Attractions
Theme Park
Dilapidated Land of Oz theme park glows with life for annual festival
News & ObserverNews & Observer - Sep 7, 2010
At its debut in 1970, this was a cutting-edge theme park built in part to keep ski workers employed from June through October. ...
Luna Park
City Residents Bid Farewell To Summer At Beaches, Pools
NY1NY1 - Sep 6, 2010
While the chance to swim in the ocean has come to an end, New Yorkers can still enjoy the Coney Island boardwalk and Luna Park. ...
Amusement Park
Cedar Fair reaffirms guidance, says visits rise
BusinessWeek - Sep 8, 2010
Amusement park operator Cedar Fair Entertainment Co. reaffirmed its guidance Wednesday and said revenue has risen 4 percent at the company's parks as ...
Waterpark
Council to consider zoning change for campground near Lost Island Waterpark
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier - Sep 5, 2010
WATERLOO, Iowa --- A massive zoning change and campground near the Lost Island Waterpark is up for a public hearing this week. Waterloo City Council members ...
Wild Animal Park
Wild Animal Park names baby elephant Emanti
Washington PostSan Diego Union Tribune - Aug 26, 2010
The newest baby elephant at the San Diego Wild Animal Park now has a name, which is Emanti, which means "water" in Siswati, ...
Roller Coaster
Kooling Road Gives Drivers Roller Coaster Ride
First Coast News - Sep 8, 2010
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Howard Hansen is one of a few homeowners who live on Kooling Drive. He said he doesn't drive as often as he used to and the road ...
Ferris Wheel
Falls From Ferris Wheel
Volume One (blog)Volume One (blog) - Sep 7, 2010
St. Paul – Falling fifty feet from the top of a Ferris wheel at the state fair grounds. Mrs. Frank Sebenthal of Eau Claire, Wis., was almost instantly ...
Merry Go Round
Japan's Leadership Merry-Go-Round
New York Times (blog) - Sep 7, 2010
Japan's frequent leadership changes are dizzying and increasingly counterproductive. The country has had 14 prime ministers in the last two decades and ...
Thrill Rides
Magic Mountain's gay night: Everything you wanted to know about Out on the ...
San Diego Gay & Lesbian NewsSan Diego Gay & Lesbian News - Sep 6, 2010
The park is home to a number of roller coaster thrill rides, including the popular Riddlers Revenge and Collosus. There are also children's rides, ...
Legoland
Preview calendar: Special events, theme parks and comedy for Sept. 9-15
North County Times - Sep 8, 2010
Legoland Water Park ---- Park is open weekends only through Oct. 3, then closes for the winter; new 5 1/2-acre sister park to Legoland California offers ...
Coney Island
Fire damages Olympus Coney Island in Canton
The Detroit News - Sep 8, 2010
The fire was quickly contained at the Olympus Coney Island in a retail plaza on Joy Road, west of Main Street/Morton Taylor. ...
Disney World
Ultimate Disney World Savings Guide Shares How To Get Disney Discounts
Advanced American Media ProjectAdvanced American Media Project - Sep 7, 2010
Disney World vacations can costs thousands and thousands of dollars. While they are worth the money, why spend that much when there are Disney discounts ...
Disney Land
How Walt Disney Made History by Creating Disney World
Boosh News (press release) (blog) - Sep 3, 2010
The park in Orlando was a 28000 acre site which dwarfed the 400 acre site at Disney Land in California, today the park lives up to Walt's intention, ...
Six Flags
Six Flags names new finance, legal officers
BusinessWeek - Sep 8, 2010
Six Flags Entertainment Corp. announced Tuesday the appointments of John Duffey as chief financial officer and Lance Balk as general counsel. ...
London Zoo
New baby weighs 13 stone
BBC News - Sep 9, 2010
The Zoological Society of London (ZSL), which runs Whipsnade and London Zoo, carries out conservation work in Nepal to try to stabilise the rhinos' ...
