Apr 20th, 2012 at 5:00AM:
I like this image of a cabin in the woods, despite its slight seasonal dissonance, because it resembles a scrapbook image. "This is Terry in front of that awesome cabin right before she spied a moose and freaked out," it could be annotated.
Or not.
This moody and lush image was snapped by Flickr user mciccone640 in Ontario in March.
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Photo Of The Day: Cabin In The Woods
Apr 20th, 2012 at 5:00AM:
I like this image of a cabin in the woods, despite its slight seasonal dissonance, because it resembles a scrapbook image. "This is Terry in front of that awesome cabin right before she spied a moose and freaked out," it could be annotated.
Or not.
This moody and lush image was snapped by Flickr user mciccone640 in Ontario in March.
Upload your own holiday or holiday-apparent shots to ...Nik Wallenda: the daredevil who will tightrope across Niagara Falls
Jan 6th, 2012 at 3:00PM:
Nik Wallenda is a 32-year-old Florida native who plans to walk on a tightrope across Niagara Falls this summer. He's a seventh generation daredevil who performs with his wife, and a dozen other Wallenda family relatives at venues around the world. We caught up with Nik to ask him about his plans, the potential tourism impact on the Niagara region, and his sanity.
Do people think you're ...An ice wine crawl in Niagara-on-the-Lake
Jan 5th, 2012 at 12:00PM:
I love my family and visit them often, but after a few days at my parents' house, I'm usually in need of a drink. For many years, my refuge has been the Niagara Wine region, centered around Niagara-on-the-Lake, a well-preserved, picturesque town on Lake Ontario, just minutes away from Buffalo and Niagara Falls.
Over the last decade, the area has exploded from obscurity to a serious wine ...Serial public art around the world
Oct 17th, 2011 at 4:30PM:
Public art exhibitions featuring a common sculpture that is multiplied and then embellished by various artists have been popping up in cities worldwide since 1998. Artistic director Walter Knapp first came up with the idea and convinced artists to dot Zurich, Switzerland with a collection of artfully-decorated lions. Within a year, Chicago businessman Peter Hanig had taken the idea and ran ...Missing plane found 71 years after it disappeared
Jul 27th, 2011 at 9:00AM: A Royal Canadian Air Force plane, missing since 1940, has been found at the bottom of a lake, ending a 71-year old mystery regarding the final resting place of the aircraft and its crew. The plane was lost on Dec. 13, 1940, but was recently discovered by a group dedicated to finding missing airplanes, who used sophisticated radar to guide divers to the site.
On December 12th, 1940, another RAF ...VIA Rail Canada brings back bike trains for summer season
Jul 1st, 2011 at 2:00PM: Traveling with your two-wheeled best friend just got a whole lot easier. Since 2007, VIA Rail Canada has provided seasonal bike racks on select VIA Rail departures, as part of its mandate to provide more environmentally sustainable, affordable passenger transit. Now, the racks will be available yearound, and increased baggage cars mean that cyclists can connect to even more cycling destinations.
...Three simple reasons why Palo Alto, California is like Reston, Virginia
Mar 17th, 2011 at 1:00PM: Business travel often takes you to places you normally wouldn't visit. I'd never plan a vacation to Peapack, New Jersey, for example, and London, Ontario is another that surely won't make anyone's "bucket list." The upside, however, is that you get to see places you'd never visit otherwise. And, you remember that "off the beaten path" – the goal very committed traveler – isn't ...Top ten overrated international travel destinations
Nov 2nd, 2010 at 11:30AM: Laurel brought us the US's top ten overrated travel destinations, and we thought it was time to go global. Here are ten international sites, in no particular order, that just aren't worth a two-hour wait in line, fighting the crowds, or covering long distances to get there:
1. Eiffel Tower, Paris
Seriously, your photos of Paris are going to look much better with the Eiffel Tower in them. If ...GadlingTV's Travel Talk - Torontonian Exploration!
Sep 23rd, 2010 at 9:00AM:
GadlingTV's Travel Talk, episode 30 – Click above to watch video after the jump
For those of you that attended this year's Toronto International Film Festival, you may already know just how cosmopolitan Canada's largest city is. Upon arriving, it's safe to say that we completely underestimated the fifth most populous municipality in North America, but quickly realized its vast cultural ...Lake Erie's secret: Pelee Island
Sep 1st, 2010 at 10:30AM:
The southernmost inhabited bit of Canada is Pelee Island, a 36-square mile island in Lake Erie just 90 minutes from Sandusky, Ohio by ferry. To its south is an even more southerly uninhabited Canadian island, Middle Island, which was a safe haven for rumrunners during Prohibition, but Pelee is Canada's southernmost community.
