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During the government shutdown, elephant seals waddled onto Drakes Beach on Northern California's Point Reyes National Seashore. They had pups -- and are in no rush to leave.

A nine-year conservation project on King Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt has just finished, and some intriguing discoveries were made along the way.

A tour of Iran's Alborz Mountains, where an ancient cult of "assassins" once held sway, is great day trip or weekend excursion from Tehran.

Once home to Pearl's Brewhouse, a 19th-century building on the San Antonio waterfront now houses one of the city's most elegant hotels.

Want to strut your stuff in the Year of the Pig?

Beyond the well-known traditions, the Lunar New Year is full of fun quirks and customs. Here are 11 things to know about the holiday.

Do you know your etiquette for Lunar New Year? Here's a fun list of dos and don'ts so you can enjoy the Year of the Rat in the proper manner.

Hong Kong's Avenue of the Stars, on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront, is one of the best things to see in Hong Kong. Find out how James Corner, the architect behind New York's High Line, has helped revitalize it.

Travelers in the United States are used to tipping a multitude of people, from the baristas who make their frothy coffee concoctions to restaurant servers, parking valets, hotel housekeepers and Uber drivers.

Travelers have plenty of enticing reasons to visit Mumbai, a city of 21.6 million people, and India's largest.

From Bangkok to Beijing here are some of the hottest new spots around the region due to open for business in 2019.

Business owners near Joshua Tree and other national parks are still reeling from the federal government shutdown and fear the possibility of another.

There are the five-star hotels with excellent concierge services -- and then there are the five-star hotels that provide you with a personal 24-hour butler for the duration of your stay.

FlipFlopi Project is an ambitious initiative making waves in the waters of East Africa. Instead of traditional wood, these dhows use recycled plastic.

The First World Hotel in Hangzhou, China, has built a "human hot pot." It's a spring pool in which tourists can chew on meat skewers while they bathe in produce-filled compartments.

Officials have started removing hundreds of crocodiles from the site of the world's largest statue in India, prompting an outcry from conservationists and concerns about the welfare of the reptiles.

Hardcore fans of Disney's 2016 animated buddy cop comedy "Zootopia" are going to have to pencil China into their upcoming travel plans.

Japan's famous bullet trains may have revolutionized high-speed rail travel, but there are still many travelers who prefer a scenic slow ride on one of the country's old-fashioned regional trains.