• Nude Diners, Do Spare a Thought for Your Waiters
• Things You Should Never Say to Your Server
• Is That It? The Tourist Attractions That Are Far Smaller (and More Disappointing) Than You Think
• Why You Should Never Order the Daily Special in a Restaurant
• A Ingenious Nut Gathering Device That Can Easily Clean up…
Around Japan 8
• Raze, Rebuild, Repeat: Why Japan Knocks down Its Houses after 30 Years
• Bold as Brass: Trombonists Take over Last Train, Earn Twitter Fans and Critics
• Japan Anger over South Korea’s Shrimp Surprise for Donald Trump
• Japanese Company Tries to Create Motivational Poster, Accidentally Creates Demotivati…
Trading Places
• Lost Containers and Rubber Ducks Overboard: Inside the Curious World of Container Shipping
• How the Shipping Industry Is the Secret Force Driving the World Economy
• Map of Every Country’s Biggest Export
• Map of Major Suppliers of Critical Raw Materials
• Interactive: The 50 Large…
When the White Men Leave Their Huts
• UK Media Should Stop Peddling Colonial Era Narratives
• The White Man’s Blunders of ‘Explorer’ Benedict Allen Feed Racist Myths
• What’s the Difference Between Explorers, Anthropologists and Tourists?
• British Explorer Benedict Allen ‘Goes Missing in Jungle’ While Searching for Lost Tribe
• Family of British Explore…
Trees & Trimmings
• Trees in Some Cities Grow Faster Than in the Wild, and Here’s the Crazy Reason Why
• A Lovely Scientific Appreciation of Trees
• Giant Fungus Covering over 2,200 Acres Is the Largest Living Organism Ever Discovered
• 2,190 Miles on the Appalachian Trail
• Christmas Trees: Science Has Finally Found the Answ…
Around Japan 7
• Watch Black in Tokyo, a Short Documentary about Living in Japan as a Black Person
• Takayama-Laos Connection (Google Translate)
• Miss Laos 2011 Louknum Posts ‘Japan’ Via Social Media
• Yaoi Fans Rejoice as Shinto Shrine Seemingly Opens Part-Time Positions for Male Shrine Maidens
• Only 36% of Toilets in Pu…
Plane Talk
• Here’s the Right Way to Deal with Armrests on a Plane
• The Best Way to Climb Over a Sleeping Plane Neighbor, If You Dare
• Most Air Travelers Say Taking off Your Shoes Is Okay. An Etiquette Expert Disagrees
• Why Is It So Difficult to Sleep While Sitting Up?
• 12 Hidden Aircraft Features You Probably Didn’t Know Abou…
Safety Zones
• These Are the Safest Countries in the World to Visit
• Three Graphics That Show Why Finland Is the Safest Place on the Planet
• This Unexpected Country Is Apparently the World’s Safest Place to Travel
• Land Mines in Ukraine’s East Put It Among World’s Most Dangerous Areas for Civilians
• People in These Places Le…
National Colors
• The Reason You Almost Never See Purple on National Flags
• Tourism Logos of US States
• Tourism Logos of Canadian Provinces
• Tourism Logos for Italian Regions
• The World’s Most Powerful Passport Is No Longer European
• Places Where English Is an Official Language
• Main Native Language-Fami…
Around Japan 6
• Abandoned Land in Japan Will Be the Size of Austria by 2040
• Mount Fuji Has Become So Congested with Tourists That It Has Reached Breaking Point
• How Japanese High-Speed Trains Handle Earthquakes
• The Greatest Earthquake Zones on Earth
• What Do Volcano Warning Signs Really Tell Us?
Treedom
• From Tennessee to Japan, Here Are 9 Otherworldly Forest Bathing Destinations
• A Biologist Believes That Trees Speak a Language We Can Learn
• The Wisdom of Trees: Walt Whitman on What Our Silent Friends Teach Us about Being Rather Than Seeming
• When You Think of Freedom, Remember the Charter of the Forest, Not the Ma…
Wanderlist 1
• 10 Simple Ways to Travel without Looking Like a Tourist
• Egypt’s Capital Cairo Is Worst Megacity for Women Worldwide, London Best
• Scotland’s Northeastern Scenery Circuit — 500 Miles of Sheep, History and Whisky
• Stonehenge Builders Feasted on Animals Brought from Scotland, Study Shows
• From Andes to Amazon: …
Fall Fun
• Canada Completes World’s Longest Hiking/Biking and Paddling Trail – 14,000 Miles’ Worth
• Journey Across 7 Countries on the World’s Newest Long-Distance Trail
• The Best Things to Do in October Across the U.S
• The Best Places to Travel in October
• 14 Fall Road Trips for Se…
Have a Nice Trip
• Why Photos of the Eiffel Tower at Night Are Illegal
• Six Things You Might Not Know Are Actually Illegal to Do While Driving
• Seemingly Harmless Things That Can Get You Banned from Disney World
• Disney Has a Secret Code Name for Rude Visitors
• Disneyland Characters Finally Speak to Park-Goer…
Fall Guy
• Debating a Holiday
• Why the Legend of Christopher Columbus Is a Lie
• 10 Alternatives to Columbus Day Celebrated around the Country
• 10 Things You Didn’t Know about Christopher Columbus
• Today Is a Holiday in Honor of the World’s Most Remarkable Alphabet
• 12 Halloween Traditions f…
Customs & Emigration
• Decidedly American Behaviors That Are Considered to Be Rude in Other Countries
• 4 Ways Foreign Tourists Disrespect the Cultures They’re Visiting
• Garçon! Some Outdated, Embarrassing Phrases, Por Favor
• Gestures You Shouldn’t Use in Other Countries
• 11 Things That Tourists Should Never Do in Morocco, Eve…