Five great roadtrips through the US

Although we now live in an age where you can get from one corner of the country to another in a matter of hours, the old traditions of roadtrips hasn’t been completely extinguished yet. No cheap plane trips can replace the freedom and sense of adventure you get when hitting the road in an old car, with only a few CDs, sandwiches and friends as company.

The best thing about roadtrips is that you can change your route at any moment, and you have  no time constraints. And if you stick to a few useful tricks, you can spend a few weeks on the road with ridiculously low budget. So here’s a list of interesting roadtrips that will take care of your wanderlust. …

Amazing plants and where to find them

When you are off trekking, hiking or simply nature walking, you are bound to stop and marvel at some species of plant or other that you haven’t seen before. As with animals, new and unusual plants are the spice of any trip in the middle of nature. And as opposed to animals, they stay in one place so you can take a good look at them, and they (mostly) don’t bite.

Since the flora vaies greatly according to climate and region, each trip you take is an opportunity to get acquainted with a weird or wonderful plant. So here is a list of the most amazing and surprising plants, and where you might bump into them. …

The most impresive stairways in the world

If you’ve ever complained having to climb to the top of a four story building when the elevator was broken, then you’re definitely not going to like what I’m about to write about next. Actually, I can think of few people who would like to climb these beauties every day. Here are any lazy person’s nightmare: the five longest, steepest, meanest stairways int the world.

All jokes aside, these stairways are quite impressive in their own right, and most of the time they lead to something quite spectacular. We will disregard the longest stairway in the world (the employee only service stairs of the Niesenbahn funicular in Switzerland), but here are the next longest stairways that you can climb. …

Best bakeries around the world

One of the best feel feelings you can get when traveling is when you’re walking down a busy street, you’re hungry and you suddenly feel a mouthwatering smell coming out of a bakery. Pastries are a great alternative to fast food if you want a quick bite to eat, and the best thing about bakery products is that they are so culture-specific. Sure, croissants and bagels are almost omnipresent, but there are tons of other yummy pastries that you can find only in certain countries. And if you really want to get acquainted with a certain country’s cuisine, you have to dig in deeper into its pastry section. So here’s a list of some of the best bakeries in the world, for the delight of your taste buds. …

Weirdest McDonald’s locations in the world

Love it or hate it, fact is that McDonald’s can be found all over the world, and not only in places where you’d expect to find one, such as a big city. McDonald’s, in some people’s eyes, is THE American franchise, more widespread than even Coca-Cola. Sure, McDonald’s food is unhealthy and not exactly gourmet chow, but when you’re low on money and you have no local alternatives, it can be pretty much a lifesaver.

It is interesting to see what locally-adapted menus in various parts of the world (and maybe it is even worth trying a Malaysian Double Beef Prosperity Burger), but what is even more interesting is to hunt down McDonald’s restaurants in the weirdest places you can imagine. …

Cool subway stations around the world

Ever since underground transport was invented, subway stations have been source of fascination for people who use them. The subway is an efficient way to transport lots of passengers in very little time from one corner of a city to another, but besides the practical reasons, subway stations are interesting places which come in many shapes and sizes.

From empty stations with scribbled walls to crowded undergrounds milling with busy people, there’s something cool about all of them. Hopping on a subways is probably not our reason for visiting a city, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t find something to enjoy about it. So here are the most interesting subways stations that you happen to find yourself in during one of your travels. …

Famous cemeteries that you should visit BEFORE you die

As morbid as it sounds, cemeteries can be really interesting places to visit. Even if you don’t have an inclination towards the macabre, you can admire cemeteries from an aesthetic point of view. Old cemeteries usually have some interesting monuments, crypts and statues, and they will also have one or two famous or historical figures buried within. And then there are graveyards which are famous because they are purportedly haunted, usually by the spirit of some murderer or other buried within. In any case, a walk through a famous cemetery is worth a couple of hours if you want a bit of peace and quiet, and if you aren’t lucky enough to see a ghost, at least you can boast that you’ve see the grave of someone famous. …

5 things you don’t need when going backpacking

Backpacking is the ultimate traveling experience. It is inevitably raw, exhausting and sometimes even unpleasant, but you will be rewarded with the best time of your life. Backpacking is the great-grandmother of tourism, since this was how you had to travel centuries ago if you wanted to get from one place to another. The pilgrims of Canterbury? Backpackers. Jules Verne’s Phileas Fogg? Backpacker, with slightly more money then average.

The pleasure of backpacking lies in seeing so many places, meeting people and exploring different cultures without the shelter of a luxury hotel or a business-class plane trip. And if you want to make you backpacking trip easier, you have to know what to pack, and more importantly, what  not to pack. Here’s a list of things that you do not need to take with you. …

Five great summer music festivals in the US

One of the best things about summer is that there are tons of music festivals that you can attend. The US is famous for its festivals, for example the iconic Woodstock. Since the 60’s, music festivals have sprung like mushrooms all over the states, so it’s easy to find a festival with your favourite kind of music.

We’ve compiled a list of the best summer music festivals in the US, and even if its the end of summer, you can already start planning where to go next year. …

Five romantic places to get married

It is widely known that the day one gets married is one of the happiest and most romantic days of their lives. As such, it’s only fitting to celebrate it in a memorable place. Especially for someone who is used to traveling,wanting to  get married in a faraway place probably goes without discussion.

Although may celebrities are known for their weddings at Italian Castles or on exotic islands, regular people can also find unusual, amazing and much less pretentious places where they can have their dream wedding. So here are the most romantic places on earth where you can say ‘I do’ to your significant other. …