J Craft, the Gotland, Sweden–based shipyard that builds surprisingly non-Swedish designs, debuted the J Craft Torpedo R at the Monaco Yacht Show in September.

Matthew Biancaniello - "a mad scientist when it comes to savory drinks". Give his libations a try at the Library Bar inside the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles.

Kiawah Island is a private community of scope and sophistication, an idyllic retreat from everyday life.

Next time you are in Berlin, check out The Buchstaben Museum - the Museum of Letters - "an alphabet soup jumble displayed as if in a typographer’s fever dream."

From mono-coloured rooms to sleeping under swimming elephants, Maastricht’s Château Bethlehem Hotel is a frighteningly creative place, where hotel management students get hands on experience in forward-thinking hospitality.

Kevin Cole's photos of stargazing at the Mission San Miguel, in California.

The Frugal Traveler takes a detour from Buenos Aires to San Antonio de Areco to check out Argentine gaucho tradition.

Ben Rousseau and Ian Douglas–Jones of extreme design's 'Legacy of the River' suite is a TRON inspired part of this season’s ice hotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden.

Pretty little video of the fish at the Atlanta aquarium.

Awesome street benches in the Sunniside neighborhood of Sunderland, UK. Designed by Charlie Davidson, the Streetwalk collection features interactive stools that come alive with sound and light.

Three cool wreckage dive sites that you can visit off the coast of Australia.

Matador's photo essay featuring the bird's eye view of ten of the world's largest cities, including Barcelona, Spain.

Some of the world's strangest public sculptures - from giant babies, to a statue of a man about to fall to his death, to the Hand of the Desert in Chile's Atacama Desert.

Sophisticated design and brilliant ideas of the designer is called muvbox container box which turned into a fast food restaurant

Photographer Ian Flanigan went on a road trip with his girlfriend, took over 4000 photos and then made a stop motion video of it all!

New restaurant 'Le 39 V' by Marcelo Joulia and Naço Architectures near Champs-Elysées, Paris.

Incredible mountain biking video, FRAMED, featuring Andi Wittmann. By by Felix Urbauer set to Welcome Home by Radical Face.

A diva-inspired debut on Lake Como, a royal hideaway in Marrakech, and a fortress of hospitality on Majorca.

House of Porters is the guest house run by the unconventional maître décorateur Pieter Porters in Antwerp, Belgium. Often inspired by the Baroque era, his designs combine coziness with decadence.

The Wider 42 is a new class of yacht, one that allows owners to get somewhere beautiful quickly—a cove in the Bahamas or Catalina Island—and enjoy total immersion in the surrounding waters.

12min short movie about a trip on an isolated container vessel operating in "semi-automatic mode" from Europe to China.

Beautiful photos of winter across the world on the Big Picture.

'Sunset at the Spiral Jetty' outlined by rays of sunlight known as crepuscular rays, the setting sun having disappeared from direct view behind them. Great Salt Lake, Utah.

Matali Crasset's beautiful, experimental Dar HI eco-retreat and spa in Nefta, Tunisia.

St Petersburg's Kempinski Hotel Moika 22 offers views directly across to the State Hermitage.

Vodka has long been a part of Polish tradition, with some blends dating back centuries. Learn to drink like a local.

Best BootsnAll Travel Photos: November 2010

Christmas is associated with a number of traditions around the world. The Matador Network explores some of these.

Jack Spade's Dipped Industrial Canvas is a functional and stylish bag for everyday use or a weekend trip.

The Exhale Pavilion by Phu Hoang Office and Rachely Rotem Studio for Art Basel Miami Beach 2010. The Exhale pavilion is a dynamic, interactive environment in which evening programs such as performance art, video and DJ dance programs will occur.

Read more: http://design-milk.com/exhale-pavilion-by-phu-hoang-office-and-rachely-rotem-studio/#ixzz17N1B0iQo

Getting hands-on with good food and wine in New Zealand by wwoofing (working and living on organic farms) at a gorgeous winery in the Marlborough region

Riverscapes as well as glaciers might not look the same in the future. Should water be a central focus of our travels? This is the Ganges in Devprayag, Uttarakhand, India.

The NY Times explores the literary scene in San Francisco's Mission District and around the city.

'I Love Yu' by Shinro Ohtake, is both an installation and public bathhouse on Naoshima. Thirty percent of the materials used were culled from the islands; the elephant is from a sex museum in Hokkaido.

Villa Mayan in Puntarenas, Costa Rica.

A new style of shopping and eating experience in London - Jamie Oliver's Barbecoa restaurant and butcher shop (with Adam Perry Lang) in a Jean Nouvel's architecturally designed shopping mall.

Plotting your next escape? Villa Arrighi is a private estate in Italy dating back centuries...but newly restored to perfection!

The CRKT Eat'N Tool is a spoon, fork, bottle opener, screwdriver/pry tip, metric wrench, carabiner and clam.

Used for location shooting for the hit TV series Merlin, Château de Pierrefonds, north of Paris in France has a suitably bizarre story all of its own.

The Hermit's House is a small tea house, lounge,
guest room and exhibition space located near the river IJsel in The Netherlands. It was designed by Daniël Venneman and Mark van der Net of the Cloud Collective.

Stephen Heyman describes the maiden voyage of the world's largest and newest cruise liner, the Allure of the Seas...

Amazing Timelapse of Aurora Borealis over Tromsø, Norway. Photography by Tor Even Mathisen.

Pumpkin sculpture at Benesse art site Naoshima, island in Japan's seto inland sea, contemporary art and architecture in a setting that soothes and enthrals.

In the winter the Grand Hyaat Seoul transforms their swimming pool and sun deck into an ice skating rink with views of the Han River.