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Insider's Guide to Basel's Art Week

The Swiss city of Basel is getting ready to host to the who's who of the art world yet again, with the return of Art Week, of which Art Basel is the crown jewel. Here's an inside take on the whole affair. Read more

Posted by Susan MacCallum-Whitcomb on May 22, 2013 at 1:58:41 PM EDT Tagged: Art, Festivals, Events, Switzerland
Just Back From: Jazz Fest in New Orleans

The New Orleans Jazz Festival is a force to be reckoned with—a fact we learned firsthand attending this year's 44th annual fest in the pouring rain. It was still awesome. Read more

Posted by Alexis Korman on May 14, 2013 at 11:31:24 AM EDT Tagged: Festivals, Music, Jazz, New Orleans, Louisiana
Buenos Aires' Most Spectacular Religious Sites

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, once Archbishop of Buenos Aires and now Pope Francisco I, hails from Buenos Aires, a city filled with impressive religious sites from historic cemeteries to grand cathedrals. Read more

Posted by Karina Martinez-Carter on May 13, 2013 at 11:31:57 AM EDT Tagged: Buenos Aires, Religion, Argentina, Churches
Discovering Victor Hugo's Isle of Jersey

The Isle of Jersey today is a tax haven and vacation spot. But in Victor Hugo's day, it was a mystical island and was his home after political exile from France. Author M.J. Rose returned to Hugo's Jersey to research her latest novel. Here she unearths her best finds. Read more

Posted by M.J. Rose on May 09, 2013 at 11:36:34 AM EDT Tagged: Literary, Books, Island, Isle of Jersey
Ultimate Beatles Itinerary in London & Liverpool

It's been about 18,000 hard day's nights (er, 50 years) since The Beatles changed rock 'n' roll. And there's no better way to celebrate the milestone than with a Fab Four-themed adventure in Liverpool and London. Read more

Posted by Carrie Seim on May 02, 2013 at 4:57:53 PM EDT Tagged: Art, Music, Museums, London, England
9 Reasons to Go to DC Now

Come springtime, Washington DC's draw is its gorgeous cherry blossoms. But there's so much more to see and do this season, from soon-to-close exhibits to spotting bald eagles and water lillies. Read more

Posted by Renee Sklarew on May 01, 2013 at 8:56:28 AM EDT Tagged: Washington DC, Spring Travel, Museums, Art, Outdoors
"Grand Hotels" Exhibit: A Curated Peek Into Hotel Life

Calling all hotel (and travel) nerds! Get thee to the Vancouver Art Gallery for "Grand Hotel: Redesigning Modern Life Exhibition" to ogle old hotel artifacts and see just how far hotels have come in the last century or so. Read more

Posted by Trish Friesen on April 19, 2013 at 8:56:20 AM EDT Tagged: Museums, Art, Hotels, Vancouver
Visit Downton Abbey (Er, Highclere Castle) with European Waterways

Why wait for season 4 of Downton Abbey when you can cruise the River Thames with European Waterways to tour Highclere Castle, where the series is filmed in England? Read more

Posted by Andrea M. Rotondo on April 12, 2013 at 1:44:17 PM EDT Tagged: Downton Abbey, Cruise Lines, Cruises, England
3 Places to Find Picasso in Chicago

He may have never visited Chicago himself, but the Windy City played a huge role in Picasso's artistic career—it was where many of his works made their American debut 100 years ago. Read more

Posted by Kristine Hansen on April 05, 2013 at 4:35:11 PM EDT Tagged: Chicago, Art, Museums
Downton Abbey's Matthew Crawley is Alive, Well, and Traveling

Despite the season finale, Dan Stevens (aka Matthew Crawley) was on hand to host the Big British Invite pop-up in NYC last week. We cornered him to talk about travel, British punk, and his go-to cocktail. Read more

Posted by Carrie Seim on March 26, 2013 at 11:35:22 AM EDT Tagged: England, Events, Interviews, London, New York City