quote [ There are places in New York and the northeastern coast of America, where a pleasurable trip to the seaside can take a turn for the peculiar. You may be wandering along a bucolic beach only to stumble across the abandoned ruins of brutalist concrete structures lying half buried in the sand, evoking the iconic end of the Planet of the Apes. ]

quote [ Bryant Park is one of Manhattan?s most popular public spaces. Basking in the shadow of the main branch of the New York Public Library, there you will find a bustling leafy oasis within touching distance of Times Square, filled with outdoor bars and cafes, a carousel, open air reading rooms and leisurely games of pétanque. ]

quote [ Hawai?i has long been packaged as paradise, allowing travelers to ignore the legacy of colonialism. What travelers need to know to travel to the islands responsibly. ]

quote [ Last year, three cryptocurrency enthusiasts bought a cruise ship. They named it the Satoshi, and dreamed of starting a floating libertarian utopia. It didn?t work out ]

quote [ ?Are you sure you want to get off here?,? asks the train conductor, and with good reason: for it is nighttime at Amtrak?s least used railway station. ]

quote [ Every traveler has experienced it at some point: that sinking feeling of watching all the other suitcases reunited with their weary owners at baggage claim but not seeing your own slide down the conveyor belt. ]

quote [ A patch of desert in California sells for $6 million after 100 years of turbulent history ]

quote [ Justin Lehmiller, research fellow at the Kinsey Institute and author of Tell Me What You Want, has found in his research that 53% of American adults ? slightly more men than women ? have fantasized about sex on a plane, and 9% have this fantasy often.

?People are turned on by the idea of doing new and different things with their sex lives because we tend to grow bored easily with sexual routines,? Lehmiller tells Mic. ?Fantasizing about sex in different settings is one easy way of introducing an element of newness ? and what I see is that people fantasize about sex in a wide range of settings, from public restrooms to beaches and parks to cars and trucks.? ]

quote [ The long read: Dumba has spent her life performing in circuses around Europe, but in recent years animal rights activists have been campaigning to rescue her. When it looked like they might succeed, Dumba and her owners disappeared ]