McSki: Lovin’ It at a Ski-Through McDonalds in Sweden
You barely have to stop on your way down the slope to grab a burger and fries at the McDonalds ski-through window, located on a popular resort in northwest Sweden. The location has been open ...
Category: Destinations & Sights
Sometimes it is simply good to get away and go someplace new, but traveling there directly is not always possible. WebUrbanist brings some of the most exotic travel destinations and incredible private islands, luxury resorts but also the most remote, uninhabited and abandoned islands and locations on the planet – some of these you may explore in person some day but some you may never seen or hear from again.
Super-Deluxe Swim Platform: Rent This DIY Floating Sauna
In Finland, where the tradition of sitting in steamy saunas is even more appealing in frigid winter, a group of enterprising DIYers has built their own multi-level floating spa, sun deck and dive ...
Bike Autobahn: Germany’s 60-Mile Highway for Cyclists Only
Germany is already home to the world’s best-known superhighway, the Autobahn, and now cyclists have 60 miles of breathtaking scenery reclaimed from disused railroad tracks all to themselves. ...
Mountaintop Viewing Walkway Culminates in 300-Foot-Long Slide
After winding their way up a hundred-foot-tall pathway in the Czech Republic set atop a mountain peak (itself located over 3,000 feet above sea level), visitors are presented with two options: ...
World’s Most Soothing Soaks: 10 Otherworldly Hot Springs
When the weather outside is frightful, there are few things so tempting as calling in sick to work and heading to a natural hot springs spa to soak in warm mineral-rich water - or maybe just ...
Last Stop: 2,800 Drowned NYC Subway Cars Turned Marine Habitats
Since the early 2000s, decommissioned New York City subway cars have been seeded into the waters around New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia and other eastern states, creating infrastructure for fish ...
Unknown NYC: 12 Hidden Sights in America’s Cultural Hub
The hordes of tourists glomming onto New York City's most famous sights likely won't notice the wild acid-green parakeets of Brooklyn, the strange bricked-up prison window on the side of the NYPD ...
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 ...
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 ...
