A Virtual Vacation
In Total Recall, Arnold Schwarzenegger took a virtual trip to Mars that nearly destroyed his brain. Now you can do the same, through Marriott’s virtual vacation.
Travel
A Few Festive Oktoberfest Factoids
It’s everybody’s beer-soaked holiday! (Next to Cinco de Mayo and St. Patrick’s Day.) Here are some Oktoberfest facts to share after clinking your beer steins.
The Atomic Amusement Park
Like most theme parks, Wunderland Kalkar features lots of fun attractions and rides. Unlike the average Six Flags, however, it’s located on the grounds of what was once a nuclear power plant.
ROBOTICA Invasion: Cruising With the Booze Bots
This November, the maiden voyage of the Quantum of the Seas will revolutionize the way that vacationers journey across the oceans. The ship features a sleek lounge with robotic bartenders.
3 Unusual Online Schools
College is a drag, what with the high tuition, lack of a job after graduation, and the roommates who are really into jam bands. Why go through all that when you can go to school over the Internet?
No MOOP…And Other Burning Man Basics
On August 25th, the Burning Man Festival will kick off for the 29th time in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. If you’re not familiar with this annual event, here’s your cheat-sheet.
The World’s Most Boring Museums?
Sure, you could go to the Kids Hands-On Science Museum, or History of Fireworks and Free Cookies Museum…or you could hit one of these, which we’re sure are very, very fun and interesting.
Life Down at The Penguin Post Office
A trip to the post office is usually boring at best, and aggravating at worst, if there’s a long line. Things are different at the Penguin Post Office.
Scandalous Peaches!
In the U.S., we use Valentine’s Day as a way to give that special someone erotically charged gifts and edible aphrodisiacs. In China, they have the Qixi Festival. It fell on August 2 this year, and the hottest (in many senses of the word) gift this year were peaches.
The World’s 3 Newest and Weirdest Amusement Parks
We’re going to Diggerland! Here are three of the newest and most unusual amusement parks in the world.
Japan’s Poop-tacular New Museum Exhibit
With their dusty dinosaur bones and yawn-inducing artwork, museums often bore the heck out of kids. That probably won’t be the case with the wild, and stinky, exhibit currently running at Tokyo’s National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation. Welcome to the poop museum exhibit!
The World’s Most Terrifying Motel?
A wise man once said that there’s nothing scarier than a clown after midnight. That same man would have absolutely hated the Clown Motel.
These Places are Literally the Pits
You could book a vacation in Maui or head to Disney World and still wind up in a hotel that’s a total pit. Why settle for that when you can just visit a real pit instead?
The Weirdest Museum in New York City
If you’re heading to the Big Apple this summer, check out this odd attraction: the Mmuseum.
