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There are many colleges and universities around the country, many in big cities, but many also in charming, rural towns.  Either way, there is something for everyone, perhaps a visit to a college town should be on your list.

Burlington, Vermont (Travel + Leisure) -- On a recent afternoon along Church Street in Burlington, Vermont, young aspiring actors recited passages from Shakespeare's Henry V as jugglers, break-dancers, and blowers of didgeridoos displayed their skills nearby, creating a visual and aural cacophony. Just another day in a thriving college town -- this one happening to be home to the University of Vermont.

This year may be another cold ski season, and not just the snow.  It has been a tough year for the economy around the world, but recovery is on the way, will it be so for the ski industry?

The outlook for skiing in 2009/10 remains uncertain for skiers and the ski business alike. Despite last season’s excellent snow conditions, the feelgood factor has yet to transfer to the forthcoming season, and operators are bracing themselves for a tough season.

Panic over the health of the global economy gave skiers more immediate things to worry about than booking holidays to the Alps. In the peak period for booking ski holidays, from September to November, consumers held back on discretionary purchases.

A new hotel concept is not easy, but really any large building can be converted into one.  So in Bonn, the builders converted a geothermal plant into a luxury hotel.

Kameha Grand Bonn is an ecological lifestyle and design hotel located on the banks of the Rhine near the city center with a picturesque view of the Siebengebirge mountain range. This newly built property redefines service, and offers color, warmth and atmosphere while serving as a contemporary, forward-looking take on the classic grand hotel. Interiors were designed by Marcel Wanders, with guest rooms that feel open and generous, and are appointed with luxurious furnishings and cutting-edge technology.

Cemeteries can morbid, but also strangely beautiful.  Many have visited Pere Lachaise to see the resting place of Jim Morrison, but there are many more to visit and experience around the world.

He's chipped his way through more than a foot of snow and ice to get to Ernest Hemingway. He's walked right up to Al Capone and Karl Marx. He's dragged his mom to visit the infamous cannibal Alferd Packer and just came back from seeing Farrah Fawcett.

He is Jim Tipton, founder of Find a Grave, a free online database of burial sites for the famous and otherwise around the globe.

Yes, travel often gets hit hard during any economic downturn.  But if you want a quick, cheap trip, Mexico deals abound.  Read more here.

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico — During a visit to San Diego in April, Pratik and Priti Chavda thought they'd slip over the border into Tijuana just to do a little shopping, have a quick meal and say they had made it to Mexico. But upon hearing the plan, staffers at their hotel sounded the alarm.

In light of Halloween coming up, here's a little bit about ghost hunting and where to go.

"Nighttime is good for ghost-hunting because the absence of noise, people, and other distractions of the day helps your sixth sense stay in tune with your environment. That said, any time can be good, depending on who's doing the haunting. The elderly lady who haunts my home, for example, knocks on the walls throughout the day but stays quiet at night, unless we've done something to upset her, such as running the vacuum too late. In that case, she knocks loudly and often, as if to keep us awake as payback." -- Garret Moffett, who leads Springfield Walks' ghost tours and wrote "Lincoln's Ghost: Legends & Lore"

Luxury travel has always been the holy grail.  Hotels, private jets, sumptuous dinners, it is all part of the plan.  Bespoke travel plans are now the new thing and now you can sail in the south Pacific like the pirates.

Fly from Bali to Flores island, then cruise back leisurely over 7-9 days on your private yacht via Komodo National Park, Sumbawa, Moyo, Lombok and the Gili Islands. Charter a serious diving vessel (and earn your PADI license!) that doubles as a serious dining yacht, with a well-stocked wine cellar and a talented personal chef who can prepare excellent Indonesian and western cuisine. Climb stunning volcanos, hike through emerald rice paddies, enjoy some of the world's finest snorkeling and diving amongst colorful coral and tropical fish.

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Iceland has always been a far off destination, but now it is very inexpensive to visit.  And to recreate.  Glacier trekking is the latest activity to get you outdoors.

Vatnajökull glacier and Skaftafell are jewels of the mountainous crown of Iceland. Amazing glacier hikes, incredible mountains and inspiring, unforgettable glacier lagoons. If you are on the hunt for memories and pictures that last a lifetime then Skaftafell is the place for you!

Hotdogs are serious business, ask any New Yorker and he/she will show you to the best one in Manhattan.  Regardless of the fact that most of the hotdogs come from the same vendor.  Now here's a battle between cities.

It was fun to bring Montreal food insider Katerine Rollet into the world of hotdogs. Her refined palate is more accustomed to the culinary masterpieces she unearths in her home town, and she has the impeccable judgment that a food-illiterate like me can only admire. But, for a moment in New York and a moment farther north, she decided to come down to my level and explore the world of hotdogs

If given a list of 8 top 10 things all Americans should see (in the US) a disparate list would be formed.  Nature?  Culture?  Many things, here's a list from CNN starting with ... the Sears Tower?

It's fitting that the country's tallest building, the Sears Tower (we haven't come to terms with the new name either), is in the same city that built the first skyscraper, the Home Insurance Building, demolished in 1931. Chicago's innovation sparked a worldwide race that continues to redefine city skylines from London to Dubai to Taipei. There's simply no better way to experience those early architects' remarkable vision than to stand on The Ledge at Skydeck Chicago, a transparent observation box that suspends you 1,353 feet above street level, on a wisp of glass just one and a half inches thick.

Morocco is not often visited, but should be, a destination full of history and culture.  Check it out on a motorcycle.

Morocco, a fascinating North African country, characterised by endless ocean, deserts and refreshing, green oases as well as enormous mountain ranges and its impressive cities. Join us on a unique motorbike tour to this exotic world. Experience the feeling of being on the trail of an ancient secret, a life long before our time.

The Berlin Wall is symbolic of many things and now with it destroyed, the history that surrounding it is still being un-earthed.  Check out this article for Berlin tunnel tours.

Today, almost 20 years after the wall's demise, Berlin's Cold War-era bunker and tunnel system has become one of the most popular attractions for tourists and locals alike.

In 2008, more than 150,000 visitors explored the underbelly of the German capital, touring through the deserted bunkers and tunnels that serve as yet another spine-chilling reminder of the city's tense and violent role in the 20th century.

Don't know if this includes Obama, but Chicago suffers in a poll.  Perhaps this is why they lost the Olympics?

In Travel + Leisure magazine's annual poll, in which readers rate American cities in myriad categories, Chicago is No. 1 (skylines and views) and dead last (weather) for the third straight year.

This year's poll, which compared 30 cities (up from the usual 25), pitted Chicago against the likes of New York, Los Angeles, Boston and Denver, but also against Honolulu, Santa Fe, Kansas City and Minneapolis/St. Paul.

Leave it to the Swedes to figure this one out, a sauna, on a boat, and very fast.  Read more here.

Salt & Sill's owners, Susanna and Patrick Hermansson's, ideas about a hotel were born in 2004. The dream was to start a business offering a complete experience within food, drink and accommodation, built around the peaceful island of Klädesholmen. A hotel with meeting and conference facilities, which opens up brand new possibilities - all year round, became the answer to their dreams. And the limited space on Klädesholmen meant there was only one way to realise it - they had to build a floating hotel.