Road Tripping

The world in which we live is full of wonderful places that most of us do not know  they really exist. Here you can see some of those breathtaking places  around the world. Enjoy!  ...

Get Geoff Edgers' picks for some of the best small town festivals in the US, where you can experience quirky events and performance.

Spring is in the air, and so are these lively festivals: From the White House Easter Egg Roll to a spring equinox party in Mexico, these celebrations of the season will put a spring in your step.

Mom’s booked her trip and is ready to kick up her heels, but her travel gear is looking a little worse for the wear. This Mother’s Day, let our travel gift ideas be your guide -- Mom will thank you.

What is an apple? In your kitchen, it’s food, nourishment. At the market, it’s currency, a player in transactions.

 

Dangling from a tree or baked into a pie, it’s part of our cultural identity, an axis for uniting families and friends around the bounty of the harvest. But what about when it’s sitting under three layers of thick black plastic, in a tower of bulging garbage bags on the curb, waiting for the metallic teeth of the nightly garbage truck? How do we regard this resource that holds such cultural, economic and environmental value when it’s suffocating beneath plastic, tossed away?

Some tourist meccas are meant to be savored with a crush of people.

 

Entering the fray in Times Square, Bourbon Street and every other man-made wonder out there is all part of the experience. No one imagines enjoying Space Mountain or the San Antonio River Walk in solitude.

 

Then there are the natural wonders. Places that lend themselves to quiet marveling and meditative solitude … if it weren’t for the surging mass of humanity beside you shooting phone video, jockeying for position and thinking exactly what you are: "Imagine this place without crowds."

 

No, you won’t be getting Bright Angel Trail or Broadway (the one in Mammoth Cave), Yosemite Falls or those in Niagara, for that matter, to yourself these days.

 

But even at the most magnificently mobbed must-sees of nature, a little local intel can help bring you a step (or quick shuttle ride) closer to that ideal.

Sharks, hot springs, mountain vistas, water elevators -- all without having to leave room service delivery range

 

When temps are brick-oven high and humidity levels surge past "swamp-like," there’s nothing like a quick swim to cool you off during a business trip or vacation.

 

Throw in monster views, insane settings and ingenious design, and the pool becomes more than just a watering hole. It’s the ultimate place to chill. Literally.

 

These amazing U.S. hotel pools are the coolest part of any trip.

You heard of the two guys who recently opted in to a two-year, $1.5 million holiday? These are some of the sights they'll be privy to.

Branch out on your next trip by staying in a tree-house hotel along the beach or in a remote rainforest.

I wanted to write a post on RV tips to save money on vacation because it's so important to stretch a dollar these days.

Most time-lapses involve long pans over vast landscapes with gorgeous star-filled skies in the background. And while we love those -- if you haven't seen the New Zealand time-lapse we shared recently you’re missing out — we don’t see equally stunning urban time-lapses nearly as often. This is one of the exceptions to that rule.

                Saint Peter Church, Vatican City source 900 Year Old Borgund Stave Church,

His treehouse was so lovely, Jeremy Lazell wanted to stay up all night. So did the lions, elephants, hyenas...

A Burning Man! UFOs! Spam! Garlic! There's no telling what you'll experience at the country's wackiest festivals.

Plan a Mother's Day getaway that includes a day at the spa, serious shopping or a superb brunch.

 

Every year your mom insists that she doesn't want any big production for Mother's Day, but you know better. Plan a Mother's Day getaway that includes a day at the spa, serious shopping or a superb brunch. Here are some options for fun ways to treat mom to something special this Mother's Day.

Need ideas for Mother's Day? Take a look at Travel Channel's list of travel ideas for mom.

A funny little scribbled face became a graffiti icon! It has shown up everywhere worldwide, on buildings, on trains, in school books, with autographs, in diaries, on restroom walls, on sidewalks, in subway tunnels, on rocks, on dumpsters, on invitations, in letters, on tee-shirts, on campaign buttons, you name it and probably Kilroy has been there. It is even engraved on the WWII Memorial in Washington, DC. Of course, that is not as unusual as it sounds which will be discovered later on.

Gratis bar food may be a dying tradition in some quarters, but these joints don't care about cost or mess.

 

Stale, contaminated nuts and pretzels served in a culture dish are standard fare in most bars.

 

But some establishments across the country aren't only taking their countertop cuisine to new levels -- bomboloni, gougères, croque monsieur! -- they've decided to give it to patrons on the house.

 

Gratis bar food may be a dying tradition in some quarters, but we found a number of joints that don't care about cost or mess, opting to dry your whistle before they wet it. Here are ten of the finest, for starters. Serve us up your own favorites.

The 8 Best Beer Towns In America: The nation's civic leaders in making, celebrating and, of course, drinking hop juice.

 

The history of beer in the United States is a rich one dating back to the colonies, when soldiers were paid in spruce beer and cider. From there beer weathered a Revolution, Prohibition and a right turn at Albuquerque before positively exploding with deregulation of the industry through the early 1980s.

With windows that look like eyes and four red tile awnings that look like a beak, wings and a tail, the nondenominational Madeira Beach church uncannily resembles a cartoon bird.

Coffee culture in America, in the post-World War II era, began with the dark stuff. The "water dressed down in brown," as singer Ani DiFranco once put it — the nitty, gritty, put-the-hair-on-your-chest stuff that would hardly pass for a decent cup of coffee today. And forget the billions of combinations of milks, beans, and flavors you'll find today; back then, it was coffee, black, and no questions asked.

"Ascending Butterfly - Not Just a Blog, Not Just a Destination, But an Upwards Journey"

 I just found out about an amazing Travel Grant Competition called Hilton HHonors Teacher Treks, which is a program that will fund 15 teachers to travel and gain first hand experience that will help them to enrich the subject they teach, which will allow them to enhance their curriculum and inspire students to explore the world! (I wish programs like this existed when I was teaching!)

18 travel tips to help you plan your next road trip. From the practical to the fun, make the most of your next driving vacation.