Five Unusual Places to ...

St. Patrick’s Day is March 17 th and the best places to honor Ireland’s culture are well known. Dublin, Boston and New York all top the list of great locales to drink green beer and to celebrate all things Irish. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t other places around the world...

Perfect Day at Lake Rot...

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Riviera Nayarit kicks o...

Filed under: Arts and Culture , Paddling , Surfing , Festivals and Events , Mexico , Central America Every other year, Mexico hosts their Nautical Extravaganza , a month filled with classic sailing and water sport competitions that take you to different Mexican cities. This year, the...

A journey through Turke...

Filed under: Arts and Culture , Learning , Food and Drink , Europe , Turkey , Video In this video, titled “Going to Cappadocia” by Kyoto Studio , a filmmaking couple from Krakow , Poland , documented their journey through Turkey as they visited Ölüdeniz, Marmaris,...

Turkey’s unique n...

Filed under: Arts and Culture , History , Festivals and Events , Europe , Turkey , Video While America has baseball, New Zealand has rugby, and Australia has cricket, Turkey has a national pastime that some may find a bit odd– oil wrestling. Also known as “grease...

Turkey gets ready to ce...

Filed under: Arts and Culture , History , Learning , Festivals and Events , Food and Drink , Europe , Turkey Every spring for the past 500 years, Turkey has been celebrating the traditional Mesir Festival in the city of Manisa . Not only does the event encompass parades, concerts, and...

10 museums that will ma...

Filed under: Arts and Culture , History , Learning , Photos , Stories , Asia , Europe , North America , Oceania , United States Usually when you hear about a “family-friendly museum,” you can assume that what the experience will be tailored around is children. But why should...

Correspond with Iceland...

Filed under: Arts and Culture , Learning , Blogs , Europe , Iceland , Internet Tools Have you ever wished that specific places around the world had a voice of their own that could be used to tell tales, answer questions, and the like? We sort of have that now, thanks to a Tumblr user who...
Rio Carnival 2012: backstage at the Sambadrome parades

Rio Carnival 2012: back...

Filed under: Arts and Culture , Festivals and Events , Photos , South America , Brazil , Nightlife “Follow the feathers” was my strategy for finding the Sambadrome stadium in Brazil this past Sunday, the first evening of Rio Carnival ‘s famed samba parades . The metro...

Washington, D.C. breaks...

Filed under: Activism , Arts and Culture , History , Learning , North America , United States , News This morning, Washington, D.C. held a groundbreaking ceremony for their brand new National Museum of African American History and Culture that will be the Smithsonian Institution’s...

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