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The once poor South Korean city has bloomed into a cultural capital with high-profile architecture, top museums and an influential arts scene
November 2012
| By Tom Downey
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Is the mooncake just going through a phase or are these new variations on the Chinese treat here to stay?
October 02, 2012
| By Mike Ives
The concrete and plastic dinosaurs beside America's highways can be strange and beautiful. Tell us which one you think is the best
September 07, 2012
| By Brian Switek
With one big bet, an art-loving professional gambler has made the Australian island into the world’s most surprising new cultural destination
May 2012
| By Tony Perrottet
With Tasmania's 3.4-million acres of protected wilderness, this alluring isle feels close to heaven—Tasmanian devils included
April 17, 2012
| By Tony Perrottet
The world's most notorious lover lived in Prague at the same time as the composer, but the mystery remains: did they collaborate on a famous opera?
March 22, 2012
| By Tony Perrottet
An ambitious project in Singapore will boast 18 supertrees, climbing up to 160 feet tall
April 2012
| By Mark Strauss
The personal memoir of history's most famous lover reveals a misunderstood intellectual who befriended the likes of Ben Franklin
April 2012
| By Tony Perrottet
Over the course of just a couple of decades, the Ludden family has amassed enough novelty shakers to fill two museums in the U.S. and Spain
January 23, 2012
| By Derek Workman
At an abbey in the Czech town of Brno, a friar studied peas and laid the groundwork for modern genetics
January 2012
| By Beth Py-Lieberman
The best opportunity to play paleontologist is on the southern coast of England, a site rich with marine reptile fossils
January 2012
| By Sarah Zielinski
Mammals come in three types and the best place to see them all in one place is this small island off the southern coast of Australia
January 2012
| By Laura Helmuth
Some of the world's oldest organisms left behind fossilized shells that, when translated to a large sculpture, bring an artistic edge to evolution
January 2012
| By Karen Larkins
At a museum in Valencia, Spain, over one million toy soldiers stand at attention, prepared to reenact the wars that shaped the world
December 07, 2011
| By Derek Workman
Boasting 200 skyscrapers, China's financial capital has grown like no other city on earth – and shows few signs of stopping
November 2011
| By David Devoss with additional reporting by Lauren Hilgers
A tour of the Dutch city of Leiden yields new insights into a chapter of the Thanksgiving story not taught in schools
October 19, 2011
| By John Hanc
With 80 percent of the ice that covers the island melting, Greenland has become a hot travel destination
October 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
You have traveled all the way to see the Taj Mahal—now what? Fortunately, the city of Agra is dotted with spellbinding architecture
August 17, 2011
| By Megan Gambino
For the thrill-seeking sports enthusiasts, few races can compete with this exhilarating Swedish ski race
July 28, 2011
| By Megan Gambino
You may not be wearing the yellow jersey, but taking a bicycle on the world’s most famous race is still thrilling
July 28, 2011
| By Jeanne Maglaty
The Greek isle, a remnant of a long ago volcanic eruption, has most everything a traveler would want: great food and awe-inspiring scenery
July 28, 2011
| By Kathleen Burke
The capital’s cityscape bears the unmistakable Modernist mark of the Spanish architect in its churches, buildings and parks
July 28, 2011
| By Jesse Rhodes
Set atop a tectonic hotspot, the small island is home to breathtaking eruptions and other geologic sites
July 28, 2011
| By Laura Helmuth
Breathtaking views and millennia of history charm guests of these islands off the coast of Scotland
July 28, 2011
| By Lyn Garrity
Abandoned for centuries, the Indian site attracts tourists from around the world for its majestic buildings
July 28, 2011
| By T.A. Frail
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