CNN Site Map for Section Travel (Galleries) for May - 2015
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- 2015-05-31"The Longjiang Bridge is a steel-truss bridge spanning the beautiful Longjiang River," says Beijing-based train photographer Wang Wei. "Here you can see obvious karst topography. To take this photo, I climbed on a hillside with many plants
- 2015-05-29Anthony Bourdain returns to his roots in New Jersey with younger brother Chris. "Parts Unknown" airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
- 2015-05-29Workers in Aquinnah, Massachusetts, move the Gay Head Lighthouse from its original footing, seen at center between the rails, on Thursday, May 28. The 160-year-old lighthouse on Martha's Vineyard is being moved 135 feet to keep it from falling off an
- 2015-05-28The Golden Gate Bridge, which spans the San Francisco Bay and connects the city to its northern suburbs, is one of the world's most famous structures. Its construction 78 years ago over a deep, treacherous channel was a marvel of modern engineering.
- 2015-05-28Kitesurfing is a watersport that is becoming increasingly popular around the world. Click through to find out why many enthusiasts are heading to a small town on the Atlantic to perfect their tricks, turns and grabs...
- 2015-05-28Loew's Jersey Theatre, a not-for-profit historic landmark built in 1929, has hosted Bing Crosby, Duke Ellington and Jean Harlow. It also shows movies and hosts other events.
- 2015-05-27Painter Tom Young came across the crumbling house that would become Villa Paradiso as he was walking home one night. He struck a deal with its owners to use it as an exhibition space.
- 2015-05-26Flamingos are seen on Laguna Colorada, a lake in Potosi, Bolivia, in this aerial photograph taken by George Steinmetz in 2007. The lake is red because natural hot springs provide nutrients for red algae to bloom. The lake has the largest population of fla
- 2015-05-26 A high-tech aircraft skin that harvests the plane's vibrations to power its in-flight systems. Drones that lead birds away from the runway, making the skies safer for fliers both human and avian.
These are just some of the ideas devised by universi
- 2015-05-25Florida's Everglades National Park covers 1.5 million acres of marshes, rivers and sawgrass prairie. Because they can access even super-shallow areas, airboats offer a unique perspective on the proverbial "river of grass."
- 2015-05-25After growing tired of hearing people bicker over which Shanghai shops serve the best soup dumplings, former chef Christopher St. Cavish conducted a scientific study.
- 2015-05-22The MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas has the most rooms in the world: 6,198 in the 30-story building, according to hotel industry research firm STR Inc.
- 2015-05-22Edinburgh hosts the largest performing arts festival in the world -- a summer event that seems to last longer than notoriously brief Scottish summers.
- 2015-05-22Incomers are drawn to Walthamstow by increasing numbers of good restaurants and bars and the thriving local market, as well arts events like the weekend-long Walthamstow Garden Party.
- 2015-05-21American aviator Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone. The crossing, from Newfoundland to Northern Ireland, was completed in 14 hours and 56 minutes on May 20-21, 1932.
- 2015-05-21Hawaii's Waimanalo Bay Beach Park is the No. 1 beach in the country for 2015, according to Dr. Beach's 25th annual top 10 list of U.S. beaches, released Thursday. This stunning white coral sand beach is worth the flight.
- 2015-05-21The Bronx is only a subway ride away from tourists visiting Manhattan but for some, it may as well be in another country. Come explore the place where hip-hop was born, where poetry, dance and painting thrives and yes, where nature blooms.
- 2015-05-21Blues music permeates the Mississippi Delta. Struggles with slavery, segregation, civil rights and poverty in this stretch of the South go hand in hand with the woeful tunes. Guitarist Gary Clark Jr. is shown here performing in Clarksdale.
- 2015-05-20This falsetto-warbling, chest-baring glampire has haunted more dreams than any Romanian character since Dracula.
- 2015-05-20Ray Collins' awe-inspiring images have the power to bring the earth's primal force to a standstill. Here, the 32-year-old Australian captures a split second in the sea to reveal the wave's twisted topography, and the momentary splashes of l
- 2015-05-20The Saint George was the first beach club to open on the coast of Beirut in the 1930s, and its attached hotel was host to Beirut's most recognizable tourists, including Bardot, Peter O'Toole (on breaks from filming "Lawrence of Arabia"
- 2015-05-19If the depths don't freak you out, the psychedelic vibes surely will. Bounce Below is a multi-tiered trampoline lit in technicolor and suspended within a Victorian-era slate mine in Gwynedd, Wales.
