Experts call the phenomenon dark tourism, and they say it has a long tradition. Dark tourism refers to visiting places where some of the darkest events of human history have…
On a recent flight from Newark to Amsterdam, her seatmate opened her tray table, placed her infant on it and began to change the baby’s diaper. “It’s the most disgusting…
The dead whale, which was about as long as two school buses, washed ashore near Gold Beach, Oregon, in 2015. It’s exceptionally rare to see an intact blue whale carcass…
In this Nov. 14, 2019, photo provided by John Guillote and taken from an aerial drone shows the U.S. research vessel Sikuliaq as it makes its way through sea ice…
Southern Ute was one of the original occupiers
Incoming system could bring more than a foot of snow to San Juan Mountains
Stores and museums in Venice were mostly closed in the hardest-hit area around St. Mark’s Square, but tourists donned high rubber boots or even hip waders to witness and photograph…
Ringed by the world’s tallest mountain ranges, the region long known as “the rooftop of the world” is now in the crosshairs of China’s latest modernization push, marked by multiplying…
It could be worse. For some travelers, the rocking never ends. They suffer from mal de debarquement syndrome (MdDS), a rare and chronic form of reverse motion sickness. Instead of…
The tunnel at Bernauer Strasse, near the city’s main Wall memorial, was opened by Mayor Michael Mueller. He thanked those who started digging the 100-yard tunnel in late 1970, nine…
The water reached 6.14 feet above average sea level Tuesday, the second-highest level ever recorded in the city and just 2½ inches lower than the historic 1966 flood. Another wave…
A passenger plane that just took off from Denver International Airport passes by the moon while heading west over Commerce Cit.Associated Press file What? Where? Your casual scrolling transforms into…
Jennifer Wright, from foreground, Anthony Bolgnese and Asher Groeschler hike along a guided path at Nelson Rocks near Circleville, W. Va. They were among 33 people to participate in a…
A calling plan for her iPhone would set her back $10 a day through AT&T. “So my 65-day trip would have cost $650,” says Last, a retired elementary school teacher…
People at Lanikai Beach, a popular neighborhood for vacation rentals, in Kailua, Hawaii. Airbnb Inc. is agreeing to provide Hawaii with records for many of its island hosts as the…
How do you survive a 10,000-mile journey?
Adventurers stop in Southwest Colorado on mission of harmony
In my debut column, I criticized a group of fellow consumer advocates who believed tarmac delays were the No. 1 passenger rights problem in the country. My colleagues were pushing…
Rangers warned hundreds of anxious tourists who gathered at the base of the iconic rock before dawn that they would miss their last opportunity to ever scale its 1,140-foot summit…
Flow of affluent visitors to U.S. drops
Mary Joanna Gomez of Jackson, Mississippi, was cold, thirsty and hungry but otherwise in good health when she was found Monday after three days in the southern Sierra Nevada wilderness,…
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max aircraft lands at the Southern California Logistics Airport in the high desert town of Victorville, Calif. A lawsuit filed against Southwest Airlines by a…
Once a BYOB supper club, it’s now ground zero in the search for a legendary beast. Welcome to Expedition: Bigfoot! The Sasquatch Museum. “I can remember my great-grandmother talking about…
But 785 million people lack clean drinking water, and at least 2 billion people rely on a drinking water source contaminated with feces. But finding out whether the water is…
Hudson Yards Experiences announced on Thursday that tickets are now on sale for the deck – called “Edge “ – which opens on March 11, 2020. The deck, surrounded by…
A one-third scale clay model of Sojourner Truth, left, Susan B. Anthony, center, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton at Meredith Bergmann’s studio in Ridgefield, Conn. A New York City commission voted…
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner touched down in Sydney early Sunday morning after a flight of 19 hours and 16 minutes – the world’s longest. Qantas said tests ranged from monitoring…
Ice floats in the Hudson River in Lower Manhattan with Jersey City, N.J., visible across the river. The National Weather Service predicts there’s a slight chance the upcoming winter will…
Empire State Building shows off new $165 million observatory
Famous for traveling across two freeways and making a huge Los Angeles park his home, the lonesome big cat has become a symbol of the shrinking genetic diversity of wild…
