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Stanley Hotel
The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, which inspired Steven King's 'The Shining,' has a few ghosts of its own. More on Ditching Planes and the A320's Water-Friendly Design
Most flight crews get at least one day of training in a pool in swimsuits for that rarest of airline disasters, a ditching. If you think that sounds fun, you're wrong. Among other things, you have to demonstrate that you're a strong swimmer and that you're capable of climbing into and out of one of those inflatable evacuation chutes, which become life rafts in the water.
Aurora Ice Hotel
Unique hotel made entirely of ice sixty miles northeast of Fairbanks, Alaska. Visit Milan: Spruced-up architecture and "fashion central"
It's the epicenter of Italian fashion, and shopping around Quadrilatero d'Oro is just too tempting to pass up.
Europe's New Deal: Low on Crowds and Cost
Everything you would expect, plus a whole lot more for a whole lot less: a Mediterranean port, a Spanish cultural powerhouse, an English water-sports mecca, and a gem of a Portuguese city.
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