- 2015-05-19Originally built in 1946 as a car dealership and garage, Lower Columbia Bowl was turned into a bowling alley in 1956.
- 2015-05-19Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon is set to open the world's highest and longest glass-bottom bridge in July.
- 2015-05-18Every year for one weekend in June, a little city with a party-loving populace of 200,000 pops-up on a dairy farm in Somerset, south-west England.
Welcome to Glastonbury Festival, which this this weekend included performances from the likes of Dolly Par
- 2015-05-18Opened in 1907 and designated an official landmark in 1969, The Plaza is arguably the most famous hotel in New York. Notable guests have included Liza Minnelli, Eleanor Roosevelt, Miles Davis and The Beatles.
- 2015-05-18Photographer Lee Gunderson captured this image of Tunnel Beach while flying roughly 4,600 feet above Kauai in Hawaii. He describes the locale as "one of the most haunting places I know."
- 2015-05-18Mark International Museum Day on May 18 with a visit to one of world's many fascinating museums. Here are the 20 most visited museums, according to the TEA/AECOM Global Attractions Attendance Report. The Louvre in Paris is the world's most popul
- 2015-05-17Anthony Bourdain travels to the island nation of Madagascar for "Parts Unknown." The country, which is the world's fourth-largest island, is situated in the Indian Ocean, off the southeastern coast of Africa.
- 2015-05-15Veteran flight attendant Carol Martin rolls out the red carpet for her four-legged passengers. Many pets on private jets receive the same five-star treatments as their owners.
- 2015-05-14Wong How Man, center, in 1984 with Kirghiz eagle hunters at the border between China's Xinjiang province and the former Soviet Union. A year later, he led an expedition to find the source of the Yangtze River that required him and his team to travel
- 2015-05-14Highest mountain in North America: Mount McKinley, Alaska. The mountain is 20,320 feet high.
- 2015-05-14Welcome to Bar Luce, a Milan bar designed by director Wes Anderson.
- 2015-05-14The original hometown of Chinese martial arts, the Shaolin Temple in Henan province is set in the forests of the picturesque Song Mountain, and now a bona fide tourism hot spot.
- 2015-05-14"Wipe Out," an exhibition created by anonymous French street artist Invader, is inspired by the efficient removal of his works by the Hong Kong government in 2014, including this "Pac-Man" installation.
- 2015-05-13Alaska Airlines came in first place among legacy airlines in the J.D. Power 2015 North American Airline Satisfaction Study. The airline also topped the list of airline rewards programs.
- 2015-05-13Lara Khoury's collections have won fans in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and also in Japan -- she's sold whole collections to boutique buyers in each country.
- 2015-05-12Housed in the world's largest building by volume, Boeing's aviation plant 25 miles north of Seattle produces 747s, 777s and 787s, and is the only commercial jet manufacturing center open to the public.
- 2015-05-12Horseneck Beach State Reservation, Massachusetts. Campers and windsurfers alike flock to this 100-campsite spot for the great surf and wild roses blooming on the fringes of this two-mile beach.
- 2015-05-12Cape Town International's runway offers views of South Africa's famous Table Mountain, located approximately 29 miles from the airport. PrivateFly voters ranked it as the world's 10th best airport approach.
- 2015-05-11The League of American Bicyclists annually ranks the 50 states on how bikeable they are. Washington state took the top spot in 2015 for the eighth year in a row. Click through to see the rest of the top 10.
- 2015-05-11"Sylvia lurched toward the railing. She threw up. And then she eased her way back to her familiar perch in the aft compartment, her head dangling over the rail, her eyes closed, muttering darkly. I felt the moment needed recording, and I took out our
- 2015-05-11"Sylvia lurched toward the railing. She threw up. And then she eased her way back to her familiar perch in the aft compartment, her head dangling over the rail, her eyes closed, muttering darkly. I felt the moment needed recording, and I took out our
- 2015-05-11This massive gas mask by Russian artist Irina Nakhova is among the most striking pieces presented at the 56th International Art Exhibition (Biennale d'Arte), titled 'All the Worlds Futures,' in Venice.
