Category Archives: Tourism

Just How I Remember Them

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Swiss photographer Corinne Vionnet has created an amazing effect by compiling 200 to 300 photographs of famous tourist landmarks and mashing them up into single images.

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When Air Travel Meant Luxury

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Once considered the zenith of air travel luxury, the long-gone Boeing 314 Clipper could transport pampered flyers to faraway, exotic locales in only a matter of days. The enormous airliner, first launched in 1936, had the amazing range of 5,200 … Continue reading →

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I Can’t Believe We Lost To Lewisburg

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

It’s official. Newtown, Pennsylvania is cool. But only the seventh coolest small town in America, to be precise. The borough took the seventh spot in the “Coolest Small Town” competition by Budget Travel Magazine. With 15,082 votes, Newtown came in ahead of … Continue reading →

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Travel Art 20th Century Style

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Brian D. Butler
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Typography for Travelers

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Axis Maps has announced the release of their mapping/art project “Typographic Maps”. These unique maps use nothing but type to depict roads, highways, neighborhoods, parks and physical features of cities like Boston, San Francisco, Chicago and New York. They manually weave … Continue reading →

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Yesterday’s Rubbish

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Yesterday was the last opportunity to spend the night in Madrid’s Corona “Save the Beach Hotel”. The five room temporary rubbish B&B was designed by German eco-artist Ha Schult and was built of 12 tons of garbage collected from beaches … Continue reading →

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Meandering Miscellany

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

 

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Why Is It Still Standing ?

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

The Eiffel Tower was intended to stand for only 20 years past its 1889 debut–in fact, the original contest rules for the design stipulated that the tower must be easily demolished. Experts at the time predicted it would come crashing … Continue reading →

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It’s Up to you…

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Budget Travel Magazine is running a contest to find the 10 Coolest Small towns in America. The beloved home of Travel Between The Pages, Newtown PA, is already in the top ten — keep the momentum going by voting early … Continue reading →

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Sign(s) of the Times

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Brian D. Butler
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