Place Studies


From Denver to Singapore in Five Minutes	Denver to Singapore (and back) in 5 minutes from David DAngelo on Vimeo.
The World According to Americans	Are Americans Afraid of Overseas Travel? Brave New Traveler looks at the world according to Americans.
Heathrow airport hires Alain de Botton	Heathrow airport hires Alain de Botton - Philosophical author of The Art of Travel begins work as airport's writer-in-residence.
Smugshots	SmugShots, a slideshow of funny travel photos.
Follow the trash	Travel of a different sort—following the journey of trash through the waste disposal system.
Taking the Great American Roadtrip	Travel writer Paul Theroux fulfills a childhood fantasy: to take the great American road trip.
12 Ways to Travel the World for Free	12 ways to travel the world for free, like WWOOFing.
The world's least expensive cities	The world's least expensive cities (LA Times slideshow).
Gangster tourism	Gangster tourism—visiting places where they lived, worked, vacationed and were gunned down.
In search of bizarre restaurants	Forbes goes looking for bizarre restaurants, like Ninja New York, a feudal era castle in Tribeca.
Off the Beaten Path	Looking for cheap, local tourist spots? Try a sewage plant, prison, or other offbeat venue.
The Art of Travel	Garrison Keillor (of Prairie Home Companion) writes about "The Art of Travel" in this week's NY Times.
How not to be ugly	CNN weighs in on how "Tourists have to try to combat the 'ugly American.'"
Internships and jobs abroad	With the recession limiting job options, CNN reports that many recent college graduates are searching out paid positions teaching English abroad. If you're thinking about an internship or job abroad for the summer, here are few places to look: US News, Transitions Abroad, the TA resource page, Jobs Abroad, and the Place Studies resource page.
Why we travel	The Times has an interesting new slideshow about "why we travel."
Journey to Mecca	The NY Times reviews "Journey to Mecca," the new IMAX movie about the Hajj of Ibn Battuta.
Tourist: The Movie	Tourist: The Movie
Global warming & travel	Treehugger's slideshow of places you may want to visit soon—with global warming, they may not be around much longer.
George Mason closes is UAE campus	George Mason University is closing down its campus in the Emigrates: any bearing on NYU-Abu Dhabi?
Nina replica	A replica of Columbus's Nina is making the rounds.

Are Americans Afraid of Overseas Travel? Brave New Traveler looks at the world according to Americans.

Heathrow airport hires Alain de Botton - Philosophical author of The Art of Travel begins work as airport's writer-in-residence.

Smugshots

SmugShots, a slideshow of funny travel photos.

Follow the trash

Travel of a different sort—following the journey of trash through the waste disposal system.

Taking the Great American Roadtrip

Travel writer Paul Theroux fulfills a childhood fantasy: to take the great American road trip.

12 Ways to Travel the World for Free

12 ways to travel the world for free, like WWOOFing.

The world's least expensive cities

The world's least expensive cities (LA Times slideshow).

Gangster tourism

Gangster tourism—visiting places where they lived, worked, vacationed and were gunned down.

In search of bizarre restaurants

Forbes goes looking for bizarre restaurants, like Ninja New York, a feudal era castle in Tribeca.

Off the Beaten Path

Looking for cheap, local tourist spots? Try a sewage plant, prison, or other offbeat venue.

The Art of Travel

Garrison Keillor (of Prairie Home Companion) writes about "The Art of Travel" in this week's NY Times.

How not to be ugly

CNN weighs in on how "Tourists have to try to combat the 'ugly American.'"

Internships and jobs abroad

With the recession limiting job options, CNN reports that many recent college graduates are searching out paid positions teaching English abroad. If you're thinking about an internship or job abroad for the summer, here are few places to look: US News, Transitions Abroad, the TA resource page, Jobs Abroad, and the Place Studies resource page.