Manila - the capital city of the Philippines - has a population of over 1.5 million. Intermixed within its urban sprawl is a shocking contrast of rich and poor. For those with money, the latest in luxury goods and high quality fashion are readily available. For the poor, an erratic income can be made as [...]

Hotel Everland is a one-room traveling art and design project created by Swiss artists Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann. The hotel was initially exhibited on stilts at Neuchâtel Lake in Switzerland as part of the 2002 Swiss Expo and has since been displayed on the roof of Gallery für Zeitgenössische Kunst in Germany.
Open to the [...]

You’ve done the standard three-month backpacking trip through Europe after high-school, and perhaps since, you’ve spent six weeks in Costa Rica, a few more on the south pacific tour, and of course, a week at the Grand Oasis in Mexico. Adventure intrigues you, but you seem to have done it all. You’re looking to experience [...]

Brothers Ryan and Bryson Robertson and their good friend Hugh Patterson set out on a three-year circumnavigation of the globe. The purpose of their trip: to document and record marine pollution and its effect on isolated and deserted islands and beaches. In order to make their discoveries available to print and broadcast media, educational institutions [...]

In the minds of many blimps are a thing of the past, however, for Tino Schaedler and Michael J. Brown, they are the future of luxury air-travel. Cue the Stratocrusier, an eye catching, futuristic and multi-faceted “lifestyle zeppelin” currently in concept form. (Zeppelins are rigid airships that were first developed in the early 20th [...]

Munich was recently rated the most livable by city by Monocle Magazine - and for good reason. The German city’s mix of low and high rise architecture, good public transport, cafe culture and Italian approach to lifestyle is unparalleled.
Extremely low crime rates, liberal-mindedness, nearly 500 free Wi-Fi spots and good drinking hours are making me [...]

It took 10 years, over 50 thousand human skeletons, and a family of four to construct. It’s Prince Scwarzenburg’s ossuary at the All Saint’s Church in Sedlec near Kunta Hora, Czech Republic. The ossuary was finished in 1870, but most of the bones date back to Kiunta Hora’s black plague of 1378.

Looking for a new accommodation experience outside of traditional hotels or hostels? Try sleeping in a concrete pipe! Situated in a city park just a short walk from the Danube River, DasParkHotel is a series of industrial pipes that have been refurbished into individual hotel room pods.
Each pipe comes with a bed, lighting and internet [...]

Most of Africa has no garbage collection, so people leave their garbage exactly where they are finished using it. Village roads are lined with plastic bags and bottles, streams are plugged up with people’s unwanted items. Seeing the garbage blowing in the wind, getting caught up on trees, and floating in the puddles makes me [...]