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Leah Dolan, CNN | Video: Angelica Pursley, CNN; Max Burnell, CNN As Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, the Queen is both a cherished and consistent part of public life — her image synonymous with stability and tradition to the British people. When masses gather and wait dutifully to catch a glimpse of Her Majesty, the color she

By Stephanie Busari, CNN Kunle Adeyanju is a self-confessed daredevil who has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro twice and cycled from Lagos to Accra over three days. But it is his latest adventure that is creating a buzz after he successfully completed a motorcycle ride from London to Lagos. The journey took 41 days as he traveled

Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN After spending several years renovating a nearly finished California home with his husband, the last thing graphic designer Mark Goff was thinking about was taking on another big project. But curiosity got the better of him when a blog about renovating a ruined chateau in France popped up on his computer screen,

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN In the lead-up to Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, marking 70 years of her reign, there has been no shortage of the 96-year-old British monarch’s visage on “Team Queen” T-shirts, commemorative plates and decorative flags. Now, Stonehenge has been adorned with the Queen’s likeness, too, thanks to English Heritage, a charity

Sarah Sekula, CNN Clickety clack sounds. Steam whistles. Conductors sporting overalls. What’s not to love about train travel? In a world of instant gratification, welcoming a slower travel experience can be a lovely change of pace. Whether it’s a day trip or a long-distance haul, you’ll score instant nostalgia with one of these incredible North

Francesca Street, CNN The sun was starting to set over Skara Brae, a prehistoric stone village on the Orkney Islands, an archipelago off the most northerly tip of Scotland. A lone figure stood alone among the 3,000 year-old stone buildings, cradling a cup of tea in the waning light. Rachael was a history graduate in

Jacqui 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 behind a table in a retro-looking bright teal kitchen. There’s a sense of the uncanny valley with his blank, unbreaking gaze, and the harsh light flattening his figure. But

By 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 when chef François Pierre La Varenne penned his hugely influential “Le Cuisinier François” recipe book, emphasizing regional and seasonal ingredients, highlighting complementary flavors, and beginning to document its terms and

By Emily Smith, CNN Nearly two decades after her death, Julia Child’s can-do attitude and love for food still resonates with professional chefs and novice home cooks around the world. She was a pioneer in the food world and blazed a trail for women in the culinary arts and celebrity chefs on television. Her legacy

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN The “Mona Lisa” was the subject of attempted vandalism on Sunday when a visitor to the world-famous Louvre museum in Paris smeared frosting all over the Renaissance-era painting’s protective glass. The man, who appeared to wear a wig in videos of the incident shared on social media, approached the painting in a

Story by Rebecca Cairns, CNN; Video by Hazel Pfeifer, CNN Sassy, hardy, and vicious: that’s how yellow-eyed penguins are fondly described by the people who spend their days working with them. “(They) aren’t as cute and cuddly as they look,” says Jason van Zanten, conservation manager at Penguin Place in the Otago Peninsula, New Zealand.

By Forrest Brown, CNN It seems so eternal, doesn’t it? The gleaming white marble. The massive columns. The huge statue of a man sitting straight up with purpose and solemn dignity. The face is wise and weary and staring resolutely ahead. The hands — one clinched and the other relaxed. The inscribed speeches calling us

Heather Chen, CNN A glass-bottomed walkway in Vietnam, which opened to much public fanfare in April, has been declared the world’s longest bridge of its kind by Guinness World Records. The previous record for world’s longest glass-bottomed bridge was held by a structure measuring 1,726 feet in length in Guangdong, China. Located in the rural

Foren Clark, CNN In the new CNN Original Series “Nomad with Carlton McCoy,” master sommelier McCoy is on the hunt for authenticity in destinations around the world. Whether it’s along the banks of the Mississippi River or in the bustling city of Seoul, McCoy is exploring off the beaten path to find what truly makes

By Zoe Sottile, CNN The world’s largest bottle of whiskey, called “The Intrepid,” has sold for about $1.4 million, according to the auction house Lyon and Turnbull. The bottle, standing 5 feet 11 inches, was given the Guinness World Record in September 2021. It contains 82.16 US gallons, or 311 liters. That’s the equivalent of

Jacopo Prisco Kareema Hassan was at her local mosque in Toronto, Canada, for a nightly prayer called Taraweeh — camera and tripod in tow — when she captured a striking sign of the times. It was the end of the holy month of fasting, Ramadan, in the spring of 2021. Government restrictions imposed in response

