Life lists naturally stir up debates. For every Angkor Wat fan, another prefers Petra. After deliberating with their correspondents and tastemakers over the most memorable experiences, Travel + Liesure has narrowed their list to 101 places. How many have you visited?
Tip: navigate using the ← left and right → arrow keys The British government are going to have some road signs totally axed or redesigned. Some are good, but others are misleading, baffling and confusing to many motorists, especially if the motorist is from overseas.
Oh the days of Tecmo Superbowl. The days where sports mattered and flashes of smashing your NES controller over your best friends head, after countless Bill Romanowski sacks on your helpless QB were all but too real. Miss that rage? Well take a little trip to Madison, WI, where the largest Tecmo Superbowl Tourney is held every year. Can’t make the trip to the land of cheese and brats, the tournament is airing at 4:30 pm 10/26 and 1:30 pm 10/27 on NFL Network. See the Tecmo Super Bowl tourney here >>
Google just announced that it is taking the Trekker, its backpack-sized Street View camera system into the Grand Canyon to map the National Park’s hiking trails. Instead of having to huff and puff your way up Bright Angel Trail in person, you will soon be able take a virtual stroll down to the Colorado River. According to Google, this is the Trekker’s first “official outing.” Google didn’t announce when these new images from the Grand Canyon will appear on Google Maps. The Grand Canyon, however, is the perfect place to take the Trekker on its first official imagery collection. “The canyon landscape is one of the most breathtaking places in the world, is only accessible on foot, and perfectly demonstrates why the Street View Trekker backpack was developed to maneuver narrow trails and rocky terrain,” a Google spokesperson told Techcrunch.
On October 27, Theodore Roosevelt’s 154th birthday, the Museum willofficially reopen the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial and the Hall of North American Mammals, launching a year-long celebration of Roosevelt’s love of nature and his instrumental role in the American conservation movement, both inspired by his lifelong association with the Museum.
Look around when you walk the streets of your city. I bet you can’t go more than a block or two without seeing a food truck. The revolution has begun. Food trucks have helped city dwellers imagine ways to renew moribund public spaces. They are tools of tactical urbanism. But how did it get so big, so far? Read about how the food truck movement began >>
When the Concorde retired in 2003 supersonic travel became limited to the likes of jet fighter pilots and Felix Baumgartner. But not for long! XCOR Aerospace will bring back travel faster than the speed of sound when they launch the Lynx, a suborbital commercial spacecraft, which will take off and land like a conventional plane, but offer a cruising speed of Mach 3.5, 62 miles above the ground. The first test flights will take place in early 2013 in New Mexico and although the design is not final yet below you can look at the craft that could make point to point travel in space a reality, and send passengers from New York to Tokyo in an hour and a half. Q Photo
All of these locales have great adventures for a man to enjoy, and most of them don’t involve having to interrupt your sexy time and martini drinking with a shoot-out and a car chase.
Back in August we featured French photographer Mayeul Akpovi‘s magnum opus, the stop motion and time lapse masterpiece Paris in Motion. It offered us a visual stroll through the City of Love unlike any you’ve seen to date. We are very excited to show off this follow-up, Paris In Motion part two! Paris In Motion (Part II) from Mayeul Akpovi on Vimeo.
Let’s take a look back to how things were in the late 1960′s, 1967 to be specific. That year a diplomat from the Soviet Union working at the United Nations made a journey across the United States. He brought a camera and snapped these awesome pictures that will take you on a retro vacation for the brain.
