Funny Signs

Learn About The Bloody Whaling Trade At The New Bedford Whaling Museum

August 29, 2012

Filed under: Arts and Culture, History, Learning, North America, United States If you’ve always wanted to read “Moby Dick” but have never made time for it, grab your sleeping bag and head to the New Bedford Whaling Museum the first weekend after the New Year, for their annual Moby Dick Marathon. Each year, the museum, [...]

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Camping With Kids On Cape Cod

August 27, 2012

Filed under: North America, United States, Camping, Budget Travel There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can put up a tent and those who cannot. I’m not proud to admit that I’m part of the later group. I’m the youngest of six children and by the time I was born, my [...]

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Infographic: What National Parks Mean To The US Economy

August 27, 2012

National Parks, like Yellowstone, face big budget challenges in 2013

Filed under: Activism, Learning, North America, United States, Ecotourism Today marks the 96th birthday of the National Park Service, the organization charged with managing all of America’s national parks, monuments and other historically important properties. While this date is certainly a cause for celebration, it is also one for caution as well. As budget cuts [...]

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One Good Use For Leftover Foreign Currency

August 27, 2012

Filed under: Activism, Stories, Airlines When traveling abroad, I often find myself frantically running around the airport shops before my flight home, trying to spend the last of my spare foreign currency. Although I attempt to make smart purchase choices, I usually end up just grabbing cheap junk I’ll never look at again. Fortunately, numerous [...]

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Convenient Forms Of Communication On Display From World War II

August 26, 2012

Filed under: Stories, North America, United States, Travel Trivia Today, we take for granted convenient forms of communication when traveling, like email, text messages, Skype and others. FourSquare, HipGeo, Instagram and other smart phone apps pinpoint our exact location anywhere on the planet. Those fighting overseas in World War II relied on hand-written letters that [...]

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Last Minute Labor Day Road Trip Ideas

August 26, 2012

Filed under: History, North America, United States, Hotels and Accommodations, Transportation, Budget Travel If a Labor Day road trip sounds like a good idea, you’re not alone. Over 30 million Americans will be hitting the highways for the long weekend, traveling across town, from state to state or around the nation. Like that idea but [...]

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Unique Accommodations: Yankee Ferry

August 26, 2012

Filed under: Hotels and Accommodations Looking for unique accommodations in New York? How about a former Ellis Island ferryboat, re-imagined into a boho-glam five room “boatel.” Yankee Ferry is the brainchild of married artist couple Victoria and Richard Mackenzie-Childs, who renovated the ferry and now rent it by the room. The ferry was originally put [...]

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Google Maps Heads To The Arctic

August 26, 2012

Filed under: Arts and Culture, History, Learning, North America, Canada Google’s never ending quest to map the Earth has taken them to numerous remote locations and their Street View technology has made it possible for us to explore much of the planet without ever leaving home. Not only have they shown us the wonders of [...]

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Photo Of The Day: The Other Direction

August 26, 2012

Filed under: North America, Canada, Photo of the Day This Photo of the Day comes from Gadling Flickr pool member by James Wheeler who captured this image taken in Alberta, Canada, with a Nikon D-5000. James captions the image: “I woke up early to one morning at Waterton Lake National Park to take photos some [...]

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Achtung!

August 26, 2012

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