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CNN By David G. Allan, CNN New York City (CNN) — Books — real books, the tangible, flip-the-pages kind — have an enduring appeal. As do bookstores — real bookstores, the brick-and-mortar, browse-and-discover kind. There is an atmosphere and culture to them, expert curation and literary serendipity. Bookstores are vital social capital too — third

CNN Story by Francesca Street, CNN. Video by Gustavo Villalonga, David Yim, Channon Hodge and Phil Clarke Hill, CNN (CNN) — A shoe hurled into the air. A traveler pirouetting and somersaulting through the departure gate. The voice of Celine Dion reverberating across the terminal. It’s not a scene you often come across at the

By Lisa Kjellsson, CNN (CNN) — Arriving in the Kingdom of Bhutan, nestled deep in the Himalayas between Tibet and India, Linda Leaming was blown away by its beauty. The year was 1994, she was 39 and had taken time out of her busy career as a freelance writer in Nashville to go traveling. She

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Sometimes, the simplest dishes are the most satisfying. Suquet, a traditional Catalan seafood stew, is that kind of dish. Its origins are humble — fishermen on the crystal clear waters of Catalonia’s Costa Brava historically prepared it on their boats with the catch of the day, making for a

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Two top food writers have accused influencer and bakery owner Brooke Bellamy of plagiarizing their recipes in her bestselling book. Nagi Maehashi, who runs the RecipeTin Eats website, and Sally McKenney, of the Sally’s Baking Addiction site, allege that several recipes in Bellamy’s book “Bake With Brooki,” which is

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Your domestic air travel could be delayed if you don’t have an accepted form of identification at TSA checkpoints come Wednesday, the deadline for “REAL ID.” After years of pushing it back, the Department of Homeland Security is set to enforce the May 7 deadline. The REAL

By Blane Bachelor, CNN (CNN) — On a recent chilly, drizzly afternoon in Amsterdam’s city center, a steady stream of patrons venture out of the rain and into a narrow 17th-century building on the Haarlemmerdijk, a popular shopping street. A gilded sign shaped like a shining sun hangs above the front door, reflecting the shop’s

By Lilit Marcus, CNN Brno, Czech Republic (CNN) — From the street, it doesn’t look like anything special. Most tourists trying to find this UNESCO World Heritage site are usually looking for a grand European classical villa, so they often walk right past what they think is just a typical family home in a quiet

By Terry Ward, CNN (CNN) — Imagine this: you pull your kids out of school for a year, stash your stuff in storage, rent out your house, put your career on pause and set out into the wide world, bound for all seven continents as a family. You serve up lessons the kids would miss

By Jack Guy and Junko Ogura, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Japan have rescued the same climber from the slopes of Mount Fuji twice in the space of a week. The 27-year-old man was first rescued on Tuesday after falling ill, Shizuoka prefectural police told CNN on Monday. He had to be rescued again on

By Ali Halit Diker, CNN Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) — Whether you’re a believer or not, visiting Hagia Sophia is a spiritual experience. The architectural genius of this place of worship — which was built as a church in 537CE before its conversion into a mosque in 1453 — creates an illusion of vastness. It feels

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: the world’s smallest park, Spain’s greatest food, plus North Americans who started new lives in Mexico and Germany. Number ones Taller, higher, larger, bigger: This week we bring you a roundup of new record-breaking projects and endeavors around the world. The world’s tallest bridge

CNN By Marnie Hunter, CNN Florida Keys (CNN) — People wandering down to spend a little time in the Florida Keys often end up staying much, much longer. “Thirty-one years ago, I came here on vacation,” said Eric Johnson, a tour guide on tiny Pigeon Key. Johnson met a guy in Miami on a Thursday

By Issy Ronald and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — Vatican officials are asking visitors not to take selfies with the late Pope Francis as he lies in state inside St. Peter’s Basilica, telling them to put their phones away as they passed by the coffin. Almost 130,000 people have paid their respects to the pontiff,

By Kati Chitrakorn, CNN (CNN) — Few fashion designers are synonymous with weddings like Vivienne Westwood, whose revolutionary approach — in fashion as well as in life — was fired by her disdain for corruption and injustice, earning her nicknames such as the “high priestess of punk.” It’s an ethos that may seem at odds

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Construction of the world’s tallest unoccupied skyscraper may resume as early as next week, almost 10 years after work ground to a halt, according to Chinese state media. The 597-meter-tall (1,959-foot) Goldin Finance 117, which topped out in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin but has stood unfinished

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — She’d spent most of her life “checking off boxes” in order “to be deemed a success,” but as New Yorker Melissa Vargas approached her 30th birthday, she started to question the direction she was going in. While she was “killing it” in her career in digital marketing and had

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — Security camera videos show the woman accused of sneaking past airport security and onto a Delta Air Lines plane headed to France. Svetlana Dali boarded Delta Flight 264 from New York’s JFK International Airport to Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport on November 26 without a ticket, prosecutors say.