Once upon a time there was basically only one way for an ordinary person to visit Antarctica -- climbing aboard a small cruise ship and visiting the frozen continent en masse with hundreds of other passengers.
If taking time to enjoy nature in Michigan's state parks wasn't relaxing enough, you can now add a little Bob Ross to your experience. For its 100th birthday, the parks system is partnering with Bob Ross Inc. to help the "happy little trees."
Want to hydrate at San Francisco International Airport? Forget plastic water bottles. You must use a water fountain, bring your own reusable bottle or buy an airport-approved glass or aluminum bottle.
Some 45,000 people were left homeless by the Chernobyl explosion. In one of the last great social and physical engineering projects of the Soviet Union, an entirely new city was created in to rehouse them.
Environmental campaigners have accused the Duke and Duchess of Sussex of hypocrisy after the couple used private jets to fly to the south of France and Ibiza in two trips just days apart.
We've all been tempted to bring a little bit of paradise home from our holidays. But the urge has backfired on a French couple, who are facing up to six years in prison for removing sand from a beach in Sardinia, where they had been on vacation.
Florida alligators are showing their true flexibility and range -- social media has caught one climbing a fence and another swimming in a flooded road.
Residents of Wellington, New Zealand, may have been unnerved to see the latest addition to their cityscape as a massive hand was installed on the roof of the City Gallery Wellington. Find out what's making some folks twitchy.
Do you avoid travel stress by arriving at the airport early but lose half a day to terminal time? Or do you fly by the seat of your pants and risk missing your flight? CNN Travel staffers come down on both sides of the issue.
Andrew Hooper and Josh Bastyr were kayaking near Spencer Glacier in Alaska when they heard cracking noises. Moments later, the massive glacier collapsed right in front of them.
Is it the speed, the angle, the height or the view? These roller coaster drops around the world have a high fear factor but are definitely worth the fright.
US workers left a record number of vacation days, 768 million, on the table last year. That equates to billions in lost benefits, according to research from the U.S. Travel Association, Oxford Economics and Ipsos.
Cruise operators say they are working hard to mitigate their impact on crowded tourist destinations and the main problems lie elsewhere, but some campaigners insist limiting ship access is the only answer.
