Yank Royalty: 7 Outrageous American Castles
2013-08-28

For a country that ditched monarchical rule, America has some of the most intriguing “castles” in the world. OK, maybe not castles in the classic sense. To visit a fortress where ancient monarchs slept on stone pillows and knights bickered about grails, you’ll still have to fly across the pond. But for a different sort […]

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World’s Best Restaurants With Sunset Views
2013-08-27

Dining by candlelight gets the star treatment in Hollywood flicks, but some of us — early eaters, arsonphobics, and iPhone-ready photographers — prefer to set our gastronomical groove to the beat of a gorgeous sunset. There is nothing like the five-sense experience of soaking in the early evening’s rosy glow, indulging in seasonal mojitos and […]

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20 More Can’t-Miss U.S. Beaches
2013-08-26

With more than 12,000 miles of coastline in the United States — not to mention lakeshore — there’s no way CNN.com could name every great beach destination in last week’s “22 can’t-miss U.S. beaches.” We asked readers to submit their favorite getaways in the comments section. The response was fantastic, and we’ve compiled a second […]

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Princess Cruises Brand Enters China Market
2013-08-23

On August 21, 2013 Carnival Corporation & plc announced it is introducing its Princess Cruises brand to China in 2014, naming Shanghai as home port for Sapphire Princess during a four-month season expected to carry 70,000 passengers. The new roundtrip cruises, which begin next May, will bring a brand-new premium cruise experience to the rapidly […]

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Top 10 Vistas
2013-08-23

Grand Canyon, Arizona. Our friend, noted photographer Gordon Parks (1912-2006), gave this advice when viewing the Grand Canyon: “Leave your binoculars at home.” The biggest, most spectacular canyon on Earth, the Grand Canyon is 1.6 kilometers (1 mile) deep, 16 kilometers (10 miles) wide, and covers 405,000 hectares (more than 1 million acres). For starters, […]

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New River Cruise Line Emerald Waterways To Launch
2013-08-22

New river cruise line Emerald Waterways is set to launch on Saturday 17 August. The 4-star river cruise line, a more affordable version of Scenic Tours’ existing luxury cruise line, will launch its first ship Emerald Sky in April 2014,  followed by a sister ship Emerald Star, in June. The 182-passenger ships will include some […]

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Europe’s Greatest Museum Treasures
2013-08-21

Stakes have been raised in the museum world with the reopening after 10 years of Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum. Enough old masters were dusted down and rehung during the renovation to get a room of Russian oligarchs panting. The chance to see Rembrandt’s huge and glorious “The Night Watch” painting once more — it has a whole […]

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Best Trips 2013
2013-08-20

Crimea.Playground of the tsars. “Russia needs its paradise,” Prince Grigory Potemkin, Catherine the Great’s general, wrote in 1782 urging the annexation of Crimea, and no wonder. The Crimean Peninsula, with its voluptuously curved Black Sea coast of sparkling cliffs, is paradise—with Riviera-grade vistas but without Riviera prices. Balmy with 300 days of sun a year […]

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The Friendliest and Unfriendliest Cities in the World
2013-08-19

While you could argue that our readers’ list of the friendliest (and unfriendliest) cities in the U.S. hewed pretty closely to expectations, the list got a bit more surprising when we widened it to include the whole world. 20. Cork, Ireland. Cork, a “beautiful seaside city” in southern Ireland, is a “very accommodating” place where […]

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10 Best Places to See Dinosaurs
2013-08-15

From science museums to excavation sites to animatronic displays, would-be paleontologists can satisfy their curiosity at these sites across North America. Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Located on the grounds of Drexel University in Philadelphia, the Academy of Natural Sciences is another of the world’s best natural history collection. Most of the dinosaur action takes […]

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