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By Marnie Hunter and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Two Henderson, Nevada, men have been indicted and are set to face trial for allegedly damaging ancient rock formations at Lake Mead. Payden David Guy Cosper and Wyatt Clifford Fain were arraigned on Friday and both men pleaded not guilty to one count of injury and depredation

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — After years of traveling together, Brooke and Rick Gazer, both from Canada, were used to staying in interesting places. And as they bedded down at a guesthouse in San Miguel, Mexico, owned by a couple from Nebraska, Brooke wondered what it would be like to move away and open

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Following the death of the Danish butter magnate Lars Emil Bruun in 1923, his will had a curious order: His vast accumulation of coins, notes and medals, amassed over more than six decades, should be held as an emergency reserve for Denmark’s national collection in case it were ever

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — It’s not who you know, but where you’re flying them to. IGA Istanbul Airport, which opened just six years ago in 2018, has been revealed as the world’s best-connected airport, according to new data from aviation analytics firm Cirium. Occupying a prime East-meets-West location in Turkey, Istanbul Airport operates

By Gordon Cole-Schmidt, CNN (CNN) — In today’s world of autonomous cars, keyless ignitions and charging ports, it’s hard to imagine just how big the tiny, two-door Volkswagen Beetle once was. But in Mexico, where the last Beetle rolled off the production line at Volkswagen’s flagship factory in Puebla in 2003, the plucky car lives

By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — A dangerous encounter with a territorial bison and the subsequent viral video were not what Rebecca Clark had in mind when she set out for Caprock Canyons State Park in early October 2022. She had been so enamored with Texas’ third-largest state park on her first solo hiking and

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: the world’s best party spots, the city taking a stand against electric scooters, plus the story of how the world’s tallest bridge transformed a continent. Best nightlife cities Sun, sea and samba: Rio de Janeiro in Brazil has been declared the best place in

By Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — Protests in the streets. Graffiti warning tourists to go home. Local populations dwindling as short-term rentals mushroom and price residents out. It feels like this was the year that tourism turned nasty – and local communities started pushing back. Venice has started charging daytrippers an entry fee, while one

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Alex Nelke and Ola Forsmark never forgot that evening together in Thailand. Eyes meeting across the dancefloor. Drinking on the beach side by side. Attempting to climb a mountain in the middle of the night. Swimming in the dark. Laughing together as they ran across the sandy beaches. “I

By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Vandalism has come to another US historic site, Pennsylvania’s Gettysburg National Military Park, where a pivotal battle of the Civil War was fought. A statement shared by the National Park Service on August 21 revealed that someone – or, more likely, multiple someones – had spray painted and carved

Reuters (CNN) — Hundreds of California sea lions have taken over San Carlos Beach in Monterey, California, prompting local officials to close the area to people. Caution tape has been put up but crowds are still drawn to the animal spectacle, taking photos of the sea lions as they rest and play on the sand and in the water. While sea lions, or

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A massive 2,492-carat rough diamond, believed to be the second biggest ever found, has been unearthed in Botswana, according to a mining company. The huge stone is thought to be the biggest found since the 3,106-carat Cullinan Diamond was discovered in South Africa in 1905. Canadian mining company Lucara

Story by Maureen O’Hare and video by Max Burnell, CNN Fort William, Scotland (CNN) — It’s a Tuesday night on the Caledonian Sleeper, which runs six days a week from London to Scotland, and the Club Car is in full swing. Having feasted on fare such as Scottish haggis, neeps and tatties, passengers are sampling

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — “Bottle in my hand, the whiskey up high,” Beyoncé sang on her latest album “Cowboy Carter,” released earlier this year. Now it seems she may have had a specific brand in mind. On Tuesday, the 32-time Grammy-winner unveiled her latest business endeavor: A luxury whiskey inspired by her Prohibition-busting

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A newspaper illustrating the agonizing wait facing families of those onboard the Titanic has been discovered at the back of a wardrobe in England after more than a century. The aftermath of the tragedy, which saw more than 1,500 people lose their lives when the ship sank in April

By Martha Alexander, CNN (CNN) — Good news for anyone who permanently decimated their eyebrows in the 1990s with a pair of tweezers and bad lighting: the barely-there brow is making a comeback. Big browed beauties like Cara Delevingne and Zoe Kravitz have shaped grooming standards for well over a decade — but if trend

By Taylor Romine and Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — Veteran traveler, travel TV host and guidebook author Rick Steves announced he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in a social media post Wednesday. “There is a clear path forward to getting healthy, and this fall, I’ll be in the hospital for a few days having prostate surgery,” Steves

By Sahar Akbarzai, CNN (CNN) — Ben Herskowitz stood on a hill overlooking the ancient archaeological landscape of Bamiyan, nestled among the high mountains of the Hindu Kush. In the distance, he could see white snow-capped mountains, greenery and blossoming trees spread across Afghanistan’s Bamiyan Valley. It was “one of the most beautiful places I’ve been to in my life,” Herskowitz

By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — A small town in Japan that received international attention for its controversial decision to block views of Mount Fuji has quietly reversed its decision. Fujikawaguchiko, at the base of Mount Fuji, became popular for a specific photo op where the mountain could be seen behind an outpost of the

By Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — As incidents of in-flight turbulence continue to rise, another airplane has had to divert after a sudden bout injured those onboard. EasyJet flight 8210 from Corfu to London Gatwick on August 19 was forced to divert to Rome, when turbulence over Italian airspace injured two crew members. Another plane