A wildly creative architecture firm named Messana O’Rorke took a former terra cotta water tower atop an E. 12th St. building, blow-torched out the cast-iron lining and turned it into a Zen space with steel and glass windows stretching up one side and a skylight to make the space feel like a retreat. The tower suite is just part of a $3.6 million unit that includes a roof deck and a two-bedroom penthouse. Messana O’Rorke also created the sleek interiors of the main space with opaque glass pocket doors throughout, as well as a skylight by the bathroom’s mirror so you can perfect a makeup look that will show well in natural light. View Larger Map NY Daily News
Bryce Bradford does not take photographs to merely document a scene, rather he uses photography to convey his vision of this world. At 20-years-old Bryce has a pretty good gig. He is an Olympus Visionary photographer, meaning Olympus gives him the resources necessary to realize their creative vision through digital photography. This means when he is not surfing he travels America exploring every nook and cranny of whatever landscape he manages to stumble upon. Tomorrow Bryce will be featured on the official Olympus’ Facebook page but why wait until then to see his masterpieces? We pulled together 68 of his finest photos for you to enjoy. There are hundreds more photos on his Facebook page so head over there and check it out. See more of Bryce’s photography on Facebook here >>
Oil money can buy some incredible things! In another display of extreme wealth, United Arab Emirates, the country that brought you the world’s tallest building and a record breaking choreographed fountain, is planning to build a ”Rock Stadium”in the Al-Ain desert made completely of sand. MZ Architects firm, responsible for the realization of this project, said it will cost a whopping $ 750 million.
On the border of Tribeca and Soho, light, location, soaring ceilings and a blend of exquisitely mixed materials in a high caliber conversion of this building circa 1866 make 50 Lispenard the ultimate New York City address.
Below the streets of Munich, Germany, photographer Nick Frank silently stalks the city’s subway stations, waiting for the perfect silent moment. When the passengers have departed and the trains are rumbling elsewhere, Frank captures the empty stations in artful compositions. Some are balanced in perfect symmetry, others twist and disappear in the distance. All of Franks works show a strong contrast of color accents, where bright, basic colors stand out amongst the quiet, neutral darkness beyond. These are truly evocative images, a form of art that today’s urbanophile will certainly appreciate. Dig this sort of thing as much as we do? Don’t miss Coolist.com’s feature article “Unreal Underground: the World’s 10 Coolest Subway Systems“.
Last Monday we gave you 95 high quality photos from the opening weekend of Oktoberfest. An estimated 80 million beers are expected to be downed over the course of the 16-day festival that wraps up October 7th. Now we’re half way through the festivities and we’re back with 48 photos from this week at Oktoberfest.
The Dubai Fountain is a record-setting choreographed fountain system set on the 30-acre manmade Burj Khalifa Lake, located at the foot of the world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa. It was designed by WET Design, the California-based company responsible for the fountains at the Bellagio Hotel Lake in Las Vegas. Illuminated by 6,600 lights and 25 colored projectors, it is 275 m (902 ft) long and shoots water 240 feet into the air accompanied by a range of classical to contemporary Arabic and world music. It was built at a cost of AED 800 million (USD 218 million).
Back in February we told you that Google’s latest Street View expedition will turn its lens on the mysteries of the deep when it goes under the sea. In a partnership with University of Queensland and Underwater Earth, Google would help map Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Well, today is the day! Six coral reefs around the world, including Heron Island, a coral cay in the southern Great Barrier Reef, can now be explored using Google’s panoramic technology. There is still plenty of work to be done to complete the mapping process but this is a very exciting first step.
Oktoberfest kicked off on September 22nd and an estimated 80 million beers are expected to be downed over the course of the 16-day festival that wraps up October 7th. Considered to be the world’s largest fair, nearly 6 million people from all over the world attend the festival. The events are held on a 75 acre fairground called the “Wiesn” that can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people at a time. On Saturday, Munich’s mayor tapped the first keg to kick off the 16-day Oktoberfest, known for its oompah music and traditional costumes. With only two blows of his hammer and a cry of “O’zapft is” — “It’s Tapped” — Mayor Christian Ude inserted the tap into the first keg, opening the 179th Oktoberfest to the cheering of thousands who were waiting to be served their first beer. Only beer brewed within the city limits of Munich, and conforming to strict specifications, is allowed to be sold at the Oktoberfest. The special brand of Oktoberfest Beer is a registered trademark. Although heavy rains soaked the fairground revelers didn’t seem to mind. If you can’t make it out to this year’s festival we’ve got you covered. Here are photos from the more »
As you know RSVLTS.com is always in for an epic road trip. Take it from us, there are so many incredible places to see in America. If you want to see the destinations we feature each week in Travel Tuesday follow the directions in the infographic below and hit the road.
