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Would You Like Some Salt and Pepper? How About 80,000 Shakers' Worth?
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
After withstanding world and cold wars, the German city is a thriving metropolis, filled with nightclubs and cultural treats
July 28, 2011
| By Jesse Rhodes
Sketches by Boz, the volume of newspaper columns that became Dickens’ first book, invokes a colorful view of 19th-century England
June 06, 2011
| By Rebecca Dalzell
Lost souls, music boxes and shoes fill some of the continent's most peculiar collections
May 17, 2011
| By Tony Perrottet
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