When you’re Gen Z but live in a 900-year-old European castle
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our latest travel roundup, we meet a young woman who grew up in a fairytale Italian castle and another…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our latest travel roundup, we meet a young woman who grew up in a fairytale Italian castle and another…
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — There are few things Italians do better than dreaming big against the odds. Take the multi-million-dollar…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — The Philippines has banned for life an American traveler whom it accused of writing “profane words” on a digital…
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Heart-shaped hot tubs surrounded by rose petals, circular beds with ceilings that replicate a starry night sky…
Continue ReadingBy Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — There are short runways, bumpy runways and runways that are notoriously buffeted by crosswinds, but here’s a…
Continue ReadingBy Jenny Marc, CNN Tanomah, Saudi Arabia – (CNN) — Abdulrahman Alabdu hangs off the side of a cliff, drilling into the rock and placing…
Continue ReadingBy Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Imagine boarding a plane and stepping into a “cocoon-like” private bedroom fitted with a king-size bed, and a…
Continue ReadingBy Alex Rees, CNN (CNN) — What do dictionaries, fighter planes, plantains and the Swiss Guard have in common? That’s a serious question, but…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Tokyo? Been there. London? Done that. For travelers who want to visit a smaller, more authentic local destination,…
Continue ReadingBy Christy Choi, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A golden face with patinaed turquoise eyes stares out of the darkness. Illuminated around it stand three…
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Swifties are invited to set sail to the Bahamas next year on a four-night fan cruise from Miami. But Taylor Swift…
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — As the National Book Awards came to a close on Wednesday, finalists for the prestigious literary prizes took the…
Continue ReadingBy Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Russian artist Alexandra Skochilenko, who had replaced price tags with anti-war messages in a St. Petersburg…
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — When the Kimbell Art Museum secured Jean Siméon Chardin’s “The Basket of Wild Strawberries” at auction for…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — One of the most hyped events on the 2023 sporting calendar, Formula One’s inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — The Louvre Museum in Paris has added a “national treasure” to its collection four years after it was discovered…
Continue ReadingBy Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, CNN (CNN) — Samarkand. It’s a name that rolls off the tongue, conjuring up images of adventure, exploration and…
Continue ReadingBy Tom Page, CNN (CNN) — Supporters of Africa’s cultural and natural heritage recently had cause to celebrate. At the 45th session of the…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN Shimane, Japan (CNN) — In Japan, gardening isn’t just a hobby – it’s an art form with spiritual significance. But…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — Raquel Willis has spent more than a decade working as both a journalist and activist for Black and LGBTQ people,…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A woman from Lagos, Nigeria, has entered the record books after weaving a handmade wig that measures 351.28 meters…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO has sold for $51.705 million, becoming the most expensive car from the Italian manufacturer…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — In the five years Brian Cox played vitriolic media mogul Logan Roy in HBO’s boardroom drama “Succession,”…
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — When Gloria Fila was a kid, airplanes were a home away from home. The daughter of an Austrian Airlines flight…
Continue ReadingCNN By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — The votes are in for New Zealand’s Bird of the Century poll and the winner by a significant margin, getting…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — A Boeing 747 en route from New York JFK to Liege, Belgium, was forced to turn around…
Continue ReadingBy Flo Cornall, CNN (CNN) — A wooly coat and a head of human hair have more in common than you think; not only do they help retain body heat,…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Playing till the summer sun sets is a reasonable expectation for most golfers, but run it by a Norwegian player…
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — The votes are in for New Zealand’s Bird of the Century poll and the winner by a significant margin, getting more…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — A new hotel in Indonesia is trying to nab the title of being the “world’s skinniest.” But its creator says…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Kate Beckinsale wore a bejeweled mini dress over the weekend to celebrate Leonardo DiCaprio’s 49th birthday in…
Continue ReadingBy Miquel Ros, CNN (CNN) — Spotting the tiny Elektra Trainer aircraft from far off was never going to be an easy task. Despite its bright…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — “You have pretty hair,” my colleague said. “Is it your natural color?” “I…. don’t know?”…
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Page, CNN (CNN) — Oliver Akinfeleye remembers Burna Boy’s first show in New York. The location was Palladium Times Square, the year…
Continue ReadingBy Mayumi Maruyama, CNN (CNN) — Some little kids dream of building a treehouse. But one Japanese man turned his childhood dream into an adult…
Continue ReadingBy Suyin Haynes, CNN (CNN) — Calida Rawles has been thinking a lot about light and darkness, in her artwork and beyond. “It feels like a very…
Continue ReadingBy Ananda Pellerin, CNN (CNN) — Madder, cochineal, Mauveine; these words may be unfamiliar but they’re the names of dyes made from a plant,…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — You can add Taylor Swift to the list of things like wars, storms and other natural disasters that can…
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, Caitlin Danaher and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Iceland has declared a state of emergency and more than 3,000 residents…
Continue ReadingSilvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — The pandemic’s enforced period of no travel led an American couple to rethink their life and retire to sunny…
Continue ReadingBy Maev Kennedy (CNN) — Young Derich Born’s cheekbones were not always sharp enough to peel apples. New research and conservation work on the…
Continue ReadingBy Silvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — Could you survive a vacation without your mobile phone, resisting the compulsion to check emails, make a call,…
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — This Thanksgiving travel period is expected to be the busiest in several years and a…
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — There’s nothing quite like a festive market to bring out the Christmas spirit in people. While these…
Continue ReadingBy Ben Jones, CNN (CNN) — Night trains have been making a resurgence across Europe after decades of decline, raising the prospect of more…
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Lau, CNN London, UK (CNN) — In an 1861 painting commissioned by the British monarch Queen Victoria, a brown and white Pekingese sits…
Continue ReadingStory by Maureen O’Hare, video by Max Burnell, CNN Drumnadrochit, Scotland (CNN) — It’s not the volume of water in Loch Ness that…
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — More than a billion Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists around the world are celebrating Diwali, the festival of…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: smart alternatives to the world’s top tourism destinations, the Michelin…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — In 1977, Jo Ann Callis took a photograph of a woman’s head thrown back, her neck taut and tied with a bow…
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