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Lola Méndez, CNN Filled with nerves, I intentionally left my bikini behind before embarking on my first nudist beach experience on the uninhabited Lokrum Island in Croatia. This was the only way I could be sure that the fear of baring it all in front of strangers wouldn’t cause me to back out at the

David Williams, CNN A painting by rock icon David Bowie has sold for almost $88,000 at an online art auction after someone picked it up for a few bucks at a donation center at an Ontario landfill. The portrait, titled “DHead XLVI,” is part of a series of approximately 47 works that Bowie created between

By Marnie Hunter, CNN Disneyland is welcoming out-of-state guests for the first time since March 2020, six weeks after the resort reopened to California residents. With the full reopening of the state on June 15, Disneyland is also lifting many of its Covid-related restrictions. Reservations and a valid ticket are still required for guests ages

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Strolling across the Charles Bridge or having a dinner under Prague’s famous Astronomical Clock is not something most locals would consider either fun or bearable. Unless, it turns out, they do it in the middle of a pandemic. The restrictions on travel put in place because of the coronavirus have slashed

This popular city has an enigmatic soul that extends far beyond its Communist past. CNN’s Richard Quest explores Prague’s built-in “magic” that even locals find too enticing to resist.

By Alexandra Meeks and Hollie Silverman, CNN One of California’s popular hiking trails will reopen to the public after being damaged in a fire nearly 13 years ago. The devastating Basin Complex Fire of 2008 charred 162,818 acres and is among the top 20 largest wildfires in California’s history, according to Cal Fire. Big Sur’s

By Tina Burnside, Amanda Jackson and Hollie Silverman, CNN Southwest Airlines said it was “resuming normal operations” and investigating the cause of technical issues that paused departing flights Tuesday afternoon. The outage was the second technical issue in less than 24 hours, and the airline said it is “in the process of investigating the root

By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN A note tucked away on a Delta plane in storage for more than a year is providing a look at the days right before the world shut down because of Covid-19. On March 23, 2020, Capt. Chris Dennis parked Delta ship 3009 at the Victorville airport in the California desert.

By Forrest Brown, CNN Riders are at the top of a 130-foot drop. They’re about to plunge almost 60 mph. Now’s a good time to ask: “What in the devil are they thinking?” These coaster enthusiasts — “daredevils” if you will — are willing riders on the Jersey Devil Coaster, which debuted to the public

Kate Eshelby, CNN It’s mid-morning when three velvet-helmeted swimmers suddenly bob up from deep underneath the turquoise sea. Dazzles of light dance as kayakers swoosh oars through glacier-clear water, propelling over a kelp forest towards Nor Nour, a tiny, deserted island. It’s then the divers appear: Atlantic Grey seals just meters away, rare in many

By David Williams, CNN Workers testing underwater surveying equipment say they found the wreckage of a small airplane deep underwater in California’s Folsom Lake -— and they may have solved a 56-year-old aviation mystery. Sonar images show the outline of the plane, covered in a thick layer of silt, about 160 feet below the lake’s