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Roadkill, rocks and tanks: World’s oddest museum?

Peter Jeary / NBC News Juozas Stepankevicius stands beside an earth-mover at the Lithuanian Road Museum. His eccentric collection came together not by design, but due to his reluctance to throw things away. VILNIUS, Lithuania — Very [...]

‘Guntucky’ puts family-run gun range on the map

Getaways 10 hours ago The Sumner clan is getting a national boost thanks to “Guntucky,” a new reality show on CMT, but the stars of the family-run Knob Creek Gun Range has been famous [...]

Angry Birds blast off at Kennedy Space Center

Rob Lovitt , NBC News contributor   –   7 hrs. Courtesy Kennedy Space Center If you’re one of the millions of people who have spent untold [...]

STELLAAAAA! Shouting contest tears up NOLA festival

A. Pawlowski , NBC News contributor   –   7 hrs. Courtesy Earl Perry Competitor Bryan Buckles goes for it at the 2012 Stanley Stella Shouting [...]

Shivs, more on display at historic Philly prison

Inspiration 2 hours ago A mounted wooden fish. Dog figurines. Colorful soap carvings of clowns and Santa. A wallet made of interwoven cigarette packs. It sounds like a bad garage sale — until [...]

Statue of Liberty to reopen on Fourth of July

John Makely / NBC News Officials on Tuesday announced the Statue of Liberty will open July 4, more than nine months after Hurricane Sandy struck. The Statue of Liberty, closed since Hurricane Sandy battered the Northeast more than nine months [...]

Titanic undertaking: Classic ocean liners coming back

Rob Lovitt , NBC News contributor   –   8 hrs. Handout / Getty Images This handout provided by Blue Star Line shows a computer-generated [...]

Recapturing glory days of classic ocean liners

Rob Lovitt , NBC News contributor   –   42 min. Matt Rourke / AP The cruise ship SS United States, which once crossed the Atlantic at record [...]

TripAdvisor voters crown Italian beach as world’s best

Belinda Goldsmith , Reuters   –   1 day Tullio M. Puglia / Getty Images Rabbit Beach, on the island of Lampedusa off the south coast of [...]

Love it or hate it? ‘Kissing Statue’ returns to San Diego

The statue version of that iconic World War II kiss now has a permanent home in San Diego. While it is the epitome of romance for some, many are complaining about its size. NBC’s Kristen Dahlgren reports. Some see it as the perfect military [...]

To go or not to go? 10 controversial destinations in 2013

Robert Firpo-Cappiello , Budget Travel   –   1 hr. Intrepid travelers like to push their limits—they’ll test their stamina, language skills and culinary daring [...]

No guns at home, so Japanese shoot ‘em up in Guam

Eric Talmadge , The Associated Press   –   1 hr. Eric Talmadge / AP Range master Mike Aeta at the Western Frontier Village shooting club [...]

Love’s legacies showcased at Museum of Broken Relationships

Carol Pucci , NBC News contributor   –   8 hrs. Carol Pucci / NBC News contributor The Museum of Broken Relationships is housed in an 18th-century [...]

Valentine’s Day hotel packages to woo your sweetheart

Harriet Baskas , NBC News contributor   –   22 min. Courtesy Renaissance Hotels Participating Renaissance Hotels in the Marriott portfolio [...]

Jackpot! Vegas attracted record number of visitors in 2012

Joe Myxter   –   2 hrs. Julie Jacobson / AP file Rodrigo Gonsalez waits for tourists to pose with him for photos as he plays Elvis along the Las Vegas [...]

Crazy things you never knew about Disney World

Gillian Telling , Budget Travel   –   1 hr. Scott Audette / Reuters Fireworks go off around Cinderella’s castle during the grand [...]

New Nobu Hotel hops on the branded hotel bandwagon

Rob Lovitt , NBC News contributor   –   8 hrs. Attention, luxury-loving travelers: Did your last stay at a Four Seasons fail to earn five stars? Ritz-Carlton just not [...]

Looming cuts would be ‘devastating’ to national parks, advocates warn

A. Pawlowski , NBC News   –   4 hrs. Jim Urquhart / Reuters file Old Faithful Geyser was the first geyser in Yellowstone National Park [...]

New Orleans travel tips for Super Bowl weekend

2 hrs. Robert Firpo-Cappiello , Budget Travel Charlie Riedel / AP The Superdome is pictured Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, in New Orleans. The city will host the Super [...]

Want to hop the pond? Europe ‘still reasonably priced’

8 hrs. Tanya Mohn , NBC News contributor Andreas Rentz / Getty Images file Backpackers arrive at the Circus hostel Berlin in Berlin, Germany, in this file photo. There’s [...]

Tattourism: Permanent souvenirs make their mark

59 min. Dana McMahan , NBC News contributor Courtesy Jazmine Atienza Traditional tattoo artist Whang-Od, who lives in the mountains in the Philippines, puts finishing [...]

Jane Austen tourism booms as ‘Pride and Prejudice’ turns 200

54 min. A. Pawlowski , NBC News Courtesy VisitBritain.com Chatsworth House, said to have inspired Mr. Darcy’s Pemberley estate in “Pride and Prejudice,” [...]

Beyond room service: Order up a fighter

34 min. Dana McMahan , NBC News contributor Courtesy Dana McMahan Muay Thai lesson at the Peninsula Bangkok. Hotel guests need not head out with an unknown entity [...]

Starbucks causes jitters in artsy Parisian neighborhood

1 hr. A. Pawlowski , NBC News contributor Benoit Tessier / Reuters file Tourists enjoy the good weather in Place du Tertre in the former village of Montmartre near [...]

Would you pay $160 to check out this view?

Luke Macgregor / Reuters The shadow of Western Europe’s tallest building is cast across London’s financial district as seen from The View from The Shard on Tuesday. Adult tickets to the gallery range from $40 to $160. LONDON — [...]

The Emancipation Proclamation — no movie tickets required

1 hr. Rob Lovitt , NBC News contributor While the fight to end slavery in the U.S. is winning hearts and minds at movie theaters — on Thursday, “Lincoln,” the movie, earned 12 Academy Award [...]

Want to see Inauguration Day in DC? Rooms are available

2 hrs. Harriet Baskas , NBC News contributor Stan Honda / AFP – Getty Images Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th US president by Supreme Court Chief Justice [...]

New Vegas ad campaign targets ‘persuadables’

2 hrs. Rob Lovitt , NBC News contributor What happens in Vegas … is about to get more publicized. This week, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) unveiled a new ad campaign [...]

Hottest travel destinations of 2013

If your 2013 resolution is to give in to wanderlust, Nilou Motamed of Travel + Leisure is here to help. She reveals the 13 places you have to see in 2013, from Puerto Rico and Uco Valley, Argentina, to Amsterdam and Charlevoix, Quebec. A pristine [...]

NYC looks to eclipse 2012′s record tourism numbers

4 hrs. A. Pawlowski , NBC News contributor Mike Coppola / Getty Images New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, center, celebrates New Year’s Eve 2013 In Times [...]
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