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The Super Bowl’s Love Affair With Jetpacks

Thankfully, this Super Bowl spectacle never had a wardrobe malfunction
February 03, 2012 | By Matt Novak

What to Look for on the Train Ride From New York to Washington

Sure, the view along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor has its share of grime. But there are also sights that'll make you want to put away your smart phone
February 02, 2012 | By Susan Spano

Anna Matuschek

The Mystique of Route 66

Foreign tourists and local preservationists are bringing stretches of the storied roadway back to life
February 2012 | By David Lamb

L.A.’s Answer to the Yellow Brick Road

A group including the actor Jack Nicholson has tried to get Dirt Mulholland on the National Register of Historic Places
January 30, 2012 | By Susan Spano

Sunday Funnies Blast Off Into the Space Age

When Dr. Athelstan Spilhaus met President Kennedy in 1962, JFK told him, "The only science I ever learned was from your comic strip."
January 27, 2012 | By Matt Novak

The World’s First “Carphone”

Meet the 1920 radio enthusiast who had the foresight to invent the annoying habit of talking on the phone while in the car.
January 25, 2012 | By Matt Novak

Cruise Ship Disaster Arouses Concerns, Memory

The Genoa-based Costa cruise line, owner of the stricken Concordia, has had troubles before
January 20, 2012 | By Susan Spano

Catch and Release: A Wicked Game?

Without doubt, fishing is an effective means of bringing people to the water's edge, their eyes open and hearts thumping, to admire the ecosystem and consider the value in preserving it
January 19, 2012 | By Alastair Bland

Hunting Trout in Haunting Waters

Andrew was sullen, silent and soaked to the skin after spending eight hours in the rain standing in a river waving a stick
January 17, 2012 | By Alastair Bland

Trade Your Trouble for a Bubble

Sightseeing across the country in an atomic-powered "pleasure ball"
January 13, 2012 | By Matt Novak

Moving Sidewalks Before The Jetsons

The public's fascination with the concept of "movable pavement" extends back more than 130 years
January 11, 2012 | By Matt Novak

Mobsters Tremble Before the Crime-Fighting, Red Flying Gondola

Science-fiction pioneer Hugo Gernsback predicted that, as long as police officers were stuck on terra firma, criminals always would have the edge
January 06, 2012 | By Matt Novak

Into New Zealand’s Strange Waters and Prehistoric Forests

The absence of native mammals, aside from bats and pinnipeds, gives the impression that New Zealand is still in the age of dinosaurs
January 05, 2012 | By Alastair Bland

Journey to the Bottom of the Earth – Almost

Anyone would be a fool to visit the South Island and not see the cliffs and marine scenery of Milford Sound, maybe the closest thing the real world knows to the fabled “Cliffs of Insanity" of The Princess Bride
January 04, 2012 | By Alastair Bland

Traveling Light in the New Year

Don't overpack is a rule to live by. So why not declutter on New Year's Eve
December 29, 2011 | By Susan Spano

Seven Islands to Visit in 2012

Pitcairn Island is populated by 50 people, has a handful of hostels, a general store and a café and, frankly, could really use a few visitors
December 22, 2011 | By Alastair Bland

The Fanciful, Chocolate-Filled World of 2012

In 1912, the French chocolate company Lombart printed a series of six collectible cards envisioning daily life one hundred years in the future.
December 19, 2011 | By Matt Novak

Giant Automatic Highway Builders of the Future

Arthur Radebaugh's vision of a road-creating machine may not have been a figment of just his imagination- a Disney-produced television program had a similar idea
December 16, 2011 | By Matt Novak

A Prize-Winning Architecture Tour of Beijing

The next Pritzker Prize for architecture will be awarded in the Chinese capital, a tribute to its new crop of award-worthy structures
November 23, 2011 | By Susan Spano

The Wonders that Wash Ashore: Malarrimo Beach

The attraction of beachcombing is that one isn't perusing an actual garbage dump; much of what one sifts through on a remote stretch of sand are valuables lost at sea
November 22, 2011 | By Alastair Bland


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