- 2015-05-08Food critic A.A. Gill and Anthony Bourdain enjoy roast grouse (a funky game bird) at Letterewe Estate in the Scottish Highlands.
- 2015-05-08Amtrak sponsored National Train Day for seven years before expanding this year to a series of Amtrak Train Days from May through November. These young guests visited Chicago's Union Station for last year's National Train Day.
- 2015-05-08"Wok-fried Longjing (Dragon Well) tea with river prawns adopts something from the mountains and something from the water in Hangzhou," says Colin Cheng, chef at 28 Hubin Road. "It's the dish to represent Hangzhou."
Longjing is a
- 2015-05-08At Canyon Ranch in Arizona, visitors are monitored with sensors to diagnose sleep patterns.
- 2015-05-08One of the signature dishes of the Tate Dining Room restaurant in Hong Kong is this dessert inspired by a Japanese garden and tea ceremony. The restaurant is now serving its fourth version of the dish.
- 2015-05-08"Wok-fried Longjing tea with river prawns adopts something from the mountains and something from the water in Hangzhou," says Colin Cheng, chef of 28 Hubin Road. "It's the dish to represent Hangzhou."
- 2015-05-08The world's first Hello Kitty dim sum restaurant, Hello Kitty Chinese Cuisine, opens in Hong Kong.
- 2015-05-07Route 66 or the fall foliage trail are popular, but the U.S. highway network rewards travelers who just hit the road in search of the American driving dream. Especially if it's one of those slightly weird dreams.
- 2015-05-06Queensland, Australia's, 1,840-square-kilometer Fraser Island was declared a World Heritage island in 1992. There are 353 species of birds on the island, compared with 337 species in the entire UK. The biggest sand island in the world is also home to
- 2015-05-06Picture New York's High Line with a riverfront -- Crescent Park is a 1.4-mile recreational corridor bordering the Mississippi that includes a fenced dog run, picnic areas, and hike and bike trails.
- 2015-05-06American Airlines becomes the second U.S. airline to fly the Boeing 787 Dreamliner on May 7. Captain Mike Riley is shown giving an interview near American's first Dreamliner at the airline's maintenance hangar at Dallas/Fort Worth International
- 2015-05-05Long known for its wine and annual culinary fair, this ancient city -- the provincial capital of Burgundy -- can now lay claim to a vibrant contemporary art culture.
- 2015-05-05Last year, Airbus filed a patent that totally reimagines the concept of the cockpit. For starters, the cockpit would move away from a window. Instead, the patent floats the idea of the cockpit being stored underneath the cabin or at the back of the plane.
- 2015-05-05Monique Martine poses for a photo with the Crazy Girls statue loaded on a trailer outside the Riviera Hotel & Casino on Monday, May 4. Martine was Crazy Girl No. 2 in the 1988 cast, which was being taken to its new home at Planet Hollywood. The Rivier
- 2015-05-04Built for the 1889 World's Fair in Paris, the Eiffel Tower is still the world's most visited monument (by ticket sales).
- 2015-05-01The Cementerio General (General Cemetery) in Santiago, Chile is is characterized by monuments that range from quirky to extravagant. The enormous mausoleum built for Chilean politician Claudio Vicuña Guerrero resembles Spain's Alhambra Palace and For
- 2015-05-01Quito is at 2,800 meters above sea level and it's not uncommon to feel short of breath or have a mild headache when you first arrive. Luckily, Ecuador has a cure.
- 2015-05-01In 2008, Scotsman Mark Beaumont (pictured) broke the world record for cycling around planet in 195 days. The current record for the 18,000-mile ride is a slightly ridiculous 106 days and 10 hours.
- 2015-05-01Anthony Bourdain starts the day in west Miami with chef Michelle Bernstein at Islas Canarias Restaurant.
- 2015-05-01Antica Restaurants & Farm in Addis Ababa is one institution that has started experimenting with Ethiopian ingredients. Chef Yohannes Hailemariam has created several fusion dishes, including a lasagne made from teff.