quote [ During tours, children can just leave all their backpacks in the waiting room of the railway station. They don?t need to worry about their things being stolen. ]

quote [ Collecting seashells is as old as humanity. What we do with them can reveal who we are, where we?re from, and what we believe. ]

quote [ A fire broke out at Shuri Castle, a World Heritage Site on Japan's southern... ]

quote [ My first apartment was in Carnegie, a borough where the football stadium is named for Baseball Hall of Famer Honus Wagner and the baseball fields are named for Football Hall of Famer Mike Ditka. It?s like Pittsburgh goes out of its way to confuse you.... Pittsburghers tend to judge how far something is not by miles or minutes, but by how many bridges and tunnels it takes to get there. (One river is slightly inconvenient; more than one is a serious effort. And if you have to take more than two tunnels, forget it.) ]

quote [ Two years ago, a tiny island in the Atlantic Ocean got its first airport?perhaps the world?s most obscure airport. It was expensive, but can St. Helena thrive? ]

quote [ Nearly 80 years ago, a construction standstill derailed the subway into its present crisis. ]

quote [ Tyler Ivanoff, 36, of Shishmaref, Alaska, was out picking berries and gathering driftwood when he stumbled across a green bottle lying along the state's western shore early this month. It was a message in a bottle ? sent from a Soviet sailor 50 years ago. ]

quote [ When the forests of Upstate New York are blanketed in orange and brown hues during the fall of Autumn leaves, there are few places more bewitching to escape for the weekend. But there is certainly no place quite like the enchanting hamlet of Lily Dale, NY, population: 275, where over 50 registered spiritual mediums are in residence year-round, offering private readings, forest temple services, seances, workshops and access to the spirit world for all who care to venture to the other side. ]

quote [ A group of tourists spent hours Saturday night looking for a missing woman near Iceland’s Eldgja canyon, only to find her among the search party. ]

quote [ Parking requirements increase the density of cars but reduce the density of people. It also puts pressure on businesses by taking up useful real estate and replacing it with car storage. ]