highly anticipated cover stories. And…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN The quality of Europe’s bathing waters has improved dramatically in recent decades, and a new report released this…
Continue ReadingMelanie Swan, CNN The UAE may have only just celebrated its 50th anniversary of independence but Abu Dhabi has a centuries-old past. The largest of…
Continue ReadingHeather Chen, CNN Visiting the world’s largest Buddhist temple is about to get expensive. Borobudur, one of Indonesia’s most popular…
Continue ReadingMegan C. Hills Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations were full of lavish pageantry to mark the British monarch’s…
Continue ReadingZoe Sottile, CNN Several ancient works of art at the Dallas Museum of Art, including Greek vessels crafted thousands of years ago, were damaged by an…
Continue ReadingMohammed Abdelbary, CNN When Iranian actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi fled her country in 2006 due to a leaked tape, she thought her career was over. But on…
Continue ReadingMegan C. Hills, CNN Meghan, Duchess of Sussex proved she’s still got strong royal fashion game as she made a dazzling arrival to the honorary…
Continue ReadingZiyu Zhang, CNN An opulent 260-year-old gilded carriage hit London streets again for the first time in two decades, beaming a hologram of a young…
Continue ReadingBy Jacopo Prisco, CNN A new ship design concept from Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein could be the first step toward a zero-emission future for…
Continue ReadingBy Emiko Jozuka and Yuki Kurihara, CNN Sailing solo across the world’s largest ocean once is enough of an achievement. But 83-year-old Japanese…
Continue ReadingBy Mina Alsharif, Hande Atay Alam and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Turkey is rebranding itself. The country is now called “Türkiye” in the…
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Henderson and Paradise Afshar, CNN Some wedding chapels in Las Vegas are receiving cease-and-desist letters demanding they stop using…
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Busari, CNN Kunle Adeyanju is a self-confessed daredevil who has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro twice and cycled from Lagos to Accra over…
Continue ReadingMegan C. Hills, CNN Outside Buckingham Palace in London, a towering “Tree of Trees” has been erected as part of the Queen’s…
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN Americans entered Memorial Day weekend with the United States at five times the level of Covid-19 infection compared with this…
Continue ReadingBy Reuters The administration of President Joe Biden on Wednesday revoked a series of restrictions on flights to Cuba imposed by his predecessor,…
Continue ReadingLeah Dolan, CNN | Video: Angelica Pursley, CNN; Max Burnell, CNN As Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, the Queen is both a cherished and…
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Max Foster and Rob Picheta, CNN Grab your party hats and hang up your bunting — the Platinum Jubilee celebrations for…
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Busari, CNN Kunle Adeyanju is a self-confessed daredevil who has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro twice and cycled from Lagos to Accra over…
Continue ReadingTamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN After spending several years renovating a nearly finished California home with his husband, the last thing graphic…
Continue ReadingJacqui Palumbo, CNN In the lead-up to Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, marking 70 years of her reign, there has been no…
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN White House officials met Tuesday with travel industry officials, who pressed the Biden administration to…
Continue ReadingJacqui Palumbo, CNN The “Mona Lisa” was the subject of attempted vandalism on Sunday when a visitor to the world-famous Louvre museum in…
Continue ReadingSarah Sekula, CNN Clickety clack sounds. Steam whistles. Conductors sporting overalls. What’s not to love about train travel? In a world of…
Continue ReadingFrancesca Street, CNN The sun was starting to set over Skara Brae, a prehistoric stone village on the Orkney Islands, an archipelago off the most…
Continue ReadingJacqui Palumbo, CNN In a photograph by Tommy Kha, the artist, dressed as Elvis Presley in a bedazzled low-cut white suit, stares at the viewer from…
Continue ReadingBy Foren Clark, CNN The roots of French cooking run deep. The foundations of the country’s culinary empire were laid as early as the mid-1600s…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN In 1986, American businessman Richard Bass landed in the record books by becoming the first person to climb the “seven…
Continue ReadingBy Emily Smith, CNN Nearly two decades after her death, Julia Child’s can-do attitude and love for food still resonates with professional chefs…
Continue ReadingJacqui Palumbo, CNN The “Mona Lisa” was the subject of attempted vandalism on Sunday when a visitor to the world-famous Louvre museum in…
Continue ReadingStory by Rebecca Cairns, CNN; Video by Hazel Pfeifer, CNN Sassy, hardy, and vicious: that’s how yellow-eyed penguins are fondly described by…
Continue ReadingStory by Rebecca Cairns, CNN; Video by Hazel Pfeifer, CNN Sassy, hardy, and vicious: that’s how yellow-eyed penguins are fondly described by…
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN It seems so eternal, doesn’t it? The gleaming white marble. The massive columns. The huge statue of a man sitting…
Continue ReadingHeather Chen, CNN A glass-bottomed walkway in Vietnam, which opened to much public fanfare in April, has been declared the world’s longest…
Continue ReadingForen Clark, CNN In the new CNN Original Series “Nomad with Carlton McCoy,” master sommelier McCoy is on the hunt for authenticity in…
Continue ReadingForen Clark, CNN In the new CNN Original Series “Nomad with Carlton McCoy,” master sommelier McCoy is on the hunt for authenticity in…
Continue ReadingBy Jane Levere, CNN It’s looking like this summer will be a travel season to remember, especially following the Covid-stricken summers of 2020…
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN The world’s largest bottle of whiskey, called “The Intrepid,” has sold for about $1.4 million, according to the…
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