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Cheryl Strayed's travel memoir "Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail" is set for the big screen. Reese Witherspoon will play Strayed, who went on a solo hike along the ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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'Wild' Movie Will Star Reese Witherspoon
Cheryl Strayed by Larry D. Moore and Reese Witherspoon by Georges Biard, Wikimedia Commons
Cheryl Strayed's travel memoir "Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail" is set for the big screen. Reese Witherspoon will play Strayed, who went on a solo hike along the ...Twitter Users Give Bankrupt Detroit New Tourism Slogans
With a budget deficit believed to be upwards of $380 million and long-term debt that could be as much as $20 billion, Detroit has officially filed for bankruptcy. The city's dire situation is no laughing matter, but Twitter users have made the once mighty Motor City the butt ...
Call An Ice Cream Truck On Demand Today With Uber
Today is the hottest day yet in New York City's latest heat wave, and the summer weather is no less forgiving in many other cities in the western hemisphere. To help beat the heat, car service app Uber is offering ice cream trucks on demand, today only from 11-5 p.m. in ...
New Website Offers Solo Travelers A Chance To Sleep With Strangers
Would you be willing to shack up with a complete stranger to save a few bucks on accommodation? If you're the adventurous sort, you can do just that on a new website called Easynest, which matches up single travelers who don't mind sharing a hotel room. Users set up a ...The Best Travel Book You've Never Read
"These beaten and vandalized towns are the bloodshot eyes of America. ... This is America muttering to itself late at night in the kitchen before stumbling off to bed. The allure of places like Two Guns is that they feel like prophecy: this is how the world might look if ...This Is What Manhattan Would Look Like Inside The Grand Canyon
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After visiting both the Grand Canyon and New York City, Swiss photographer Gus Petro was shocked by the contrasting landscapes "emptiness and density" of the United States. He decided to put his photography and photoshop skills to the test by combining the two ...New Dinosaur Unearthed (And On Display) In Utah
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Dinosaur lovers will be flocking to the University of Utah in Salt Lake City to check out a new discovery, a big-nosed, horned-faced dinosaur found in what is now Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Here's some stats about this new species, now named ...Dreamy Summer Palm Springs Footage
If you want a surreal moment's break from today's mundane routine, check out this dreamy video of slow motion aerial footage from the Palm Springs Ace Hotel. Created by Nate Bolt, this film was shot during the "Seven Seconds of Summer" at the "Yes By Yes Yes" gathering. ...
An App For Apps Makes Travel Easier, Maybe Too Easy
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In the world of travel apps, we've seen geo-based, crowd-sourced and sharing technology that has opened up a lot of possibilities for travelers. We can automatically create a travel log with one, find a hotel on the fly with another and map our way through ...China's State-Controlled Media Recommends Top 10 Nude Beaches
Looking for nude beach recommendations this summer? You probably wouldn't think to consult Xinhua, China's state-controlled press agency, but here comes editor Yang Yi's list of their "Top Ten Sexy Nudist Bathing Spots Around the World." I stumbled across the link to the ...Carnival Splendor Fire Explained By Coast Guard Report
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It was November 2010 when fire broke out on Carnival Splendor, disabling the 3,300-passenger ship. At the time, the reason for the fire was unknown. Now, the U.S. Coast Guard has completed its investigation into the cruise ship fire and has a report.
...6 Destinations Made More Popular By Celebrities
Travel Channel and the Esquire Network are both set to air TV shows that ask celebrities to give local perspectives on their favorite destinations. While one can argue that Travel Channel is taking Esquire's already developed idea and running with it, it's undeniable that ...
Hotel Fulfills Guest's Ridiculous Request Involving Bacon
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A man staying with his girlfriend at the Woodlands Resort in Houston may have forgotten about the silly request he made when booking, but the hotel didn't. In the "Comments or Special Request" field, Dustin Wray asked for three single M&Ms ("One for me, one for ...Passengers Refuse Startup Millionaire's $100 Offer To Switch Seats
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Would you switch seats on a transatlantic flight if someone offered you $100? Jason Goldberg, founder and CEO of online shopping website Fab.com, can't seem to understand why someone refused that same offer.
The startup millionaire asked surrounding passengers to ...8 Hotels Where Famous People Have Died
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Thirty-one-year-old heartthrob Cory Monteith of "Glee" was found dead at the Fairmont Pacific Rim in Vancouver, Canada over the weekend. Sadly, this isn't the first time a celebrity spent his or her final hours in a hotel. Here's a look at ...Aircraft Turned Diner To Open As Florida Attraction
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The Douglas DC-7 made history in 1953 flying the first non-stop coast-to-coast service in the country for American Airlines. But the DC-7's fame did not last long, as just a few years later, jet aircraft would charge the future of commercial aviation. Gone ...Gang Allegedly Tags $2.3 Million Jet At Van Nuys Airport
Not content with putting its mark on buildings and train cars, a gang has allegedly taken things to a higher level by tagging a $2.3 million jet. The graffiti artists snuck into Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles to scrawl the words "R.I.P." and "flame" across a Learjet Model ...
Huge Summer Festival Does It All In One Day
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Summer festivals and events scattered around the United States feature a variety of themes. At one event or another, there is surely something for everyone. It's just a matter of finding one that suits our interests and getting there. Some are small, local ...Major League Midsummer Classic No Cheap Ballgame
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Major League Baseball's All-Star Game is an annual game between players from the National and American Leagues, this year to be played in Queens, New York. Baseball fans will come from around the world to Citi Field, home of the New York Mets, spending as ...See Live Rocket Blast This Summer, Before Anti-Gravity Takes Over
Visitors to Florida's Kennedy Space Center have been lining up to see Space Shuttle Atlantis in a new $200 million exhibit that opened in June. But while traveling over 26 million miles, Atlantis' glory days are over and the circa-1976 space ship will never fly again. Still, ...