Julia Buckley, CNN Summer in the northern hemisphere is hotting up, travel chaos reigns, and tourists are intent on having some “revenge travel.” And in Venice, that makes for a perfect storm of visitors behaving badly. The past couple of weeks have seen a slew of tourist transgressions in the city, from skinny dipping in

By Marnie Hunter, CNN Gas prices and Covid cases are high as the US rolls into Memorial Day weekend and the busy summer travel season. The tangled web of global restrictions is still in play, but most Americans are planning to be out and about this summer. According to the US Travel Association, about six

By Jordyn Haime, CNN In January, news that Japan had plans to nominate several gold and silver mines on Sado Island as a UNESCO World Heritage site sparked anger in South Korea, which remembers the site as something quite different from Japan’s depiction. The nomination specifically highlights the history of the mines during the Edo

Leah Dolan, CNN As the 75th annual Cannes Film Festival draws to a close, there were plenty of eye-catching fashion moments on show, with celebrities bringing their sartorial A-game to the Promenade de la Croisette. Scroll through our highlights gallery above to see unmissable looks from the week and read on for wider trends seen

Rhea Mogul, CNN Indian author Geetanjali Shree has won the International Booker Prize — making her the first writer from the South Asian nation to claim the prestigious literary award. Shree’s winning novel, “Tomb of Sand,” follows an 80-year-old woman as she gains a new lease on life following the death of her husband. Set

Oscar Holland, CNN | Teele Rebane, CNN For almost 25 years, the soaring “Pillar of Shame” stood on the University of Hong Kong (HKU) campus to honor victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. The school’s controversial decision to pull the statue down last December signaled a major blow to freedom of expression in the

By Jeanine Barone, CNN Traveling to a paradise on Earth doesn’t necessarily require a long, arduous or perilous journey. In fact, an unspoiled landscape reminiscent of a fairytale is barely five hours from Boston and about four hours from the United Kingdom. It’s a land where waterfalls cascade down iridescent green slopes; where roads are

By Hafsa Khalil Four US engineering students were brainstorming the perfect invention for their product design course, when lunch inspiration — literally — fell into their laps. “Erin was eating a burrito and the tortilla opened all over her,” one of the four, Tyler Guarino tells CNN. “It hit her then — this is a

By Lilit Marcus, CNN A collection of treasures from Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctica voyage has been sold at auction in London this week. The timing couldn’t be better, as the wreck of his ship HMS Endurance was finally located in the Weddell Sea earlier this year, 107 years after it sank. The highest priced item (£176,400,

Francesca Street, CNN The summer Tim Thomas was 18, he packed up a rucksack, left his small hometown in the south of England and hopped on a train to France, kicking off a month-long journey through Europe by rail. It was 1972. Thomas was among the first travelers to take advantage of the fledgling European

Oscar Holland, CNN | Jacqui Palumbo, CNN A judge has blocked the sale of a pinafore dress worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” — just one day before it was expected to fetch up to $1.2 million at auction. Missing for decades but rediscovered in shoebox last year, the costume was withdrawn

Leah Dolan, CNN Madonna and FKA Twigs were spotted front row at the Central Saint Martins (CSM) undergraduate fashion show on Tuesday. The prestigious art school — known for producing renowned designers Alexander McQueen, John Galliano, Stella McCartney and Phoebe Philo — held its annual show in London’s Kings Cross area, where students exhibited their

Janelle Davis, CNN A single meal forever changed Julia Child‘s life and American kitchens with it. It featured a mild, white-fleshed fish served in a butter sauce. The legendary American chef stepped on French soil in 1948 for the first time. She was in her late 30s and didn’t know how to cook — at

By Marnie Hunter, CNN A wild expanse on North Carolina’s Outer Banks has earned the top spot on an annual list of America’s best beaches. Ocracoke Island’s Lifeguarded Beach is the No. 1 stretch of sand for 2022, according to coastal scientist Stephen Leatherman, also known as “Dr. Beach.” Leatherman, a professor and director of

By Serenitie Wang, CNN When I made up my mind to travel outside of Hong Kong in early March, the city’s daily Covid-19 case count had just passed 50,000, with the highest fatality rate in the world. But I was trying to go to Shanghai, my hometown, for the first time in more than two

Barry Neild, CNN A huge new subterranean railway whisked fare-paying passengers deep beneath the streets of London for the first time on Tuesday as the UK capital opened a $25 billion new metro line that will transform travel across the city. Large crowds of rail enthusiasts, commuters and excited locals turned out to catch the