Georgia Aquarium
Kids free at Georgia Aquarium | Free museum admission | Free state parks admission
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) - Sep 8, 2010
I like the sound of this deal, too — kids 12 and under will be admitted free at the Georgia Aquarium Sept. 24-Sept. 26 if they come dressed in their ...
Shedd Aquarium
Experts to testify in 5-state carp lawsuit
Los Angeles TimesABC7Chicago.com - Sep 7, 2010
5, 2006, at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) September 7, 2010 (CHICAGO) -- Experts are set to testify in a federal lawsuit in Chicago, ...
Georgia Aquarium
Kids free at Georgia Aquarium | Free museum admission | Free state parks admission
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) - Sep 8, 2010
I like the sound of this deal, too — kids 12 and under will be admitted free at the Georgia Aquarium Sept. 24-Sept. 26 if they come dressed in their ...
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Is This Giant Fish Real or Fake?
Daily MailOpposing Views - Sep 9, 2010
However, Ken Peterson, communications director at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, tells Yahoo News a fish this large is not out of the realm of possibility. ...
Oregon Coast Aquarium
Get Down with Jellyfish at Oregon Coast Aquarium Jubilee
Beach ConnectionBeach Connection - Aug 21, 2010
(Newport, Oregon) - The Oregon Coast Aquarium is preparing for its annual fundraiser Saturday, September 25, 2010 from 6 pm to 9 pm The third annual ...
Zoo
2 panda cubs born in Spanish zoo
Kansas City StarThe Associated Press - Sep 8, 2010
MADRID — Two newborn pandas are the latest additions to the Madrid Zoo. The hairless, pink twins were born to a giant panda Tuesday after being conceived ...
Washington Monument
Letter: Glenn Beck rally inspiring
CBS NewsDubuque Telegraph Herald - Sep 9, 2010
Some of the things we learned are that the mall held half a million people from the Washington Monument to and around Lincoln Memorial. ...
Greek Parthenon
QU Men's Basketball In Europe: Day 6
Quinnipiac Bobcats - Aug 20, 2010
My roommate, Raheem May-Thompson, and I, saw a large building that resembled the Greek Parthenon in Athens as well as a few cathedrals. ...
Statue Of Liberty
Boise State shows it's a grown up team now
Kansas City Starmsnbc.com - Sep 7, 2010
Opinion: They didn't need to dust off the ol' Statue of Liberty play, never thought of pulling off a fake punt. Save those for, say, Jan. 10 in Arizona. ...
India Gate
Civil service aspirants stage protest
MSN India - Sep 8, 2010
The aspirants marched towards UPSC building near India Gate this afternoon and pasted posters there demanding transparency in the functioning of UPSC with ...
Arc de Triomphe
Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe tips
Racing PostBettingpro.com - Sep 8, 2010
Use the Ladbrokes promotion code FB25 to claim your free bet Nick Wilby takes a look at this year's Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. ...
Jefferson Memorial
Glenn Beck: Prophet?
Chicago Flame Online (subscription) - Sep 7, 2010
... connection to all the great monuments (Washington Monument, World War II Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial) and their special significance. ...
Lenins Tomb
Washington Monument
Letter: Glenn Beck rally inspiring
CBS NewsDubuque Telegraph Herald - Sep 9, 2010
Some of the things we learned are that the mall held half a million people from the Washington Monument to and around Lincoln Memorial. ...
World Trade Center Memorial
9/11 MEMORIAL HAS HOUSTON CONNECTION
The Cypress Times - Sep 9, 2010
NEW YORK – When the World Trade Center Memorial Plaza is completed, visitors will be shaded by trees that were specially cultivated for the site and planted ...
Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem gets access to Polish archives
The Associated Press - Sep 6, 2010
WARSAW, Poland — Israel's Holocaust museum Yad Vashem says it has reached an agreement with Poland that gives it access to World War II-era documents in 34 ...
Vietnam Memorial
James Lenfestey's "At the Vietnam Memorial"
Minnesota Public Radio - Sep 6, 2010
"At the Vietnam Memorial" by James P. Lenfestey, as it appears in his collection of poems A Cartload of Scrolls, published by Holy Cow! Press. ...