Let’s take a vacation for your brain to the Morning Glory Rainbow Pool in Yellowstone National Park.
In Turkmenistan, a nation that borders Iran and Afghanistan, there us an amazing geological wonder the locals call “The Door to Hell.” More than 40 years ago geologists were drilling for gas, dug too deep and the ground caved in. They didn’t dare go into the hole to retrieve their equipment because of the poisonous methane gas so instead they decided to set fire to the hole and it hasn’t gone out since. View Larger Map
We all know how to use the discount websites, but there are still a few under-the-radar tips. Brian Kelly,The Point Guy, describes the top five ways to earn more air miles.
Might need to hang up the gone fishing sign for the rest of the weekend because we’re poolside in Vegas sipping Jose Cuervo cocktails with some of the most beautiful women in the world. What a great way to spend the waning days of summer. Ammmm I right? Over the next two days we’re going to be posting photos of all the action exclusively for our Instagram followers. Join the party and see all pictures by following us @RSVLTS right now!
In December of 2006 the Guinness Book of World Records recognized the swimming pool at the San Alfonso del Mar resort in Algarrobo, Chile as the largest swimming pool by area. The pool is 1,013 meters (3,324 ft) in length with a total area of 8 hectares (19.77 acres) and holds a staggering 250 million liters (66 million gallons) of water. This is the equivalent to about 6,000 8-meter long pools.
In the waning days of summer let’s hold on as tight as we can with this mesmerizing surf video shot from the air in Fiji.
I’d bet cold hard cash that you’ve seen photos of Cinque Terre, Italy while perusing travel sites and Pinterest. The interesting, cliff side residences in northern Italy’s Riviera are eye catching to say the least. If you have interest in traveling to Cinque Terre flights from New York City to Rome are running about $780 and once you’re there follow New York Times’ 36 Hours in the Cinque Terre, Italy to properly take in the hiking, intense beauty, great cuisine and amazing aromas are jampacked into such a compact space. View Larger Map
How you ever wondered where that jet flying overhead is going? One of life’s little mysteries is now solved with Flight Rader 24 which offers real time flight tracking that you can watch on your computer.
If you’re looking for an adventurous hike this could be the one for you. Lewis Mine in Telluride, Colorado is above Bridal Veil Falls in the Bridal Veil basin. The Lewis Mill was built in 1907 and is said to be one of the most intact examples of historic mining sites in Colorado. Since it is so remote and only accessible by foot (4 miles from the trailhead), most everything has been left alone up there. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2001, the mill was restored by a State Historical Fund grant and the materials used were flown to the site by helicopter. The elevation at the mine is 12,448 feet above sea level.
The Orda Cave, located near Orda village in Russia, is the largest underwater gypsum crystal cave in the world. The water in the cave is very cold, near 32° and is crystal clear which allows for some impressive photo opportunities. Famous underwater photographer, journalist and dive-instructor Victor Lyagushkin led a team of cave divers and took the stunning images of the cave you see below.
Tilt-shift film technology makes everything look like small, kind of like toys. This film shot in Brooklyn by Joerg Daiber includes locations: Brooklyn Downtown, Dumbo, Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza and Coney Island in New York, USA.
If Mother Nature has a spirit, it is alive and well in Lower Antelope Canyon, once home to herds of Arizona’s pronghorn antelope. The Navajo Nation is now the caretaker of this spirit that appears in droplets of light on burnt-orange sheets of sandstone rock and shaded slivers of elegantly worn canyon wall. Descend to the canyon floor to worship in a cathedral of natural beauty.
You’re about to meet a group of the most badass athletes in the world. Professional cliff divers hurl themselves off of 80 foot cliffs, do a few tricks on the way down and land with little to no splash. That’s if the dive goes right. Unlike the Olympics where a belly flop might knock the wind out of you there is no margin for error in professional cliff diving. One slipup and your is big big trouble. Just take a look at this girl who failed, and that was only like 50 feet. Below you’ll see 22 high quality photos from the Red Bull Cliff Diving Championships that is taking place September 7-8 in one of my favorite places in the world, Pembrokeshire, South Wales just outside of a really interesting town named St. David. Word to the wise, do not try this at home.
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