What die-hard Star Wars fan wouldn’t want to stroll the sands of Tatooine and walk in the footsteps of Luke Skywalker? Amazingly, you can visit quite a few old Star Wars sets in southern Tunisia and do just that. While you could rent an all-wheel drive vehicle and venture off into the desert yourself, there…
The elegant pitch-roofed facade of Timberline Lodge seems very familiar and there’s a reason for that. This luxurious hotel and ski lodge was used as the exterior location for the Overlook Hotel in the Stanley Kubrick film “The Shining”. Located an hour away from Portland, Oregon, 6000 feet up the south side of Mount Hood,…
Taos Pueblo in New Mexico is a very unique place. Not only is it a thriving community of people today, but the families who live there make their homes in buildings that were originally constructed by their ancestors around 1,000 years ago. It is the only living Native American community that is recognized as both…
Just a few hours from Cairo near Al Farafrah, Egypt lays an amazing moonscape of a desert. It is different from its surroundings. Unlike the yellow sands of the rest of the Western Desert, The White Desert protected area has blindingly white sand and unique rock formations that amaze visitors. A protected national park of…
The Valley of Fire is 40,000 acres of vibrant red-orange sandstone rock formations, which are illuminated by the desert sun. Established by the state in 1935, this breathtaking place is Nevada‘s largest and oldest state park. The rock formations were most likely formed during the Jurassic period, when an inland sea receded. There is evidence…
If you’re looking for a cool, spacious place to spend the Fourth of July holiday or a summer trip with your family, look no further than Shenandoah National Park. Located in the picturesque Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia, with beautiful vistas of the Shenandoah Valley, it has a wide variety of fun activities for you…
Since, so many celebrities and tech giants build their homes in California, there is no surprise that the state is full of mansions. But, one grand house that stands out from the rest is Hearst Castle. In the Gilded Age of the United States, few men could boast as much wealth as the famous newspaper…