Metropolitan Museum Of Art
Apps as Tour Guides Through New York Museums, Step by Step
New York Times - Sep 8, 2010
For a reality check, later the same day we visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which has no dedicated app. Finding restrooms was no problem, ...
Tate Museum
Answer Girl: Recycling, walking
Casper Star-Tribune Online - Aug 27, 2010
It is usually in July and sponsored by the Nic, the Tate Museum and the Master Gardeners. I usually try to go and so do other people around town that I know ...
Uffizi Gallery
New York's famed Rubin Museum celebrating Lord Ganesh in September
Sify - Sep 6, 2010
... Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Los Angeles Getty Center, Uffizi Gallery of Florence (Italy), Art Institute of Chicago, Tate Modern of London, ...
Vatican Museums
Crowds threaten art in Sistine Chapel
CBC.caCBC.ca - Sep 9, 2010
Vatican museums director Antonio Paolucci is concerned the dust brought in by tourists might damage the artwork in the Sistine Chapel, shown in this April ...
Museu Nacional Del Prado
Hermitage Museum
Russian national treasures disappearing
News Views (blog)SBS - Sep 8, 2010
The revision was ordered in 2007 after a check in the renowned Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg uncovered gaping holes in its stock. ...
Smithsonian Museum
Henson Family Donates Original Kermit the Frog to Smithsonian Museum
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Aug 26, 2010
Henson's widow, Jane Henson, donated 10 characters from the show Wednesday to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. ...
Moma
Google Instant Search Demo: A First Look at Speedier Search
Telegraph.co.ukeWeek - Sep 9, 2010
Marissa Mayer, Google's vice president for search products and user experience, and other executives demonstrated the new technology at MOMA in San ...
Guggenheim Museum
Motherwell and Modern Life
Wall Street Journal - Sep 2, 2010
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum's "Chaos and Classicism: Art in France, Italy, and Germany 1918-1936" (Oct. 1 through Jan. 9) will examine aesthetic ...
The Louvre
Best places to visit in Paris, France
Helium - Sep 7, 2010
The Louvre art gallery, with its glass pyramid, houses a world-famous collection of art. Included at the Louvre are paintings, prints and drawings, ...
J Paul Getty Museum
Annie Purcell, Olympia Dukakis Lead ELEKTRA at Getty Museum, 9/9
Broadway World - Sep 2, 2010
Malubu's J. Paul Getty Museum has announced the cast for ELEKTRA. The show will mark the fifth annual outdoor production in the Getty Villa's Barbara and ...
Metropolitan Museum Of Art
Apps as Tour Guides Through New York Museums, Step by Step
New York Times - Sep 8, 2010
For a reality check, later the same day we visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which has no dedicated app. Finding restrooms was no problem, ...
Los Angeles County Museum Of Art
Gering & Lopez Gallery Presents JOHN F SIMON JR innerhole 9/11-10/23
Broadway World - Sep 7, 2010
... the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California. ...
Berkeley Art Museum
Connections: Two Berkeley artists, one exhibition
Berkeleyside (blog)Berkeleyside (blog) - Sep 7, 2010
Before becoming a full-time artist, Zurier was Head of Exhibitions at the Berkeley Art Museum. She says it was only once she left that post, in 1998, ...
National Portrait Gallery
iPod girl voted best portrait
The London Insider (blog)Telegraph.co.uk - Sep 9, 2010
A painting of a girl listening to her iPod has come top in a public poll of visitors to the National Portrait Gallery. The portrait, by Czech artist Michal ...
British Museum
World first as British museum breeds Indian beetle in captivity
Daily MailDaily Mail - Sep 9, 2010
By Daily Mail Reporter A museum in Liverpool has achieved a world first by successfully breeding an Indian ground beetle in captivity. ...
Belvedere Palace
Famous Austria Landmarks
Boosh News (press release) (blog) - Aug 25, 2010
The Belvedere Palace is a clear indication of how Baroque was in a position to impact an incredible artwork of Austria's history. As for Austria's cuisine, ...
