Peter Brook, visionary theater director, dies aged 97
Oscar Holland, CNN Director Peter Brook, whose ground-breaking stage productions transformed 20th-century theater, has died aged 97, according to his…
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A long-lost letter from Alexander Hamilton will be on display at Massachusetts museum on July 4th
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A letter written by Alexander Hamilton, one of America’s founding fathers, thought lost for decades is finally going on…
Continue ReadingFrank Lloyd Wright designed the Guggenheim Museum — and this 12-year-old boy’s dog house
Zoe Sottile, CNN Famed American architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed iconic buildings like the Fallingwater house in Pennsylvania and the Guggenheim…
Continue Reading647 people drown each day. Here’s how to avoid being one of them
CNN By Forrest Brown, CNN On Good Friday 2017, Wyatt Werneth got a call from his wife, who had gone grocery shopping with their daughter: The…
Continue Reading647 people drown each day. Here’s how to avoid being one of them
By Forrest Brown, CNN On Good Friday 2017, Wyatt Werneth got a call from his wife, who had gone grocery shopping with their daughter: The car’s…
Continue ReadingHow a train fan solved a real life Orient Express mystery
Francesca Street, CNN French railway aficionado Arthur Mettetal was watching a video on YouTube when some parked train carriages in the corner of the…
Continue ReadingAirplane cabin innovations from saunas to sleeping pods
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Happy July 4th weekend to our US readers and a wonderful July vacation season to everyone else. Here at CNN Travel,…
Continue Reading$450 million Hong Kong Palace Museum opens with trove of Forbidden City treasures
Stephy Chung, CNN and Kristie Lu Stout, CNN Beijing’s Palace Museum, located in the heart of the Forbidden City, contains the world’s…
Continue ReadingVenice reveals details of its €10 tourist entry fee
By Livia Borghese, Jula Buckley and Maureen O’Hare, CNN The countdown has begun. From January 16, 2023, visitors to Venice — that jewel…
Continue ReadingPlanning a dream trip to Hawai’i? What’s new on the islands
By Will McGough, CNN With Covid-19 regulations a thing of the past, Hawaiʻi is primed to be a top destination in 2022 thanks to a load of fresh…
Continue ReadingParis Fashion Week: Menswear designers turn up the heat for the Spring-Summer 2023 season
Samantha Tse, CNN The temperamental weather in Paris proved no match for the enthusiasm of fashion editors, celebrities and influencers who braved…
Continue ReadingThis man and his dog spent seven years walking around the world
Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Very few people attempt to walk around the entire world, and even fewer actually manage to complete the journey. On May…
Continue ReadingWoman is gored by a bison at Yellowstone, the second incident reported this week, park officials say
By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN A woman visiting the Yellowstone National Park was gored by a bison, the second incident of an animal injuring a park visitor…
Continue ReadingYellowstone plans to reopen its north loop and do away with a limited capacity system
By Christina Maxouris, CNN Yellowstone National Park’s north loop will reopen to all visitors Saturday, nearly three weeks after epic floods…
Continue ReadingWhy more air travel chaos is on its way
John Walton, CNN Now is the summer of our discontent, Shakespeare didn’t exactly write in “Richard III,” but for airline travelers…
Continue Reading‘Extraordinarily rare’ Princess Diana portrait goes on display in London
Jacopo Prisco, CNN A rare portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales, will be on public display for the first time after it was recently sold at auction.…
Continue ReadingHow two women with the exact same name became best friends
Francesca Street, CNN Growing up in the US, Kim Pflieger always thought her name was relatively unusual. Sure, Kimberly was fairly commonplace, but…
Continue Reading‘Big Eyes’ artist Margaret Keane dies aged 94
Oscar Holland, CNN Artist Margaret Keane, known for her distinctive paintings of wide-eyed figures, has died aged 94. Keane, whose husband infamously…
Continue ReadingThe couple who met at Disneyland
Francesca Street, CNN Renata Bastos always wondered if she might find romance at Disneyland. “On one hand, it feels almost impossible and…
Continue ReadingAirline reveals ‘Skynest’ bunk beds for economy class passengers
By Karla Cripps, CNN For the first time ever, economy class passengers are going to have the option of stretching out for some sleep on actual beds…
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