Should a town have the right to display looted antiquities stolen by one of its residents? According to an intriguing piece by Suzanne Daley in The New York Times this morning, the mayor of tiny Aranda de Moncayo, Spain, population 200, thinks they should. A 60-year-old ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Tiny Spanish Village Hopes to Profit From Antiquities Thief
Should a town have the right to display looted antiquities stolen by one of its residents? According to an intriguing piece by Suzanne Daley in The New York Times this morning, the mayor of tiny Aranda de Moncayo, Spain, population 200, thinks they should. A 60-year-old ...Penn Station And The Meaning Of Life In 4 Tweets
"Up in the Air" author Walter Kirn, "Absurdistan" author and travel writer Gary Shteyngart, and author of more books than some people will ever read, Joyce Carol Oates, had the following exchange on Twitter this morning. If you've ever traveled through New York's Penn ...
Stevie Wonder's Florida Boycott Gaining Momentum
Kanye West, Madonna and Usher are among those reportedly following Stevie Wonder's lead in boycotting Florida in protest of the state's "Stand Your Ground" law. The Huffington Post is following the story. ...
Rare View Of Empire State Building Endangered
I had only been talking to Brooklyn's Richard Kessler for a minute or two before he began telling me about his personal passion project: protecting a rare view of the Empire State Building, the Brooklyn Mirador.
The view of the iconic building from the edge of Prospect ...Eccentric England: The Headington Shark
Henry Flower
Once again, I'm back in Oxford for my annual summer working holiday. I love this place. This quintessentially English city offers beautiful colleges, the world's coolest museum, even the chance to bump into the Queen.
But all this pales in comparison to the ...Aspen's Rio Grande Bike Trail: Burgers, Bourbon And Basalt
Courtesy of Jeremy Swanson
I can probably be kicked out of Colorado for admitting this, but I'm just not that into bikes. Don't get me wrong: I've been lugging my vintage, fixed-gear cruiser around for over 21 years. Even though I rarely ride it these days because I live in ...'Phantom Menace' Set Getting Buried By Tunisian Desert
Andy Carvin
Darth Vader's childhood home will soon be covered by a giant sand dune, the BBC reports.
The collection of buildings in the Tunisian desert was used to portray Mos Espa, a spaceport on Tatooine that was home to Anakin Skywalker, later Darth Vader, in "The ...Find The World's Best Festivals
Chip Conley, Fest300
Do you travel for food, culture or history? You can find all that and more at a festival, and a website launched this week aims to connect travelers with some of the world's most unique, exciting and unusual festivals. Fest300 is part practical ...Valencia: Spain's Third City Offers Culture And Cuisine
Sean McLachlan
There's a well-worn tourist trail in Spain: Madrid for the art, Barcelona for the nightlife and the Costa del Sol for the beaches. All of these are great, but there are plenty of other spots that often slip under the radar. Valencia, for example, gets plenty ...Video: Dorset, England Now Has A Dragon Skull On The Beach
If you happen to be in the area of Dorset, England, in the near future, you might want to check out the giant dragon skull that is currently sitting on its Jurassic Coast. Blinkbox oversaw the skull-building project, which is, at its core, a celebration of the release of ...
Hi: A Narrative Mapping Site
Hi is a new website that allows users to map their journeys through personal narrative and original photography. The platform relies upon moments and their respective places. The goal of Hi is to map the world and if the execution of the idea proves to be as good as the ...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. ...
The Aboriginal Art Of Australia's Kakadu National Park
Kraig Becker
Australia's vast and wild Northern Territory holds a number of wonders for visitors to discover, not the least of which is Kakadu National Park. Spread out across more than 7600 square miles, the park is the true embodiment of the Outback with a rugged and ...The Desolate Salt Mines Of Sal Island, Cape Verde
I didn't know about Sal until a couple weeks before I departed for a trip to the island, at the invitation of a friend who wanted to go there for the purpose of diving and also wanted to have a travel partner in tow. I knew little about the country of Cape Verde. Between ...Tangier, Morocco: Stop And Stay A While
Almudena Alonso-Herrero
Every now and then in my travels I find a spot where I want to stop for a while. Damascus, Harar and the Orkney Islands have all captured my imagination because of their rich culture and laid back atmosphere.
Damascus is lost, sucked into the ...Why Ditching Preconceived Notions Can Make For Better Travel
Michael Stout, Flickr
Raise your hand if you've ever had heightened expectations or an ill-informed idea of a destination prior to a trip.
Me too. Many things influence our preconceived ideas about a place: daydreams, prejudice (I'm using this word in its traditional ...Exhibition At Berlin Wall Shows World's Fortified Borders
Wikimedia Commons
The Berlin Wall has been a symbol of oppression and tyranny ever since it went up. When it fell in 1989, the world rejoiced and many hoped we would now live in a world without barriers.
As a new exhibition at a remaining part of the wall shows, however, ...Madrid Offers Up Great Summer Art Season
Dalí, El gran masturbador, 1929 © Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, VEGAP, Madrid, 2013
Madrid is one of the best destinations in the world for art, and this summer its many museums and galleries are putting on an impressive array ...Video Of The Day: Barcelona Time-Lapse
"MIDNIGHT BARCELONA" from Pau García Laita on Vimeo.
What better way to see Barcelona at night than through the lens of time-lapse footage? This beautiful footage from the city was put together by Pau Garcia Laita. The lights of Barcelona against the night sky look ...
Video: London Street Art In Shoreditch
While simply walking around London, Bucky Turco and Aymann Ismali of ANIMAL came across two artists who were working on a striking mural of two birds. The artists in this video they captured, Bailon and Sliks, are both from Sao Paulo. The wall they were working on is ...
