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Three Teenage Hawaiian Princes Brought Surfing To California

Three Hawaiian princes brought the sport of surfing to California and a Santa Cruz museum tells their story. The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum is inside a lighthouse on Monterrey Peninsula’s northern tip. Although surfing is an old Polynesian sport, Santa Cruz is known as its entry point into the U.S. It was in the middle...

Sleep in a Bubble Surrounded by Rescue Elephants in a Thai Jungle

If you’re looking for an outdoor adventure experience, we think we’ve found something you’ll like. In a jungle in Thailand, you can sleep in a bubble in the midst of freely roaming elephants. These extraordinary accommodations are called “Jungle Bubbles,” and are only found at the Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp & Resort in Northern...

You Can Get A Job Taking Care Of 55 Cats On This Gorgeous Cat Sanctuary Island

We all know people who would think that this would be their absolute dream job. Isolated on a beautiful island with nothing but dozens of cats to keep you company. What’s not to like, right? In July 2019, a job announcement popped up looking for a caretaker to live on the Greek island of Syros....

12 Australian Food Customs That Americans Might Find Very Confusing

Australia is a great country known for a lot of things: amazing wildlife, beautiful beaches, nice people, endless stretches of open land, etc. But what about their food? It’s kind of a mystery to most Americans, but no more! Here are 12 Aussie food customs that we might find a bit unusual but are staples...

5 Rules Disney Park Employees Must Follow

Disney World is a place where dream comes true. And while we all tend to focus on the riveting rides and captivating castles, we tend to forget about the driver behind it all: the employees. Well, cast members, actually. Working at Disney can be a fantastic career, but it takes much more than a great...

A Previously Undiscovered Room Pops up in the Winchester Mystery House

If you’re like me, you just can’t pass up a good ghost story, mystery, historical oddity, or any combination of the three. The Winchester Mystery House definitely contains the trifecta, and every time there’s a special on television, my booty is on the couch. The home was constructed by Sarah Winchester, the widow of William...

What to Do When Your Travel Partner Doesn’t Have TSA Pre Check

If you travel regularly and haven’t applied for TSA Pre Check, I mean…what are you even doing with your life? The lines are shorter, you don’t have to take off your shoes or remove your laptop from your bag – it’s basically a throwback to the blissful old days when no one was actually worried...

The National Bonsai Musuem in Washington D.C. Will Delight the Botanical Lover in You

In Washington D.C., one extraordinary museum holds some mighty special trees. These trees aren’t giant oaks or flowered with cherry blossoms, though. The National Bonsai Museum, rather, is home to 150 species of trees pruned and cared for in the manner of bonsai – a traditional Japanese cultivation technique that produces trees in miniature. The...