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! ...
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Sunken Ruins of Alexandria to be World’s First Underwater Museum
The Ministry of Antiquities in Egypt is planning to turn submerged ruins of ancient Alexandria into an underwater museum, allowing tourists access to 2,500 of subsurface stonework dating back ...
Go Somewhere Else: 8 Abandoned Roadside Rest Stops
Rest stops and welcome centers are to highway travel what oases are to desert caravans, with one exception: when an oasis dries up, the camels unload anyway. ...
Transportable Tourist Towers Provide Stackable Housing
Prefabricated, portable and modular, the Transportable Tourist Tower (TTT) by Portuguese architect Jose Pequeno is an adaptable housing solution that can be installed on almost any site, ...
Tourism Tech: Audio Tour App Takes You on a Tram Ride
Being a tourist can be expensive, inconvenient and embarrassing. Lumped into unwieldy masses and guided like cattle through a city, you're at the mercy of the schedules of others and sometimes ...
Mexico’s Creepiest Tourist Destination: Island of the Dolls
On a dark and creepy island in the canals of Xochimico near Mexico City sits what might be the world's strangest and scariest tourist attraction ever. However, this sad island was never meant to ...
Stuck On You: Seattle’s Gum Wall Is Pretty, Gross
The "Gum Wall" takes the concept of sticktoitiveness to a new level - actually, 15 feet above Post Alley in Seattle's famous Pike Place Market. The wall's owners no longer bother scraping away the ...
Sin City Skinny Dip: 10 Luxurious Las Vegas Hotel Pools
What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas? No longer! Sin City's magnificent makeover has been a boon for vacationers seeking the best beyond just the bets. Las Vegas' host of hotels have helped make ...
Sweet Vessels: 7 Nautical Wonders Of The Modern Shipping World
For those who think that the glory-days of boat-building are over, think again - for there are modern-day Brunels, eager to build the next generation of ocean-faring superstructures. Here are 7 ...
Traveling in Time: History & Evolution of the Suitcase
Suitcases have grown in size, style and security as trains, boats and plains made the world a smaller place. From buckskin packs to steamer trunks to carbon fiber carry-ons, the story of the ...
