It's 10 years since China hosted the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. A decade later many of the celebrated Beijing venues and structures used for the competition are abandoned.
Los Angeles will be the first US city to use body scanners for indications of concealed weapons or explosive devices. They'll scan you at the bottom of escalators at metro stations.
Chef Giada De Laurentiis opened her first restaurant in Las Vegas, and she's got great ideas about what to experience in the city beyond the casino hubbub.
It's not just the taste of this bar snack that makes it Lonely Planet's #1 food experience in the world. Read on to see where else made Lonely Planet's Ultimate Eats: The World's Top 500 Food Experiences list.
A recent clash over selfies in front of Rome's Trevi Fountain turned into an eight-person brawl, while two other tourists were later fined for illegal bathing.
An attempt by officials in Paris to tackle public urination by installing open-air urinals, or "uritrottoirs," has outraged some residents of the French capital.
Melbourne has finally lost the title of world's most liveable city after a seven-year reign. A European rival has claimed the top spot in 2018. Check out what other citiies are the most liveable.
An Australian koala boarded a Eurowings flight from Dusseldorf, Germany to Edinburgh, Scotland. He got VIP treatment, with a row of seats to himself in the cabin
Plans for a sprawling "high-tech-meets-retail" metropolis have been unveiled in Dubai. The mega mall will be the largest leasable retail space in the world, spanning over 100 soccer fields in size.
Several of Yosemite National Park's crown jewels -- including Half Dome and El Capitan -- again will be accessible next week when roads are reopened after a wildfire close them for nearly three weeks.
The fight against single-use plastic has been gathering steam over the past months, but the Caribbean nation of Dominica has taken the crusade to another level.
