Sep 13th, 2009 at 6:00PM: Take a good look at this towering iron monolith. Is it from the base of the Eiffel Tower? The scaffolding of a New York City skyscraper? It's actually part of the Aerial Lift Bridge in Duluth, Minnesota. The city is one of the most important shipping ports on the Great Lakes, linked all the way back to the Atlantic Ocean by a series of locks and waterways. Today's photo by Flickr user mlmartense, ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Photo of the Day (9.13.09)
Sep 13th, 2009 at 6:00PM: Take a good look at this towering iron monolith. Is it from the base of the Eiffel Tower? The scaffolding of a New York City skyscraper? It's actually part of the Aerial Lift Bridge in Duluth, Minnesota. The city is one of the most important shipping ports on the Great Lakes, linked all the way back to the Atlantic Ocean by a series of locks and waterways. Today's photo by Flickr user mlmartense, ...Crane falls in India: A thought about geography lessons and missed opportunities
Jul 13th, 2009 at 4:00PM: Tucked into the news this morning, in the midst of seemingly endless Michael Jackson news and the confirmation hearings of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, was a quick story about cranes falling over in India. The cranes were being used to clean up the debris caused from a flyover that had collapsed.
It wasn't that a flyover had fallen, or that cranes had tipped over that had caught my attention as much ...Photo of the Day (7.11.09)
Jul 11th, 2009 at 6:00PM:
Nothing is more quintessentially San Francisco than the iconic Golden Gate Bridge -- and the fact that it eclipses the moon in this stunning shot by Bay Area resident ohadby makes this photo all the more breathtaking. Add the moon's white glimmer on the water and the sparkle of city lights in the background and he's captured night and this place in all its glory. If you have some great travel ...Gadling + BootsnAll - Picks of the Week (3.6.09)
Mar 6th, 2009 at 11:00AM: Last week we announced a new partnership between Gadling and the self-styled "independent travel" specialists over at BootsnAll. Every Friday we'll be taking a look at some of our favorite BootsnAll content from the past week, along with a few choice words about why you should check it out. Sound good? Read on below for this week's picks...
Navigate South America's "Visa Obstacles" - the idea ...Yeah, then why don't you and the Eiffel tower get a room!
Feb 6th, 2009 at 1:00PM: I'm pretty sure I'm not alone when I say I "love" the Eiffel Tower - how can you not enjoy such a magnificent structure? The design, the sheer beauty of it, and the atmosphere around the tower in such an awesome city make it one of the most popular landmarks in the world. But there are some people who take their love of the structure just a tad too far. That is what Erika La Tour Eiffel has done. ...Hong Kong-Macau Bridge to be Built
Aug 6th, 2008 at 11:30AM: Hong Kong is now connected to Macau by ferry. Long-running negotiations for a bridge connection between the two cities, and their mainland neighbor Zhuhai, have led to nothing but hurt feelings and finger pointing. Enter Beijing. The government of China has a rare chance to play the good guy in the former colonies. And it will only cost them a few billion dollars. According to The Standard, ...Happy birthday, Brooklyn Bridge
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:20PM: As a New Yorker, I sometimes tend to get a bit jaded about the incredible sights all around me. Times Square might be cool to visitors, but to me it's nothing but gaudy neon and schlocky souvenirs. United Nations? Pretty neat, but quite a headache when you're trying to get to work on the East Side and some diplomat's motorcade makes you take the "long walk" to the office. But then today, I noticed ...Driving in China: Don't slow down to enjoy the scenery, you might get fined
May 6th, 2008 at 1:00PM: Last week China opened the world's longest sea bridge in order to cut travel time between two ports, Ningbo and Shanghai. But on a bridge that is 22.4 miles long, it's hard to not slow down to enjoy the impressive scenery; you are crossing over a large body of water after all. Since its opening on May 1, Chinese police have fined over 300 drivers for driving too slow across the bridge or even ...Photo of the Day (5/4/08)
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May 4th, 2008 at 12:00PM: No matter how many times I visit San Francisco, I never get tired of looking at the Golden Gate bridge. Whether I'm downtown, across the bay in Berkeley or Oakland, or taking off at SFO, this iconic landmark perpetually anchors my view of this great city. So I was particularly amused when I saw this shot of everyone's favorite San Francisco bridge by ohad*. Considering it's one of the most ...World's longest sea bridge opens today near Shanghai
May 1st, 2008 at 5:00PM: Here is another one to add to the list of China's Best, Longest, Tallest and Who-Knows-What-Else. This afternoon, the 20-mile Bay Bridge started trial operation as a motorcade of 180 sedans and 22 buses drove across the world's longest sea bridge, Shanghai Daily reports. The bridge begins at Jiaxing, near Shanghai, and ends at Cixi, about 40 miles from Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. It will reduce the ...Prague's Charles Bridge For Sale
Sep 2nd, 2006 at 9:04AM: As if Madonna is not causing enough stir with her European tour, she got herself wrapped up in another controversy.
Louis Vuitton invited her to perform at a party on the Charles Bridge before her September concert in Prague. She accepted. The controversy is not with Madonna this time, it is with the bridge. LV booked the 14th century Czech national treasure for a mere $54,000 from Sept. 6-10, ...
