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8 of New York City's best rooftop bars

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Qasr Al Sarab hotel Abu Dhabi

10 of the world's most luxurious desert hotels

Where the world's best bartender goes drinking

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Epic hike reveals 10,000-year-old treasures in Jordan

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11 hot theme parks of the future

A hot air balloon carrying tourists is pictured during the annual wildebeest migration in the Masai Mara game reserve

5 of Africa's best national parks

A chef's guide to the best of L.A.

Coolest way to see Malaysia's most beautiful islands

11 best places to visit in Ukraine

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Car, Vespa or yacht? How to get around Cannes in style

The best flavors of New York's other Little Italy

Maverick Helicopters: Helicopter tours, North America

America's greatest sightseeing heli-tours

Underwater waterfall and more Mauritius must-sees

Exploring Sudan's forgotten pyramids

Brooklyn Bridge

The best things to do in NYC beyond Manhattan

Louisville's top bourbon bars

A picture taken on May 3, 2014, shows people visiting 'The Gateway to Hell,' a huge burning gas crater in the heart of Turkmenistan's Karakum desert. The fiery pit was the result of a simple miscalculation by Soviet scientists in 1971 after their boring equipment suddenly drilled through into an underground cavern and a deep sinkhole formed. Fearing that the crater would emit poisonous gases, the scientists took the decision to set it alight, thinking that the gas would burn out quickly and this would cause the flames to go out. But the flames have not gone out in more than 40 years, in a potent symbol of the vast gas reserves of Turkmenistan, which are believed to be the fourth largest in the world.

The most extreme adventures on Earth

The perfect day in Indianapolis

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23 beautiful reasons to visit South Africa

Columns and arches of the Sagrada Familia are seen during a solemn mass celebrated by the Pope Benedict XVI and consecrating Barcelona's famous temple in a basilica on November 7, 2010 during his two-day visit in Spain. Pope Benedict XVI warned today of a very strong clash between faith and modernity in Spain and he called for dialogue, not confrontation. The pontiff said an anti-clerical movement erupted in Spain in the 1930s in the run-up to the Spanish Civil War. AFP PHOTO/ CHRISTOPHE SIMON (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images)

Exclusive tours of the world's busiest attractions

5 idyllic private island retreats

Louisville's can't-miss spots

Belize Barrier Reef

8 endangered sites to see now

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After the Azure Window: Malta's natural wonders

8 reasons to visit the unspoiled island of Nevis

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Zannone: Italy's forbidden 'orgy island'

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The 16 best summer festivals for 2017

Gullfoss, Iceland

Iceland Golden Circle guide

A local's guide to Durham, NC

This file pictured dated 13 October 1971 shows Spanish painter Pablo Picasso in Mougins, France. The town of Guernica will commemorate next 26 April 2007 the 70th anniversary of the 1937 bombing by planes of the German Luftwaffe "Condor Legion" and subordinate Italian Fascists from the Corpo Truppe Volontarie expeditionary force during the Spanish Civil War which resulted in widespread destruction and civilian death. AFP PHOTO/RALPH GATTI (Photo credit should read RALPH GATTI/AFP/Getty Images)

On the trail of Picasso in Catalonia

23 incredible ancient cities to explore

12 fascinating Montreal neighborhoods

High-end hikes step up adventure

Aviation + transportation

In the air

LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 22: A jet lands at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Thanksgiving eve, traditionally the busiest travel day of the year, November 22, 2006 in Los Angeles, California. The American Automobile Association (AAA) estimated 38.3 million people will travel 50 miles or more for Thanksgiving, and that 4.8 million travelers will fly to their Thanksgiving destinations. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Which Los Angeles-area airport should I fly into?

How to beat jet lag with hotel spa treatments

The in-flight snack so popular it has its own emoji

World's 10 most scenic airport approaches in 2017

World's best airports for 2017 revealed

Lessons from 60 years as a flight attendant

The most annoying type of airline passenger is ...

