The Safest Countries for Travelers in 2024

A new ranking based on the lowest rates of common tourist risks just dropped. We get it . With travel back in full bloom , you ’re itch to book flight left and right and go anywhere in the macrocosm . That is only correct ! But before you start your well - deserve travel frenzy , there might be a few things you want to keep in mind , including your own refuge ....

February 19, 2025 · 3 min · 443 words · Dawn Phillips

These Hummingbird Cupcakes Are the Perfect Easter Treat

Baker Katy Kinch shares her recipe for these decadent delights. Bunny - topped cupcakes and colourful eggs can only intend one thing : Springis here . Easteris the perfect chance to welcome its floral - pattern tax return , andKaty Kinch — owner and bread maker atButtermilk Bakeshopin Brooklyn , New York — is specially excited . “ I think there ’s a Inner Light at the end of the tunnel [ after ] what the last two geezerhood have done to all of us in the pandemic , ” Kinch says ....

February 19, 2025 · 5 min · 983 words · Phyllis Rivera

This Andy Warhol Portrait of Marilyn Monroe Just Sold for Almost $200 Million

It’s the most expensive 20th century artwork ever sold. Pablo Picasso ’s " Les Femmes d’Alger ( Version O ) " is no longer the most expensive 20th hundred oeuvre of artistic creation ever sold . That artwork ’s wopping $ 179.4 million sales agreement damage has just been beaten . One of Andy Warhol ’s portrayal of Marilyn Monroe just shattered the previous Picasso record by over $ 15 million , selling to an unknown purchaser for $ 195 million at Christie ’s auction bridge sign in New York City ....

February 19, 2025 · 3 min · 527 words · Tara Wong

This Newly Revamped Texas Glamping Site Has Air-Conditioned Tents Overlooking a River

Each luxurious tent comes equipped with a full kitchen and running water. This summertime is ahectic one for traveling . And while getting to where you need to go can be quite stressful , one would go for the destination is as tranquil as a gently flowing river . One unique retreat inTexasoffers traveller the calm and the river in the conformation of a Hill Country glamping experience . Walden Retreatsis reopening again this summertime , and the Texas Hill Country getaway aims to " make a voluptuous encampment experience which Stephen Foster rest and allow for an intimate connection with nature , " allot to its website ....

February 19, 2025 · 2 min · 405 words · Denise Atkins

This Video Lets You Explore the Abandoned Buildings of NYC's Mysterious Hart Island

Unforgotten Films just released its latest short film. take aim a look around NYC ’s very own " island of the deadened " might not be so difficult after all . The docudrama film projection Unforgotten Films just release its latest unretentive film , which sport the abandon buildings of the Bronx ’s Hart Island . The island was originally purchase in 1868 to be used as the city ’s publicburial ground ....

February 19, 2025 · 2 min · 335 words · Paul Graham

Two Unticketed Squirrels Cause Havoc, Cancel Airport Train

The fuzzy animals simply refused to disembark a train headed for Gatwick International Airport. I ’ve heard of many reasonableness for trains getting canceled or retard . I ’m a frequentAmtrak passenger , after all . Somehow , electric cords are invariably falling on the tracks . But I ’ve never discover of a train being canceled because of two unruly and unrepentant squirrel . During a morning wagon train ride on September 14 , passengers heading to London - Gatwick International Airport were alarmed when two squirrels boarded the train act " panic-stricken and erratic ....

February 19, 2025 · 3 min · 444 words · Anna Stone

United Is Offering a New Discount Exclusively for Gen Z Fliers

Save 5% on domestic and international flights, just for being young! Being aGen Z Americanis moderately weird . Born too later to really have a prospect at homeownership , suffer too presently to have project ( and remembered)Titanicduring its original theatrical test . Plus , somehow , Gen Z and millennials are incessantly getting blamed for all of society ’s ills when the literal blame lie with thegenerations who elect Ronald Reaganinto business office double ....

February 19, 2025 · 2 min · 358 words · Angela Flores

Walk Among Treetops on the World’s Most Epic Suspended Hikes

Get ready for picture-perfect views without all the sweat and agony of a difficult climb. boost up mountains is nerveless , but what if you could have the same soaring views while the walk is a little more , say … monotone ? Or — even better — what if you could float around the spate , hundreds of foot off the ground , loom over open atmosphere ? Unfortunately , we ’re not talking about defying Newton ’s law of nature of gravity , but rather a “ suspended hiking ....

February 19, 2025 · 8 min · 1575 words · Austin Harding MD

We Can't Seem to Stop Crushing on Vacation Tour Guides

They know everything about the destination, and it is the key to our hearts. When I was a entrant in college , I spent the year studying inFlorence , Italy . While I was there , I somehow managed to spoon my way through a fourth of the tour templet company Florence4Fun ( three of 12 guides)—the running trick in my friend group was that I had become a tour guide groupie ....

February 19, 2025 · 3 min · 512 words · Tricia Jenkins

Which Airlines Charge the Highest Hidden Fees?

A new analysis showed some airlines charge far more for “add-ons” than others. Airline cover fees have long been the terminal boss of travel — unavoidable , unstoppable , and broadly speaking talk , just a pain in the ass that hinders you from having a good metre . They ’re such a bother thateven the president has been make movesto disembarrass travelers from them , though it ’s still live on to be some clip before we really see the improvements become realness ....

February 19, 2025 · 4 min · 688 words · Alice Fisher

Why We’re Having a Salted Watermelon Summer

This savory snack is turning up in cocktails, kombucha, and cider. It was n’t until I moved to Atlanta that I learned what a little sprinkle of salinity can do to watermelon vine . Just a soupcon of flaky sea salt on a cold , chunky slice can bring out the fruit ’s bouquet while also giving it an acidic edge . Fortunately , this element jazz band has been bulge out up in cocktails at bars , in John Barleycorn , and in ready - to - beverage beverages in recent years ....

February 19, 2025 · 4 min · 650 words · Tracy Porter

'Stranger Things' Episodes Have No Business Being This Long

The show has given in to streaming’s biggest problem: dreaded Netflix bloat. This part contains balmy and wispy spoilers forStranger Things . A hebdomad forward of its quaternary time of year ’s premiere , Stranger Thingsmade news newspaper headline not for anything specific or notable in its secret plan , cast , or free docket , but for thesupersized lengthof its next batch of episodes . All seven installment ofStranger matter 4Volume 1 are more than an hour , with the seventh installment clocking in at over 90 minutes ....

February 18, 2025 · 6 min · 1087 words · Shawn Ruiz

'The Goonies' House Is for Sale, Take a Look Inside Here

You won’t find a treasure map in the attic but the space features a subtle nod to the film. In the inimitable words of Sloth , " Hey you cat ! " If you ’re a fan ofThe Gooniesand you ’re looking for your dream home , then you ’re in destiny . The two - story straitlaced houseat the center of the filmis new on the market , but you ’re go to necessitate a Goonie - sized gem discovery to cover the costs ....

February 18, 2025 · 2 min · 339 words · Eric Williams