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Forget the Eiffel Tower, Versailles and the Chartres Cathedral, I’ve got some alternative French attractions to see… La Maison Picassiete- “The House of the Plate Stealer” Built entirely by one man, it took Raymonde Isidore more than 25 years to complete his impressive Maison Picassiette. In 1936, the middle-aged Frenchman began covering his house located [...]
(c) André Gonçalves The Vatican, the leaning Tower of Pisa, the canals of Venice, Pompeii– you might think you’ve seen all Italy has to offer already, but have you heard about the town built with a style of architecture so old, it predates written Italian history? (c) Paolo Campioni (c) LorisZec Welcome to Alberobello, a small town with [...]
No American road trip would be complete without a stop at a trailer park palace! So for those with a ‘kitsch itch’ to scratch (note to self: google and see if I just coined ‘kitsch itch’), Nessy has picked out three hotels in the great ol’ US of A for the ultimate vintage (and dare [...]
Late night shopping in Milan, a stroll down a Croatian beach or a romantic dinner in Venice? Those were just a few of my options for under 50 euros return in one click on Drungli.com, an awesome adventure generator for spontaneous travellers. So you want to get away but you’re not really sure where, only that you [...]
Imagine a place where caveman bedding, lime green carpeting and hotel rooms named after cultural ethnicities went unquestioned; where the sound of electric waterfalls and squeaking plastic leather seating was welcomed. My friend, you don’t have to imagine anymore, now that you know there’s a place where your inner-kitsch can be free. Welcome to the [...]
I‘ve never been to Vermont, but if I go, I know exactly where I’m headed: The Ben & Jerry’s factory in Waterbury. Why? To cross the Ben & Jerry’s Flavour Graveyard off my bucket list of course! Surrounded by a white picket fence on a grassy knoll, lie the headstones of especially beloved flavours or [...]
From mysterious doors and secret rooms to hidden passageways and nature’s portals, my sense is that you and I have an unquenchable thirst for this stuff, so here are 30 of my favourites that I’d like to show you, freshly fished from the rabbit hole that is the internet… Behind the bookshelf 1. via Bookshelf [...]
(c) Matt Green Every city has its secrets, it’s just a matter of finding them… On a street in Brooklyn that takes you towards the river, where the cobblestones begin paving the road, there is a townhouse that deserves a second look. Despite its impeccable brickwork, number 58 Joralemon Street is not like the [...]
While we might rely on passenger trains to get us to work everyday, in Cambodia people are lucky to see just four trains in service per month– that is if they don’t get derailed or break down (a common occurrence). The busted trains tend to travel at walking pace and the railways constructed during the French [...]
Okay come with me, we’re going to explore every inch of this hotel built inside the deserted grottos of an Italian mountain village from the Middle Ages. The cliffs of the Gravina River Valley in Matera Italy are believed to be the site of the first human settlements in the country. So let’s begin our [...]
A spot of ‘book p0rn’ for you on this fine Friday, which takes us to the 16th-century
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Game of Thrones fever is pretty high right now on the internet after a rather explosive mid-season
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People choose to live in some pretty baffling places, like those towns sitting at the base of
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“It’s not a symbol of harassment. It’s a symbol of a woman having an absolutely
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(c) André Gonçalves The Vatican, the leaning Tower of Pisa, the canals of Venice, Pompeii– you
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Imagine a place where caveman bedding, lime green carpeting and hotel rooms named after cultural
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1. A Storybook Tower by Friedensreich Hundertwasser AFP/ Timm Schamberger This might look like it
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Thomas Jorion has been exploring abandoned buildings since he was a child and he’s one of
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The Ritz Hotel in Paris is arguably a museum in itself with all the clandestine history that went
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As if Alaska wasn’t already wonderfully creepy enough (a minimum of zero hours of sunlight in
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Oh I do love the internet! I just happened to stumble upon this neat-o couples resort that boasts
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For those of you that have ever done any derelict digging of their own on the net, it’s
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