National Gallery Of Art Washington DC
Musee D Orsay
Vancouver's Musee d'Orsay 'Modern Woman' exhibit an historic event
MarketWatch (blog) - Aug 27, 2010
And the lines to get in “The Modern Woman: Drawings By Degas, Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec and Other Masterpieces from the Musee D'Orsay, Paris” have been ...
Museo Del Prado
SMU prepares for the visit of El Greco's great masterpiece, “Pentecost”
smudailycampus.com - Aug 30, 2010
The first of three paintings to arrive to the Meadows Museum from the infamous Museo del Prado, as a part of the new three year partnership program, ...
National Museum Of Korea
Silla's gold culture in tomb relics
Korea TimesKorea Times - Sep 8, 2010
The National Museum of Korea is holding a special exhibition of a large collection of relics recovered from the tomb through Oct. 31. ...
National Palace Museum
National Palace Museum to be expanded: Vice president
Focus Taiwan News ChannelFocus Taiwan News Channel - Sep 2, 2010
2 (CNA) The National Palace Museum, a mecca for tourists visiting Taiwan, will be expanded to give a greater number of exhibition halls to display the cream ...
Tokyo National Museum
National buildings, outdoor spaces and more
CEI Asia - Aug 26, 2010
Cultural spots include the entrance halls of the Tokyo National Museum (200) and Museum of Contemporary Art (1000). For a true Tokyo experience, ...
Victoria And Albert Museum
Raphael tapestries go on show in the UK
The GuardianBBC News - Sep 8, 2010
Four of the 10 tapestries designed by Raphael for the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City have gone on display at London's Victoria And Albert museum ahead of ...
Kremlin Armoury
Van Gogh Museum
Van Gogh's Bedroom restored
ABC Onlineeuronews - Sep 6, 2010
Says Ella Hendricks, restorer at the Van Gogh museum: “One of the things that makes a difference is that the artist himself tells us so much about it. ...
Saatchi Gallery
Setbacks Halt Progress on Charles Saatchi's Plans to Convert His Gallery into ...
CBC.camediabistro.com (blog) - Sep 8, 2010
While there were guidelines put in place with the offer, like changing the Saatchi Gallery's name to the Museum of Contemporary Art, London, and letting the ...
Getty Center
Northbound 405 lane closed after brush fire near Getty Center
LAFD News & Information (blog)Los Angeles Times (blog) - Sep 5, 2010
One lane of the northbound 405 Freeway remained closed early Sunday because of the mop-up operation from last night's brush fire near the Getty Center, ...
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Dutch masterpieces to leave Amsterdam for the first time
Radio Netherlands - Sep 8, 2010
The Amsterdam Historical Museum has loaned the works – group portraits of civic guardsmen – to the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, where the exhibition ...
Rijksmuseum
Rembrandt's 'Jan Six': on temporary display at Rijksmuseum
Art NewspaperRadio Netherlands - Sep 7, 2010
The portrait of Jan Six, often considered Rembrandt's most beautiful portrait, is only rarely put on display but can now be seen at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum ...
Serpentine Gallery
The Indian (Sub)Way
Culturekiosque - Sep 4, 2010
In 2008 the Serpentine Gallery organized the Indian Highway. The Indian (Sub)Way highlights the 'Indian Way'. While the relatively stable economic situation ...
Amalfi Coast
Travel Back in Time on the Amalfi Coast
Luxury Travel MagazineLuxury Travel Magazine - Sep 6, 2010
The Grand Hotel Cocumella opened its doors in 1822, as the first hotel on the Sorrento peninsula and the Amalfi coast. Many distinguished guests have ...
Brandenburg Gate
Layar: Augmenting Reality via Smartphone
BusinessWeek - Sep 2, 2010
Same for the demolished Berlin Wall: Take a shot of the Brandenburg Gate and presto, you're whisked back to 1989 with an ugly concrete barricade blocking ...
