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As the search for millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett enters week two out in Nevada it looks like you (a.k.a TIME’s person of the year, a.k.a generator of content) are being asked to help — from your computer that is. Google Earth released new, up-to-date images of Nevada maps, enabling users to search from their […]

Just in time for 9-11, the capital of shamelessness, Vegas, is launching a shameless tourism campaign. The Vegas tourism board is renewing its efforts to lure foreign visitors: Since the terrorist attacks, foreign travel to Sin City has dropped dramatically, and after six years, and tourism officials have had enough. According to the AP:

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At the top of my List of Places I Would Love To Visit But Eh Probably Won’t is Dubai. Some time ago, I met a good looking girl who passed along an article on the city written by George Saunders.
I highly recommend reading the article, but for those of you who eschew recommendations absent […]

We’ve been advocating the policy that some airlines follow to refund the fare difference if a fare goes down in price from the time you buy it to the time you fly. You have to keep your same flight or at least the same travel dates and class of service to qualify for a refund, […]

We love the outdoors and that makes it easy to love zorbing. And while the standard issue experience of rolling down a hill at 30 miles per hour in a massive plastic sphere is pretty extreme, the folks at Sphere Mania have taken the sport to a whole new level.
The UK zorbing […]

Adventure travelers already know that Kauai is Hawaii’s best bet for waterfalls, and that it’s blessed with copious rainfall (making Mount Waialeale one of the wettest places on Earth). But most of those waterfalls are on private property. And while waterfalls may be pretty to look at, they aren’t necessarily as safe as plunge pools.
With […]

The 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup is underway in China, and the US managed to play Axis of Evil team North Korea to a 2-2 tie in both teams’ first game of the tournament. US keeper Hope Solo–who obviously has a Myspace page–had a few good saves to make up for a few mistakes.
With the […]

Central European LCC SkyEurope might’ve had humble beginnings in Bratislava, and tricked a few people by inventing an airport called “Vienna Bratislava” (which actually meant taking an hour-long bus ride across a border checkpoint after arriving in ordinary old Bratislava). But in recent years they just keep expanding and the deals are still as cheap […]

Our Eat ‘n Sleep feature profiles a restaurant in a random city and a hotel nearby. It’s kinda like that old show “Dinner and a Movie” but you know, with restaurants and hotels. And better jokes.

On the out islands of the Bahamas, golf carts and bikes rule the roads and coconut cream pie is […]