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On my American flight last week from Los Angeles to Toronto, I chose to sit in row 16 of the 737-800MCE series aircraft because (like in row 17, as well) the middle seat is blocked on each side. The airline has made a habit of blocking out four seats like this so they...

My eyes opened wide when an email came in from Delta Air Lines inviting me to an exclusive “#InsideDelta” behind-the-scenes tour of their headquarters in Atlanta. They’ve never opened up their doors before, so without much hesitation I rearranged my schedule to attend. They...

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Only four German U-boats remain from their heyday as the most feared ship in the Nazi navy, but the only one still floating is the Wilhelm Bauer, a shining example of the Nazi navy’s engineering prowess that never even saw any combat. Construction on the U-2540,...

Ask the many discerning New Yorkers, "light or dark?" and they will instantly know you are referring to the venerable institution of McSorley’s Old Ale house. Quenching the thirsts of everyone from Abraham Lincoln to the lower denizens of the Bowery since 1854,...

88 miles northeast of Las Vegas, New Mexico lies the Kiowa National Grassland, a seemingly flat plain of, well, not much of anything. Ranches. Tumbleweeds. Telephone poles. That’s about all you’ll see from Route 39, until you turn off on Mills Canyon road and head west for a few...

Spanning the short, but vertigo-inducing gap between mainland Ireland and the small rock outcropping known as Carrickarede, the Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge and its previous incarnations have been in use for hundreds of years, allowing salmon fishermen to reach the secluded waters...

Started by one woman with a heart big enough to embrace even the most unruly, damaged, and generally unwanted birds, the Pandemonium Aviaries comprise a collection of hundreds of exotic fliers in a dozens of lovingly homemade backyard enclosures. This California sanctuary all...