Pelee is very quiet and (how shall I put this?) truly out of sync ...Top ten traits of an excellent hostel
Aug 9th, 2010 at 11:00AM: I've spent nights in hostels that were probably just fronts for drug operations, and hostels that I wish I could live in. What makes a hostel good is fairly basic: cleanliness is the biggest issue, followed by orderliness and friendliness.
But a few traits separate the good from the excellent when it comes to hostels. Here's what I've determined are the factors:
1. Good ventilation: It is so ...Vegetarian child stranded in airport, fed burgers
Jul 27th, 2010 at 12:00PM: Julien Reid, at only nine years old, is used to air travel. He routinely flies between his parents in Ottawa, and San Francisco, so he's seen it all ... well, he has now. Reid was forgotten in a children's waiting room in Chicago, where he spent eight hours waiting and hoping to be discovered.
According to the Ottawa Citizen:
He was in a "tiny, little room cramped with kids," where they ...Top five weekend travel media stories
Jun 7th, 2010 at 1:30PM: Here are five interesting stories from this weekend's newspaper travel sections around the world.
1. In Melbourne's the Age, Andrew West writes about a fabulous train journey from Jakarta to Yogyakarta to Surabaya and then back to Jakarta.
2. Sophie Cooke extols the pleasures of Sarajevo and rural Bosnia in the Guardian.
3. In the New York Times, Jaime Gross spends 36 hours in Salt Lake ...The 25 greatest cities in the world for drinking wine
Mar 3rd, 2010 at 2:31PM: Dreaming of sipping wine in a little Parisian cafe? Or picturing yourself in trendy Napa Valley, sampling new vintages straight from the barrel? While these well-known areas indeed spring to mind when thinking about the world's finest vintages, you may be surprised to know that excellent wine is being made and enjoyed just about everywhere.
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Feb 7th, 2010 at 10:00AM: A forty-foot long colon big enough to walk through is touring Canada.
Don't worry, this isn't the diseased byproduct of eating too much poutine; it's actually an educational exhibit set up by the Ministry of Health, the Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada, and Long-Term Care and Cancer Care Ontario. The display, which looks like a disturbing take on the traditional bouncy castle, is an ...Canadian wine?
Aug 31st, 2009 at 11:30AM:
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When you think of Canadian food products, wine doesn't exactly spring to mind. Back bacon and maple syrup, yeah, but wine? Mention Canadian wine and the first reaction you're likely to get is either laughter or a blank stare. That's beginning to change as vintners in the Great White North are ...Through the Gadling Lens: The best summer photographs from the Gadling Flickr pool
Aug 6th, 2009 at 11:00AM: It's so hard to believe that July's over -- how did this summer pass so quickly? I know, I know -- it's still August, and here in Texas, this means that we're really entering the blistering heat of the summertime, but I can't help it: historically, August has always meant back-to-school shopping, and getting ready for that first day of the semester. And yes, it's been a few years ...Maple syrup festivals: Hit one now through May
Mar 13th, 2009 at 3:30PM: Depending upon where you live, when the temperatures are just right, it's maple syrup time. In Ohio, maple syrup events are scattered across the state from the beginning of March until May. In Canada and elsewhere, there are maple events a plenty. Each offers something different, although syrup and syrup making is the main highlight. I've been to four of them. Each time I go to one of these ...World's Greatest Dive Spots
Mar 13th, 2009 at 8:00AM: Stephen Regenold is better know by his pseudonym, The Gear Junkie, which he uses when he writes his nationally syndicated column on outdoor adventure and equipment. Recently he penned a story for Travel+Leisure Magazine listing the ten best spots to go SCUBA diving in the world. In order to come up with his definitive list, Regenold asked ten veteran divers, each of whom have extensive dive ...Groundhog Day: Phil and Spanish Joe say six more weeks of winter
Feb 2nd, 2009 at 4:30PM: According to folklore, if a groundhog sees it's shadow on February 2nd, there are six more weeks of winter. Actually, there would be six more weeks of winter anyway, so that's beside the point. Here is the forecast from Punxsutawny Phil in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. The famous groundhog presented the news this morning at 6 a.m. Phil did see his shadow.
The tradition of Groundhog Day has its ...