Luxury VIP jets: How the super-rich fly

On the go

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Rest and relax

Taste sensations

MANHATTAN, NY, FEBRUARY 25, 2011. Chef and Author Gabrielle Hamilton, is seen in her restaurant named Prune in Manhattan, NY. Hamilton wrote a wrote a book called "Blood Bones & Butter" that is being hailed as one of the best ever memoirs by a chef. 2/25/2011 (Photo by Jennifer S. Altman/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

10 women every foodie should know

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Mint julep: The origins of the Derby's official drink

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Food for the soul: Resurrecting Cambodia's forgotten cuisine

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Dooagh Beach, Achill Island, Ireland

Irish beach reappears 33 years after being washed away

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Searching for the lost continent of Mauritia

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 23: Fruit and vegetables are displayed for sale at a grocers shop on May 23, 2014 in London, United Kingdom. Researchers at University College London recently said that eating 'five-a-day' of fruit and vegetables should be increased to seven. The study involving 65,226 men and women concluded that lifestyles which included at least seven-a-day reduced the chances of serious health issues. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

10 of the world's best fresh markets

The 90-year mystery of a missing explorer

The Hualien Pacific Seashore Cycle has been knicknamed the Marble Cycleway because of its beautiful purpose-built pavement.

How to cycle around Taiwan in 12 days

The body art that's breaking down barriers

Horseshoe Bay, Bermuda.

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Best new restaurants for 2017

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Experiencing 'La La Land' for yourself

Laamu Atoll -- RESTRICTED

'Star Wars' locations that actually exist

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The suitcase changing the way we travel

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What a $1,000 spa session looks like

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Cool coasts: Amazing shoreline aerials

View of the Ringstrasse Parliament

These are the world's best cities for expats

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America's 11 most endangered historic places

Highclere Castle, is pictured in Highclere, southern England, on May 12, 2016.
As Britain mulls questions of identity and its possible exit from the European Union, 2016 is an anniversary year for three of its most potent symbols: the queen, Shakespeare and gardener "Capability" Brown. Lancelot "Capability" Brown is credited with having created over 170 gardens, among them the grounds of Highclere Castle, made famous as the set of the hit television series Downton Abbey. / AFP / NIKLAS HALLE'N / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY FLORENCE BIEDERMANN (Photo credit should read NIKLAS HALLE'N/AFP/Getty Images)

7 reasons to visit the real Downton Abbey

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Building Disney's Magic Kingdom

Castello de Sammezzano remains unused for almost two decades. Built in 1605, an eccentric nobleman, Ferdinando Panciatichi Ximenes of Aragon spent 40 years renovating it to Moorish fashion, starting in 1853.

Lost luxury: The crumbling allure of abandoned hotels

Liquid gold: Portugal's stunning Douro river region

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Best coast: How Croatia's Dubrovnik rules the rivieras

14 hotels with amazing views

Sai Wan, Hong Kong, China, East Asia.

17 of Hong Kong's most beautiful places

Elephants at Bwabata National Park, Namibia

The new jewel in Namibia's conservation crown

White sand beaches
A perfect pit-stop for lunch, the desolate but stunning beaches along the coast of Great Guana Cay offer a relaxing place to eat.

Why you should kayak in the Bahamas

Raja Ampat Indonesia

Are these the world's most stunning coral reefs?

The death-defying Dance of the Flyers

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Havana's eye-catching Art Deco architecture

With towns and villages few and far between, the coastline of northern Scotland is one of the most unspoiled areas of Europe. Roads here are empty of traffic and typically offer gorgeous views, although they are often single lane and require the use of passing places from time to time.

Has Scotland created greatest road trip ever?

Pipes, cables and pumps line the interior of a wheel well on a Southwest Airlines plane parked at the Atlanta airport.

24 hours in the world's busiest airport

Kurpaty Sanatorium in Yalta, Crimea.

The race to save Soviet history

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Architectural wonders made entirely from Lego

Couple. This is one of two photos where I got a candid smile.

Tourist's pics capture a different side of Pyongyang

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High Arctic: By sea into a frozen, fragile world

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George Karbus (Czech Republic)
After 11 years of freediving in Irish waters I have seen many types of beautiful jellyfish, but the summer last year was exceptionally warm and sunny and the ocean was a different place. There were amazing runs of moon and compass jellyfish. My girlfriend and I were on a freedive session when we discovered these amazing clouds of moon jellyfish. We immediately began swimming among them, enjoying the pulsing as they propelled themselves along.
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World's best outdoor photography winners are ...

Workers install a piece of glass on a suspension bridge, approximately 300 meters above ground at the Grand Canyon of Zhangjiajie on January 27, 2016. The glass-bottomed bridge, 430 meters in length and 6 meters in width, is expected to open in May this year.

Dramatic first look at world's highest, longest glass-bottom bridge

Once inside the volcano, attendants slather bathers in mud.

Dip into Colombia's messiest attraction