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Take an Eerie Tour of Greece’s Sinking Ghost Town

Ropoto was the perfect little Greek village that sunk. It was once a happy and peaceful place in central Greece, home to 300 families but today, it lies in ruin, a ghost town emptied of its residents who were raised in its charming village streets. In 2012, tragedy struck when a landslide destroyed Ropoto’s terrain, taking with…

A Walk in the Cloud Forest

Before my travel legs give in, just once in my life when someone asks me where I’m going on vacation, I think I’d like to say, “I’m going to take a walk in a cloud forest”. It has a certain ring to it, doesn’t it? An enchanting place where you can literally have your head in…

This is what Leonardo DiCaprio’s Private Uninhabited Island Looks like

Ten years ago, Leonardo DiCaprio bought an island in Belize with plans to build the world’s first eco-restorative resort that would “restore” the over-fished waters, eroding coastline and deforestation. The island is called Blackadore Caye. Leo discovered it while vacationing on a nearby resort in 2004. Fishermen would use this island to manage their catches and chop…

Step inside the Incredible Speakeasy Hidden behind an Umbrella Boutique

I was feeling as if the speakeasy concept had been somewhat overplayed in recent years and become slightly predictable. But a new lounge-bar in Hong Kong has successfully proved me wrong, raising the bar and bringing back the mystery and romance of it all… FoxGlove opened in November of 2015 and pays homage to the fantasy of the British spy. Designed by…

California Dreaming on the Last Hippie Houseboats

Hippies and houseboats; they seem to go together almost like wine and cheese. At least, they used to, especially in California in the 1960s when a mix of old beatniks and young hippies formed a community of whimsical water homes in the Bay Area… I found this photostory lurking in the depths of the LIFE archives, titled “Floating-Houses-California”…

Made in America: A Bavarian Clone Town

Leavenworth was once on the verge of becoming a ghost town until it became an American “little Bavaria”. Before economic ruin took hold of it in the early twentieth century, the town was an important logging hub in Washington and served as headquarters to the Great North Railroad. Despite its rich history of pioneer settlers…

Descend into the 400 Foot Deep Amusement Park

Usually you would hop on a ferris wheel to get a better view over a city or landscape. It’s not everyday that you’ll find one which takes you on a ride to check out the view hundreds of feet below the earth’s surface. Salina Turda is an ancient salt mine in Turda, Romania, which first began extracting…

The Forbidden Road of the French Alps

It might look like a traveler’s paradise, but this picturesque road is counted amongst the most dangerous in the world. Known as les Grands Goulets and built between 1843 and 1854, the legendary route is carved out of the cliffs of Vercors, a massif of mountains in the Rhône alpes region of France. After 156 years…

America’s Prehistoric High Rise Apartment Complex

They call it the Montezuma Castle, but the 90ft high monument should never have been named that. The thing is, the Aztec emperor who the ruins were named after, Montezuma, mistakenly believed to have been connected to their construction, was not even born until the cliff dwellings had already been abandoned for several decades. The European-Americans who…

The Couple that Wanders the Globe in Search of an Undiscovered Feast

February is the antsiest time of year. It’s the long, cold stretch between the holiday season and warm weather with Valentine’s Day as a half-hearted consellation. Around this time, I usually find myself staring distractedly out windows at the grey Parisian sky so often it becomes a hobby. Not this year! This year, I’m starting at the…

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