Brooklyn Bridge
Sept. 11 Anniversary from a Brooklyn Perspective
Associated Content - Sep 9, 2010
Would You like to Buy the Brooklyn Bridge? The Landmark Brooklyn Bridge was such an impressive structure that it attracted a great deal of attention, ...
Canadian Rockies
Hikers Find Deep-Frozen Man in Rockies
AOL NewsTIME - Sep 2, 2010
Two men hiking in the Canadian Rockies discovered the remains of William Holland, an American climber who vanished over two decades ago. ...
Colosseum
Leonard Cohen will end tour in America after all
Consequence of SoundConsequence of Sound - Sep 8, 2010
... then see Cohen hitting Portland on the 8th before closing with a two-night stand at The Colosseum at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas on the 10th and 11th. ...
Eiffel Tower
A bright and bubbly Kerry Katona appears in good spirits as she arrives in ...
Daily MailDaily Mail - Sep 6, 2010
She showed off her trim figure in salmon pink skinny jeans, a long-sleeved T-shirt with an Eiffel Tower motif, and a gun metal coloured leather jacket. ...
Golden Gate Bridge
Tourist Trapped: Walking Across the Golden Gate Bridge
Cheapflights.comSan Francisco Chronicle (blog) - Sep 7, 2010
This week: Walking Across the Golden Gate Bridge. My grandfather, the late, great Bob Spotswood always maintained that you could never say you're from San ...
Great Barrier Reef
Scientists drill into 20000-year-old underwater coral reef
msnbc.commsnbc.com - Sep 7, 2010
A voyage to the outer edges of Australia's Great Barrier Reef has brought back pieces of an ancient, fossilized ancestor to the vast, ...
Great Wall Of China
Rosh Hashana: The Jewish world gathers from the Western Wall to the Great Wall ...
Telegraph.co.uk (blog)Telegraph.co.uk (blog) - Sep 8, 2010
The journey from Great Wall of China to the Western Wall has been long but for our brethren who dwelt on the banks of the Yellow River it truly promises to ...
Hanging Gardens Of Babylon
The View from Mudsock Heights: The Terrible Danger Posed By the Little-Known ...
Open for Business - Sep 6, 2010
... and make a hospitable environment for any seeds that might float by, resulting in the lushest elevated greenery since the hanging gardens of Babylon. ...
Hoover Dam
Two landmarks turn 75: Hoover Dam and Blue Ridge Parkway
Los Angeles Times (blog) - Sep 9, 2010
Hoover Dam: A National Historic Landmark, this dam sits about 30 miles from Las Vegas at the Nevada-Arizona border. The Bureau of Reclamation Lower Colorado ...
Tower Of Pisa
All Along The Biketower
Gizmodo Australia - Sep 8, 2010
The Leaning Tower of Pisa. That pantheon of epic structures wasn't compete until Cyclisk: a 20m tall, 4500kg obelisk composed of about 340 bicycles, ...
Machu Picchu
New Peru bid to recover Machu Picchu treasures from Yale
MSN Philippines NewsAFP - Sep 7, 2010
LIMA — Peru's new Minister of Culture Juan Ossion has launched a campaign to recover thousands of treasures from Machu Picchu that have been stored for ...
Mount Fuji
MASS-2 Marines ascend in training
Marines.mil (blog) - Sep 8, 2010
After the training evolution in MOUT town, the Marines headed back to Camp Fuji for a "Warrior Dinner" and rest before the culminating climb up Mount Fuji. ...
Mount Kilimanjaro
Quadruple amputee from Sandhurst to climb Kilimanjaro
BBC News - Sep 7, 2010
A 56-year-old quadruple amputee from Berkshire is set to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa. Ray Edwards from Sandhurst had both legs and both arms amputated ...
Niagara Falls
World Renowned Chef to Join Legendary Niagara Falls Restaurant
PR Web (press release)PR Web (press release) - Sep 9, 2010
Celebrated Chef and TV Host Massimo Capra is set to bring his impressive culinary resume to the legendary Rainbow Room Fallsview Restaurant in Niagara Falls ...
