Stay in an ice hotel – understandably these are only available for reservations in winter. However the one in Sweden’s Lapland offers a 3-day ice-sculpting class during the summer. How could anyone not want to learn that? Lapland ice hotel Quebec ice hotel Do something for the next solar maximum in 2011/2012. The last one [...]

It’s road trip season!  When I was growing up my Dad refused to stop the car for restrooms but would pull over and meditate for what seemed like hours on the historical jargon and landscape of each and every roadside historical marker.  It’s a rare Indian or Civil War Battle, sheep rustling, Lewis & Clark [...]

The Raelians are planning your next vacation destination. And what a perfect spot – to the best of my knowledge there aren’t any space/alien themed casinos in Las Vegas which is a definite oversight. Although there are no plans for a casino mentioned, there will be a “life-size” UFO, a museum and lecture hall.  According [...]

The Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota – loosely based on the Taj Mahal and made entirely of corn products. Note that the website has a palace web cam so this could be a virtual vacation The Royal Pavilion, Brighton – because it’s silly, over the top, and simply fabulous all at the same time [...]