Shanghaiist offers several ideas for places to enjoy Xiaolongbao in Shanghai.

The first true luxury hotel to open on Italy’s Lake Como in the past century, CastaDiva Resort, occupies the former estate of 19th-century opera singer Giuditta Pasta.

The beautiful new Mona Pavilions in Australia. Where art, meets wine, meets design, meets escapism. Designed by designed by Nonda Katsilidis, of Fender Katsilidis in association with Antarctica Group.

Awesome rentable igloo in Oberwallis, Switzerland!

The 2010 Eater Awards showcases the best food at gastro-destinations from sea to shining sea.

It may look like a regular check button down shirt, but scattered across the fabric are latitudes and longitudes for actual points of interest all over the world. Time to navigate! by Rogan

After a two-year renovation, the GoldenEye Hotel and Resort in Oracabessa, Jamaica is reopening. It was originally the Caribbean hideaway of world-renowned author and James Bond creator Ian Fleming.

Mama Shelter hotel is a 170 room, 5-star, luxury boutique hotel in Paris, France. Located in the neighborhood Saint Blaise, which has its own rebel character and city life.

Birmingham Airport (UK) unveiled the design for a new brand identity, with ‘Hello World’ across their site and throughout the redeveloped airport terminal.

Lausanne, the Capitale Olympique, is a beautiful city from the inside but also from above.

Jalopnik tells you how to get to New York's secret City Hall subway stop that closed in 1945. The No. 6 and a few tricks and you can see its gorgeous early 20th-century design details.

Hands down the best beach resort in Mexico. Las Ventanas al Paraiso is a getaway for jet setters from all over the country.

Luxury onboard the Singapore Flyer, one of the world's largest observation wheels.

Matador's 20 Awesomely Untranslatable Words from Around the World..."Tartle" - Scottish for the act of hesitating while introducing someone because you’ve forgotten their name.

Conquering your fears through travel...

National Geographic's beautiful photo gallery on the Faces of India...

A nice soft-shell jacket by the Northface - great for highly-aerobic endeavors in foul weather.

Incredible point-of-view footage of Ian Provo skiing a powder-perfect trail 'Hypodermic Needle' in Utah. It is a 5,000 foot descent and features a 50-degree drop.

A photo gallery of Transylvania - which is not nearly as creepy as books have lead us to believe.

The Ritz-Carlton Reserve redefines the tropical hideaway in Phulay Bay, Thailand - your own private lap pool in a tropical garden by the Andaman Sea, a round-the-clock personal butler, bubble bath drawn with orchids and candles...

The Marché des Producteurs is an outdoor food market which runs from Nov. 20 to 21 on Boulevard de Reuilly in Paris. The focus is on authenticity: participating farmers and producers can sell only the foods they make from scratch.

In addition to heli-skiing in Sun Valley, EpicQuest’s offerings include surfing and heli-surfing trips to Indonesia and the South Pacific and mountain-biking treks through East Africa, Europe, and North America.

Peter Carroll waited 20 years to photograph a torrential rainfall and its effect on Australia's iconic Uluru, is a large sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory.

"Atlas of Remote Islands," a book of full-color maps and stories of the world's most faraway islands

Australian tour company Vision Walks has begun offering after-dark tours using military-style night vision goggles.

Serge Spitzer installs four tons of green and blue marbles into the remains of the centuries-old Mayor Synagogue in Istanbul, Turkey.

A video by Matador of the Bone Church of Kutna Hora in the Czech Republic - a church decorated with thousands of human bones because the monks ran out of burial space in the cemetery.

On sports I've never heard of - sandboarding! Board on sand dunes rather than on snowy mountains.

The world's 20 best airports to be stranded in...complete with hiking trails, bike rentals, xbox consoles, swimming pools, airport weddings, museums, and mini golf...

David Carr's six-day adventure on an uninhabited, mostly unpowered island in the Bahamas

Make The Most of Your Time On Earth showcases 1,000 "ultimate travel experiences", including snuffling for truffles in Piemonte, Italy, and visiting a western lowland gorilla rehabilitation center in Gabon.

Las Pozas is a surrealist sculpture garden on the lush grounds of a former coffee plantation near Xilitla, Mexico. Until 1984, it was home to railroad heir and art lover Edward James.

Gridskipper's guide to modern architecture in Rotterdam, Holland

Pack 10 days into a carry on ~ awesome NYT slideshow of how a stewardess does it...

A beautiful video of a short trip to Lake Tahoe, CA. Shot on Canon 7d.

Travel+Leisure spotlights America's yummiest donuts - 24 spots across the country!

A glimpse of Guangzhou in China for the more adventurous tourist which offers architecture by Zaha Hadid and Wilkinson Eyre and amazing street food.

You can endure the British winter – or enjoy it as a spectacle. Hugh Graham of the Telegraph picks 10 of the best spots in which to watch the weather do its worst.

Monte Carlo Daily Photo ~ Exactly what it sounds like ~ a daily look at beautiful, real life details in Monaco! From these designer recycling bins, to yacht fairs, to chic smoking breaks and more!

Sneak Peek: The Setai Fifth Avenue

On gorgeous pop up shop ideas ~ The Cooper Hewitt Musuem shop has opened one in NYCs Grand Central Station!

The House of Dr. Jung, an art installation by Pjotr Müller at the Kröller-Müller Museum in the Netherlands. The house/sculpture is designed to decay in a natural manner.

Happy 5th Anniversary, Thinkspace Gallery!!! If you're in LA, the opening is tonight! Amazing pieces in this celebratory group show!

Luxury fashion brand dunhill, has collaborated with bespoke travel company Black Tomato to produce travel experiences that follow the route a store manager took in the 1930s from Paris to Kyoto.