Terracotta Army
Swedish king opens exhibition of China's terracotta army
XinhuaXinhua - Aug 28, 2010
27 (Xinhua) -- Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf Friday formally declared open the exhibition of China's terracotta army in the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities ...
Pyramids Of Giza
Born And Bred To Fail In Ghana
GhanaWeb - Sep 9, 2010
Our ancestors did it when they built the great pyramids of Giza, the ancient schools of Timbuktu and the great empire of Ghana. We bear their genes within ...
Sistine Chapel
Vatican tourists 'ruining Sistine Chapel'
CBC.caIndependent - Sep 9, 2010
AP The head of the Vatican Museum has warned that dust and pollution from tourists visiting the Sistine Chapel could endanger its priceless artworks. ...
Stonehenge
Turkey presents Armenian Portasar as a Turkish Stonehenge
PanARMENIAN.Net - Sep 7, 2010
“Presently, Turkey presents the Armenian religious complex of Portasar as a Turkish Stonehenge,” Vachagan Vahradian told a news conference in Yerevan. ...
Sydney Opera House
Boral closes mill that provided fine timber for Opera House
Sydney Morning Herald - Sep 7, 2010
ITS exquisite laminated timber adorns the concert hall and main foyer of the Sydney Opera House. But the historic timber mill at Maxwells Creek in the ...
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Lathe turning heads in Moruya
Bay Post/Moruya Examiner - Sep 8, 2010
... a machine that turned granite from local quarries to help build pylons for the Sydney Harbour Bridge and columns for the Sydney General Post Office. ...
Taj Mahal
Indian Road Hits Unexpected Bump
Wall Street Journal - Sep 7, 2010
JIKARPUR, INDIA—Thousands of farmers protesting the acquisition of their land for a highway to the Taj Mahal lynched a police officer and ...
The Forbidden City
All together now: Beijing revives mass exercises
AFPAFP - Sep 7, 2010
Zhang Zhenying, 64, a fitness expert who teaches the exercises near the Forbidden City twice a week, hopes the routine will catch on with Beijingers. ...
Uluru
Stock Alert : Healthcare Stocks of the Day are Skilled Healthcare, Uluru and Cerus
Emailwire (press release) (blog) - Sep 9, 2010
ULURU Inc. (ULURU) is a diversified specialty pharmaceutical company. The Company is focused in the developing and commercializing a range of wound care and ...
Angkor Wat
MasterCard and Angkor Wat Hotel Join Forces to Train Local Cambodian Women
Triple PunditTriple Pundit - Sep 7, 2010
While visitors marvel at Angkor Wat's countless temples and stay at posh hotels, women in the area are often relegated to work like construction, ...
Victoria Falls
ZTA blunders yet again
The Zimbabwean - Sep 8, 2010
VICTORIA FALLS - So famed RnB sensation Akon has gone. Too bad he did not visit Zimbabwe's star attraction, Victoria Falls, because of bungling by the ...
Westminster Abbey
Is Prince William Planning a Summer 2011 Wedding?
Daily MailPeople Magazine - Sep 7, 2010
UK tabloid the Daily Mail reports that the two will wed during the second week of August at Westminster Abbey, citing a senior Abbey source. ...
Big Ben
Week 1 NFL picks
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)Washington Post (blog) - Sep 9, 2010
Although the Steelers will be without Big Ben, the defense is back to full strength. Troy's hair will prevail. Miami over Buffalo - Brandon Marshall will ...
Times Square
Pakistan Prepares Charges in Times Square Plot
ABC NewsGlobal Security Newswire - Sep 9, 2010
He acknowledged receiving bomb-making training at a Taliban camp in Pakistan but he said he acted independently in choosing Times Square as his target. ...
Montmartre
Sandra's Contests Blog
About - News & Issues (blog) - Sep 9, 2010
... a stay in a deluxe hotel room, passes to museums and to the Metro, a Paris City Tour and a walking tour of Montmartre, dinner at Chez Denise, and more. ...
Notre Dame de Paris
Has the Tate discovered Hugo's Quasimodo inspiration?
