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World Savers Contest: Last Call
The entry period for Condé Nast Traveler's second World Savers Contest ends at 11:59 p.m. today! Ever participate in charity work during your travels? Tell us your experience and you could win a trip for two.
Cinderella's Castle
Picture yourself in Cinderella's Castle. For many Disney fans, spending the night in Cinderella's Castle is the ultimate dream come true. Sleeping Positions and Pers...
A recent study identified common sleeping positions and how they correlate to personality traits. A "sleep expert" explains sleeping positions and personality. Mystery Photo Revealed - Hoover Dam
Did you guess correctly? Hoover Dam, which was built to dam the Colorado River and create Lake Mead, straddles the Arizona-Nevada state line. Two of the four intake... Who Wants a Pleistocene-Era Backyard?
While casting about for feel-good stories, we remembered the lost and starving Magellanic penguins that were airlifted to safety by the Brazilian army last fall. The young penguins, whose home is in the southern Atlantic, had wandered too far north, washing up on the warm beaches of Brazil by the hundreds, and the situation looked grim when "animal-welfare activists loaded the birds onto a Brazilian air force cargo plane and flew them 1,550 miles to the country's southern coast, where a crowd of onlookers celebrated as the penguins marched back into the sea." Definite feel-good material.
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