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Death Valley and Badwater Basin from Dante's View, California.

Why Dante’s View may be the best lookout in California

Dante’s View in Death Valley National Park offers a level of drama and starkness that nowhere else in California can match. Where is Dante’s View? Dante’s View is one of the highlights of Death Valley National Park in eastern California. This Death Valley lookout is…

California, Death Valley, Las Vegas, national parks, USA

Braving the souks of Marrakesh, with children

In Morocco, visiting the Marrakesh souks with children is challenging. But if done right, it gives the kids an experience that sticks in the memory. From Jemaa al-Fnaa to the souks “Are you going to do haggling, Daddy?” A visit to the souks of Marrakesh…

family travel, Marrakesh, Morocco, shopping

The Eyes by Louise Bourgeois in Oslo's Tjuvholmen Sculpture Park.

Tjuvholmen Sculpture Park, Oslo: Public art near Aker Brygge

The Tjuvholmen Sculpture Park offers free public art next to the Astrup Fearnley Museum in Oslo. Where is the Tjuvholmen Sculpture Park? The Tjuvolhem Sculpture Park is one of the best places in Oslo to see public art. It’s nowhere near on the scale of…

art, Norway, Oslo, sculpture

The Salmon: Oslo’s best free museum?

The Salmon in Oslo is both a fish restaurant and a museum about Norway’s salmon industry. And this free museum is strangely fascinating. A fish restaurant that’s also a salmon museum The Salmon in Oslo’s touristy Aker Brygge area is an unusual place. It’s a…

museums, Norway, Oslo

Orto Botanico, Padua: The world’s oldest Botanic Garden

At Padua’s World Heritage-listed Orto Botanico, the world’s oldest botanic garden throws up some surprises on where our food comes from. Why the Padua’s Orto Botanico is World Heritage-listed Sometimes the new can rudely shoulder-barge the old out of the way without intending to. And…

gardens, Italy, Padua

Tasting rum in Key West, Florida: How the US home of rum went legal

After visiting the Rum Bar on Duval Street, it’s time to discover Key West’s first legal rum distillery in a former groghouse. Tasting rum at the Rum Bar on Duval Street The default setting in Key West is merrily drunk. It is the sort of…

drinks, Florida, Florida Keys, Key West, rum, USA

The Crypt of Tibias and Femurs at the Convento dei Cappuccini in Rome.

The Capuchin Crypt – Rome’s most ghoulish attraction

The Capuchin Crypt inside the Convento dei Cappuccini in Rome is not for the easily shocked. Inside are six chambers decorated with human bones, skulls and skeletons. The most macabre attraction in Rome? No-one knows who decorated the Capuchin Crypt in Rome, Italy. There are…

art, dark tourism, Italy, Rome

Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki Raft in Oslo's Kon-Tiki Museum.

The Kon-Tiki Museum, Oslo: Review

In Oslo, Norway, the Kon-Tiki Museum explores Thor Heyerdahl’s raft expedition from South America to Polynesia. What is the Kon-Tiki Museum The Kon-Tiki Museum in Oslo tells the story of Thor Heyerdahl, the Norwegian explorer who set out to prove Polynesia could have been settled…

museums, Norway, Oslo, reviews

Area 15 Las Vegas: Ticket prices and best attractions

The best attractions at Area 15 Las Vegas are Omega Mart and the Lab – but the access pass system is confusing and the ticket prices are high. What is Area 15 in Las Vegas? Area 15 is one of the most welcome new additions…

Las Vegas, Nevada, reviews, USA

Visiting the Apollo Beach manatees at the Big Bend Power Station near Tampa

At the Big Bend Power Station in Apollo Beach, Florida, manatees have a winter holiday home. The Big Bend power station at Apollo Beach, Florida The Big Bend power station at Apollo Beach near Tampa is, even by power station standards, stonkingly ugly. It’s an…

Florida, USA, wildlife