People in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang are set to celebrate Chinese New Year by taking a dip in a giant hotpot. Guests at the First World Hotel in Hangzhou were treated to a dip in a human-sized hotpot fashioned from one of the hotel’s hot spring pools. Guests enjoy the hotpot-shaped hot spring […]
Meet Salvador Dalí this spring (with a little help from technology)
The most famous surrealist of all time is making a comeback 30 years after his death, with some very advanced technology. Dali died 30 years ago this month. Photo by Terry Fincher/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty The Salvador Dalí Museum in St Petersburg, Florida has brought the artist ‘back to life’ thanks to artificial intelligence. When ‘Dalí […]
Frugal Traveler: Sri Lanka, an Island Nation That Is Best Savored Slowly
A train trip is one way to experience the natural beauty of the country, even if you have only a few days. But advance planning is essential.
The remains of explorer Captain Matthew Flinders have been discovered in London
The remains of Captain Matthew Flinders have been found by archaeologists excavating a burial ground near Euston Station in London. Flinders was an English navigator and cartographer who led the first circumnavigation of Australia and identified it as a continent, and the discovery of his remains was made during a dig taking place in the former […]