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The American Theme Park Town that started as a Beer Stand in the Prohibition Aftermath

It’s highway Americana at its best and it all started in 1949 with a shocking-pink beer stand just south of the state border for the thirsty patrons of North Carolina where it was illegal to sell alcohol in its counties. Over the years, its grown from a lone beer stand into a fabulously kitsch 300…

Surfing in a Concrete Jungle: Munich’s Gnarly Subculture

Since the late 1960s, surfers have been gathering by the shallow banks of a small and cold river that flows through a local park in downtown Munich. A city better known for its beer drinking and pretzels has become the unlikely home of a surfing mecca for urban individualists riding a river wave far from the ocean……

The Met Museum has a Serious Shoe Fetish

If you think you or a girlfriend have an out of control shoe collection, check out the Museum of Metropolitan Art and think again. Comprised of more than 5,000 examples, the Met’s permanent collection of shoes should probably have their own museum. Boasting some incredibly rare and unusual styles from around the world and dating from the fourteenth…

The Notting Hill Pub with a Spicy Secret

If you’re looking for a traditional English pub with a twist, I think I have something for you. I grew up around the corner from this place, admiring the flowers passing by everyday, but I was always faithful to another local pub during my Londoner years and I never even went inside to discover its secret– until this weekend that…

Living like Luke Skywalker

Star Wars films (pre-Disney) were a big part of my childhood growing up. My brother and I would watch them again and again, and then when we had friends over, we’d make them watch the films again too. When it came to writing college applications, my brother actually wrote his essay on Luke Skywalker (I…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CXXVI)

1. This Treetop Walkway Kirstenbosch Centenary Tree Canopy Walkway just outside of Cape Town in South Africa. Google Streetview has also been here. 2. The Forgotten Pyramids of Meroë In a desert in eastern Sudan, along the banks of the Nile River, lies a collection of nearly 200 ancient pyramids built between 2,700 and 2,300…

The Floating Straw Islands of Uros: An Ancient Tribe Surviving in a Tourist Hub

Once again, today the internet has taken me to a place no geography or history ever did. Floating out into the middle of the Lake Titicaca between Peru and Bolivia, figures are seemingly drifting amongst the reeds and mythical creatures guarding what look like islands made of straw on the water… (c) Suzanne Preston (c) KeelyNYC On my internet wanderings,…

The Ghost Army of WWII that Duped Hitler

This is not a photograph of a strong man contest. That tank weighs about as much as an inflatable dingy. But what were World War II U.S soldiers doing clowning around with a blow-up tank? Actually, there was nothing funny about it; these were the brave men of a unique secret mission to intimidate and deceive…

Pull up a Seat at this Teeny Tiny Tiki Bar

Among my favourite things are tiki bars and teeny tiny stuff. Put the two together and I’ll basically explode with happiness. Not to mention that now I know how to make miniature cocktail umbrellas, should the situation ever arise where I might need one (ya just cut the original-sized ones down). And finally, yes, that hamster…

So now you can Travel with your own Personal Photographer

Okay, I know, it might sound a little vain and pretentious at first, like something a fashion blogger might do. But hear me out… Who else has the problem when travelling as a couple, of only ending up with a few blurry selfies together after the trip of a lifetime? Or even worse, travelling with someone who can’t just live in the…

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