Ghost ship discovered off Hawaii
AN EERIE ghost ship that had been lost for more than 60 years in a watery grave has been found off the coast of Oahu. And it’s still relatively intact.
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What New Yorkers really think about you
“GET the hell out of my way!” A New Yorker has confessed what she really thinks about tourists in her city, and it isn’t glowing.
This is the most epic rock skimming ever
WHEN this guy skimmed a rock across a frozen lake in Alaska he never guessed what would happen next. Watch his epic reaction.
‘Death’ clowns stalking locals
THIS is straight out of your worst nightmare. Sinister clowns, their faces emanating pure evil, are haunting southern California. Locals are terrified.
Coast Guard rescue ’bubble man’
A MAN in an inflatable bubble had to be rescued by the Coast Guard after being too exhausted to continue powering his ‘vessel’.
Perth actor on life in LA
PERTH model and actor Ryan Porter dishes the inside gossip on life in Los Angeles, one of the world’s hottest entertainment hubs.
Tourists warned of nature’s The Blob
IT’S like a new version of The Blob. Slow moving glops of toxic algae in the Gulf of Mexico are killing anything in their path. It’s even hitting Honeymoon Island.
Island of the dead: City’s terrifying secret
THE only way you can get there is in a coffin and the only living people allowed on its grounds are the prisoners who bury the bodies.
Haunting photos of ruined resorts
IT’S hard to picture now, but these crumbling, abandoned hotels once epitomised glamour. Today, they are eerie yet intriguing shells.
The darker side of Hawaii
“IT’S disturbing.” From human waste being dumped on the streets to safety fears, officials are tired of being bombarded with complaints from tourists and are considering drastic measures.
New $10 billion airport for Mexico
THE new airport will have six runways and will be able to accommodate an extra 120 million passengers each year. It will be “Mexico’s gateway to the world”.
Dark truth about the world’s wildest festival
IT’S a notoriously wild festival in the middle of nowhere, yet hordes of tourists attend every year. So just what is the attraction of Burning Man, and does it have a darker side?
Awesome Lego wall in New York
A NEW Lego wall in New York has hotel guests playing like kids again … and loving it.
Inside the bizarre world of gun tourism
THE world of gun tourism, which is attracting Australians and other holiday-makers, is under scrutiny after a young girl accidentally shot dead her instructor with an Uzi.
Inside a horrifying abandoned operating theatre
THIS is the eerie site where surgeries were performed without any anaesthesia or electricity more than 200 years ago. It was an unimaginable ordeal.
I am root. This tree’s got wood
AWESTRUCK Northern Territorians have been making the pilgrimage to the Mecca of nature shaped like a penis.
Sin City is heating up
MAJOR resorts at Las Vegas are set to be completely overhauled and rebranded in another sign that the entertainment capital is emerging from its recession doldrums.
Nude models parade around NYC
THE inaugural Bodypainting Day has taken place in New York City, where body-painting artists have created awesome designs on nude models.
An American icon is running out of water
SEE that white line? That’s where the water should be. These mind-blowing pics show America’s largest man-made reservoir is drying up. Entire cities may soon be uninhabitable.
If it ain’t Boeing it ain’t going. Wait …
OH NO. Tourists are being treated to a surreal view as they raft down this popular river: three huge plane fuselages. So how did they end up there?
Is Las Vegas about to go out of business?
A NATURAL emergency has one expert predicting that the city of sin, Las Vegas, is about to go out of business. Cash those chips, folks.
This place is indescribably haunting
IT’S both chilling and heartbreaking, a place of deathly silence and distressing sounds. This is the new September 11 Memorial Museum, deep beneath ground zero.
This place is indescribably haunting
IT’S both chilling and heartbreaking, a place of deathly silence and distressing sounds. This is the new September 11 Memorial Museum, deep beneath ground zero.
‘The city unlike any other I’d been to before’
IT’S known for its cars and crime, somewhere you’d rather leave than live but this Melbourne mum shares what it’s like to live in one of the most avoided cities on Earth.
What living in NYC is really like for an Aussie
VISITING versus living in the big apple are two completely different things. This Aussie woman tells what life in New York is really like after the big move.
Woman reunited with ‘dream man’
ERICA Domesek met the man of her dreams on a flight to Canada but forgot to get his last name. That was not going to stop her being reunited with her ‘future husband’.
Is this the world’s first airport?
AN OLD wooden shack and rows of tilted fence posts. This deserted area is actually the Holy Grail of aviation and the starting point for every airport in the world.
The secret side of Las Vegas
VEGAS. There’s no place like it in the world. But there’s a side to this outrageous city that many visitors don’t know about, and locals are happy for it to remain a secret …
Creepy naked sleepwalker shocks people
THIS lifelike sculpture of a sleepwalking man has shocked students at a US women’s college and has even prompted a petition to have it removed.
Thrillseeker’s avalanche rodeo ride
WATCH: It started out as a simple back-country ski thrill. It ended up being a race for survival – and it was all captured on camera.
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