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Whether you want to travel the world in luxury and style or take steps and streets off of the beaten bath, there is sure to be a unique, offbeat and amazing hostel, hotel or resort in this section to suit your desires. From spacious urban retreats to cozy remote treehouses:
Extreme Room Service: Space Hotel is Surprisingly Spacious
Need to get away from it all? This orbiting hotel, set to be complete in 2016, will let you leave the planet for an out-of-this-world vacation.
Shops Pop Up Around Basement Windows in Urban Sofia
After the fall of communism, entrepreneurs in Sofia, Bulgaria, beat high storefront rents by opening tiny convenience stores around basement windows.
Give Thanks for 5 Eye-Opening Black Friday Infographics
Black Friday will be bigger and earlier than ever this year. Here are 5 fresh infographics filled with facts about the annual post-holiday shopping event.
Star Wars IV Survives: Real Life Tatooine Located in Tunisia
Yes, you can spend the night in Luke Skywalker's home, see the hermit habitat of Obi-Wan Kenobi up close, and view other remnants of the original Star Wars movie.
Rain Forest Retreat: Remote Jungle Tree-House Hotel
Near the Pacific coast in beautiful Costa Rica, an adventure-loving community of permanent residents and temporary visitors inhabits the jungle.
Half & Half: Stunning Semi-Graffitied Boutique Hotel Room
Dubbed "The Panic Room" this daring dwelling space is more designed to make you panic than as a place to flee during a (real or panic) attack.
Video Tours Take You Around the World in Just One Minute
Even if you can't afford a trip around the world, these three short films will show you just what it is like to visit 11 countries in 44 days.
Material Worlds: All Their Possessions in Just One Picture
After a recent look at urban Europeans posing with all they own, this potent look at rural Asian families and their worldly possessions is nothing if not a stark contrast.
Deserted Double Decker: OZ Outback's Busted Bus
Think the daily grind on public transit is commuter hell? Try taking a double-decker bus for a drive in the Australian Outback... just don't try taking it back.
Drenched by Design: Waterfall Hotel is Strangely Cool
A beautiful hotel in Chile, nestled in the middle of a nature preserve, looks just like a mountain with a waterfall spewing from the top.
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