Foyles - Aug 18, 2010
... the Tate Archive could shed light on the inspiration for Victor Hugo's Quasimodo - the iconic character from his 1831 masterpiece Notre-Dame De Paris. ...
Palace Of Versailles
My Versailles Exhibition, Unveiled at Last
Huffington Post (blog) - Sep 8, 2010
As some of you may already know, on September 14, 2010, I will be granted the great honor of opening a solo exhibition at France's Palace of Versailles. ...
Trevi Fountain
Rome Day Two: Piazza Farnese, Coliseum, Forum, Pantheon, Trevi Fountain
shropshirestar.comIndie Wire (blog) - Aug 31, 2010
The city is oddly quiet except for swarms of tourists descending on the big attractions like the Trevi Fountain of La Dolce Vita fame (clip below). ...
Sagrada Familia
Arthur Frommer: Why Barcelona is best
Toronto Star - Sep 7, 2010
Among the highlights in Barcelona is La Sagrada Familia, a cathedral that is one of many works by Gaudi displayed in the city. If you're planning a fairly ...
CN Tower
Andrew Kameka Google makes search Instant
Sync (blog) - Sep 8, 2010
Imagine you need information on the CN Tower. As someone types “CN”, Google provides several results without needing to the user to type “Tower” and press ...
Space Needle
Pregnant pepper spray victim: 'It was like being on fire'
KOMO NewsKOMO News - Sep 8, 2010
And on Labor Day she made her first trip to the Space Needle. She and her girlfriend had just turned a corner in her car when a stranger gave her the scare ...
St. Mary Axe
Let's talk about a homophobic, lecherous and ruthless developer.
Property Week News - Sep 7, 2010
Our man was a true giant of the Square Mile, the man behind what looked like a huge and empty office scheme on St Mary Axe. We were first introduced to him ...
Terminal Tower
Terminal Tower observation deck now open weekends during September, October
NewsNet5.comPlain Dealer (blog) - Sep 1, 2010
Lonnie Timmons III, The Plain DealerThe Terminal Tower Observation Deck is now open to the public on weekends in September and October. ...
Empire State Building
A Skyscraper to Rival the Empire State Building
Sydney Morning HeraldNew York Times - Aug 27, 2010
What an example of shortsightedness by the City Council in approving a neighbor to the Empire State Building that is allowed to go 56 percent higher because ...
Chrysler Building
Duking It Out at 1200 Feet
Sydney Morning HeraldWall Street Journal - Aug 25, 2010
I was always lousy at math, but from the time I was a young child I could name the tallest structures in the world (the Chrysler Building was 1040 feet; ...
Petronas Twin Towers
KLCC plans new RM2b properties
Malaysia StarMalaysia Star - Sep 6, 2010
PETALING JAYA: Cesar Pelli, the architect of the Petronas Twin Towers, will once again be casting his magic on the 100-acre Kuala Lumpur ...
Burj Khalifa
Depa Reports First-Half Loss After Burj Khalifa Claim
BusinessWeek - Aug 26, 2010
Depa, which is based in Dubai and fits out luxury hotels, airports, cruise ships, malls and offices, said interim claims relating to Burj Khalifa, ...
Willis Tower
Willis Group hires former AIG chief executive
MarketWatch - Sep 8, 2010
A western portion of the Chicago skyline features, in the distance, Willis Tower, formerly known as the Sears Tower, as well as the UBS Tower and Hyatt ...
Burj Al Arab
In Gulf work camp, jobless begin glum journey home
The Associated Press - Sep 8, 2010
... higher wages and overtime pay from their employer, Al Habtoor Engineering Enterprises LLC, which built Dubai's landmark sail-shaped Burj Al Arab hotel. ...
Freedom Tower
Iconic steel tridents salvaged from WTC disaster return to Ground Zero
Daily MailNew York Daily News - Sep 8, 2010
The Freedom Tower, the project's $3.2 billion, 1776-foot signature, has reached the 36th floor. Officially rebranded as 1 World Trade Center, the 102-story ...