Travel News:

• The AP writes that David Rockefeller Will Mark His 100th Birthday With A Land Gift To Maine. Pretty cool yet somewhat crazy how much land one family could own!
• Frommer’s has a slideshow Touring the One World Observatory in Downtown NYC.
• National Geographic’s Free to See tells us about 20 U.S. Animal Viewing Spots.
• The AP has a video of Baggage Battles: The Fight for Airline Overhead Bin Space.
• Find out about 7 of the Weirdest Sculpture Parks in the World from Fox News.

• Skift reports that Lufthansa Wants To Drug Test Its Pilots.
• Fodor’s writes about the World’s 10 Most Fashionable Hotel Suites.
• The L.A. Times has a slideshow of 10 Cemeteries You’ll Never Regret Visiting.
• CN Traveler tells us about The Best Places To Go Diving With Sharks. I went cage diving out of False Bay, South Africa. Amazing experience but the water was a bit murky.
• Travel + Leisure writes about 7 Bizarre Summer Festivals You Don’t Want To Miss.
• USA Today shows us how Singapore Air Is Giving A Boost To Premium Economy.
• NBC News Travels writes that the Eiffel Tower Closed Most of Friday. Workers Demand More Help To Deal With Pickpockets & Went On Strike. 
• The HuffPost tells us about 6 Dreamy Travel Destinations For This Summer.
• BBC Travel found out about 50 Reasons To Love The World from a range of people.
• The NY Times has Four Apps For Mapping Your Walking Routes.
• And for those of you drinking too much over the holiday weekend, Buzzfeed has 32 Mouthwatering Drunk Foods From Around the World.

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