CNN Site Map for Section Travel (Galleries) for August - 2020
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- 2020-08-31Cruise ship tours: Most major cruise ships around the world are largely out of action in the wake of the coronavirus, with some moored off the coast of southwest England. Local resident Paul Derham has started offering boat tours to go check them out.
- 2020-08-26"Refuge: America's Wildest Places": Ian Shive's forthcoming book focuses on America's national wildlife refuges. This one is the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge in Guadalupe, California.
- 2020-08-25Return to the sea: The MSC Grandiosa is one of the first cruise ships to be returning to the sea since the industry's global shut down due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
- 2020-08-25All-American summer: Summer camps have been a fixture of US life since the late 19th century. This is New Hampshire's Singing Eagle Lodge circa 1958.
- 2020-08-24Nessebar: During July and August, visitors from nearby Sunny Beach flock to this tiny ancient town that sits at the end of a narrow isthmus.
- 2020-08-21Stunning bridge: This eyecatching new bridge offers amazing views of the Vøringsfossen waterfall in Norway.
- 2020-08-20Despite its serene setting, Spike Island in Cork harbor, Ireland, was once a place no man would choose to visit. Indeed, the island's dark past as a Victorian prison is part of the reason it attracts visitors today.
- 2020-08-19Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack speaks during the state roll call vote on the second night of the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday.
- 2020-08-18Kuta Beach: A woman walks along Bali's normally packed Kuta Beach on August 15, 2020. The island remains closed to international tourists, though officials hope to reopen on September 11, 2020.
- 2020-08-18Transparent toilets: Designed by Shigeru Ban Architects, a Pritzker Prize-winning architecture firm, two new sets of transparent toilets have been installed in two Tokyo parks.
- 2020-08-18Sinking city: Amsterdam is facing some huge infrastructural challenges after years of unheeded warnings regarding its crumbling structures.
- 2020-08-17Internal focus: UK-based studio Gresham Yacht Design has turned conventional superyacht creation on its head by devising the interior of its latest yacht concept Thor Explore first.
- 2020-08-17Jump on in: Photographer Brad Walls takes stylish, enveloping shots of swimming pools from above. Pictured here: a private pool in Sydney, Australia.
- 2020-08-14World's first drive-in haunted house: A Japanese company has created an experience that follows social distancing guidelines yet remains absolutely terrifying -- a drive-in haunted house.
- 2020-08-13Japan's first castle hotel: Ozu Castle in Ehime prefecture's Ozu Town is currently the only castle keep in Japan to allow travelers to stay overnight.
- 2020-08-13Aerial refueling: Refueling in mid-air -- as with these two Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Hornets -- is standard procedure in military aviation.
- 2020-08-12China's Panjin Red Beach Wetland: Dubbed "China's most romantic leisure coastline," the 6,667-hectare mudflat in the Red Beach National Scenic Corridor is blanketed in red every fall, thanks to the presence of a unique type of seepweed
- 2020-08-04Tram of the future: Inspired by Covid-19 concerns, Hong Kong-based designers have set to work reimagining the city's most iconic modes of transportation, including its historic trams. Italian designer Andrea Ponti of the Ponti Design Studio came up w
- 2020-08-01Greece magic: This is what it's like to visit Greece right now. Around the Peloponnese region, beaches are uncrowded and people are enjoying relaxing vacations.