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From wonders of the world to boutique hotels, parkour and free running to building jumping and rooftopping, these articles are pure inspirational fuel for the adventurous traveler seeking something off the beaten path.

Sick Transit: 10 of The World’s Germiest Tourist Attractions

Caught the travel bug? Visit the world's 10 filthiest, germiest tourist attractions and you could catch much, much more than you bargained for! ...

Fortified Farms: In the Svanti Mountains Every Home is a Castle

Facing threats from all sides, the Svans of Georgia became highland gatekeepers of their mountain passes, each distributed dwelling turned into a individually defensible ...

The Language of Death: 15 Gravestone Symbols Explained

The symbols carved into stones commemorating the dead can reveal a lot about the deceased’s beliefs and philosophies, or at least those attributed to them by their families when they were ...

Bibliophile’s Dream: 13 of the World’s Most Beautiful Bookstores

Bibliophiles can browse books inside a 19th-century theater filled with frescoes, a converted cathedral, a subterranean space with sci-fi vibes or an incredibly ornate space that helped inspire ...

Holloway Roads: Tunnels Eroded by Passage of People Over Time

Holloways (or: hollow ways) are desire paths gone wild, reflecting centuries or even millennia of informal use, slowly transforming them from flat paths to sunken lanes and, in some cases, ...

Crash Pads: Sleeper Vans Let You Stay in NYC for $20 a Night

Hotel rooms in Manhattan cost hundreds and even a cheap hostel-style hotel with partition walls in the Bowery runs nearly $100 per night, but starting around $20 you can stay on the streets in ...

Built of Bombs: Unexploded Ordnance Turned Into Boats & Homes

A legacy of living in the most-bombed country per capita in world history, Laotian citizens have spent decades since the Vietnam War dealing with close to 100 million undetonated weapons of ...

Freaky Florida: 12 of a Weird State’s Weirdest Attractions

There’s a lot more to America’s southernmost state than the headline-worthy misadventures of Florida Man and Florida Woman. Culturally distinct from the rest of the South, Florida has been ...

NYC Secrets: 10 Hidden Sights in The City That Never Sleeps

Even if you're sick of the surface-level, tourist-friendly version of New York City, there are still many sights to be seen, including fun little secret installations right under your nose in ...

Chinese Skywalk: World’s Longest Glass Bridge Spans Two Cliffs

If you thought Twin Peaks was suspenseful, test your mettle on the new glass-bottomed Brave Man's Bridge connecting two cliffs in the Hunan province of China and spanning nearly 1,000 ...

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