Fasten Seatbelts is a site with cute, short videos to help you "avoid misunderstandings" while traveling and learn about other cultures

The Treehotel opens this weekend in Harads, Sweden. The hotel currently consists of four different treehouses - the Cabin, the Blue Cone, the Nest and the Mirrorcube.

Tazmania Ballroom is an exclusive pool bar in Hong Kong’s Central district. Inspiration for the plush interiors is drawn from traditional British games rooms.

The hungry traveler's dream: Finding the best hummus Tel Aviv has to offer.

Beautiful typographic city maps by Axis Maps. They currently feature maps of Chicago and Boston.

The Vitra Haus is a part of Vitra's campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany. Designed by Herzog & de Meuron, resembling a series of rotated, house-shaped volumes. Each volume displays Vitra's Home Collection in home-like settings.

Authors Pierre Léonforte and Éric Pujalet-Plaà curate 100 of the finest trunks the Louis Vuitton company has produced on commission for Sharon Stone, Jeanne Lanvin, and cases designed for Ernest Hemingway and Damien Hirst.

Sarah Oppenheimer's D-17 architectural installation at the Rice Gallery's architectural installation is pretty awesome. Check it out if you are in Houston, Texas!

Wasabi Kit Kats and other strange candies from around the globe.

For the urban adventurer, climbing 5 of the world's most stunning staircases.

If you visit the archaeological site of the Crasto Lofts in Murca, Portugal, be sure to check out the beautiful Paulo Gomes Archeological Interpretation Center by Aires Mateus Architects.

The people of Kathmandu celebrate the Day of the Dog in early November by giving dogs special food, strings of marigolds around their necks, and red tika marks on their foreheads.

Old world meets new in Azerbaijan. The New York Times provides a snapshot of one of the world’s fastest-growing economies.

When the world is your oyster, it can be hard to decide what to do and where to go next. Here are just a few inspirations from us at Notventures for your next escape.

Apolis Global Citizen Transit Issue Nomad Journal - Waterproof pages in a notebook so sleek and subtle!

A photo gallery by the Huffington Post of Jakarta, Indonesia.

This Provincetown, Massachusettes City Guide on design*sponge shares local suggestions for food, hotels and sites (with an illustration by Julia Rothman).

Christian Bobst spent time in India photographing Tibetan refugees who are living in exile there. In India, Tibetans are allowed to have their own administration, schools, temples and medical system.

These images were taken for the foundry photojournalism workshop in 2009 in Manali and Dharamsala, when the Tibetan community „celebrated“ 50 years of Tibetan exile in India.

The Akihabara neighborhood in eastern Tokyo is a gadget mecca and the epicenter of geek pop culture

Check out the Mongol Rally if you are into slightly dangerous adventure vacations. The rally starts in Europe and finishes in the Mongolian capital of Ulaan Baatar four weeks later. An added plus - you are raising money for charity as you rally.

A Russian company has unveiled an ambitious plan to launch a "cosmic hotel" for wealthy space tourists.

7 Caribbean Resorts That Go All Out for Families: From roaming Sesame Street characters, to a circus workshop, to vacation nannies, these resorts have your kids covered.

The 24-room Cap Rocat resort opened in June inside a converted 19th-century military fortress along Majorca’s Bay of Palma.

The Lonely Planet explores Mexico's underground rivers.

The Other Side of the Pillow is a Vintage sportswear shop in the heart of Hackey, the new “place to be” in London.

Gorgeous bamboo-sleeved water bottle by the Bamboo Bottle Company.

An architectural classic: the chapel of Notre Dame du Haut, designed by Le Corbusier, in Ronchamp, France.

Lindsay Blatt and Paul Taggart photographed the historic herding of the prized Icelandic horse. Each year traditional herdsman take to the back country to round up thousands of horses, which have spent the summer grazing in the highlands.

The recently completed Museum of Modern Art in Santos, Brazil is modern masterpiece itself with its Metal beams and trusses and clean modern lines.

When you hear the words Great Wall, what springs to mind immediately? Likewise, but to more and more people the term can equally apply to the Walls of Ston in Croatia - one of Europe's great under-visited places.

Nashoba Valley Winery offers a 52 rolling acres orchard, boasts a state-of-the art wine-making and distillation facility, a brewery, and a gourmet restaurant!

Bad Postcards is a funny collection of mostly-bad vintage American postcards from 1950 to 1975.

The Za Koenji Public Theatre in Tokyo, Japan, looks like a porous rock.

For the thrill seekers: 14 Extreme Travel Activities - from shark cage diving, to ice climbing, to zorbing (which involves large inflatable balls and hills)...

BUFFdiss uses masking tape to create public art. This one is in a restroom in Berlin.

Six Action Adventures in the Caribbean: snorkeling with whales, hiking into a bat cave, phosphorescent kayaking...

Now you can swap your frequent flier miles for chocolate. To assuage mounting traveler frustration over the difficulty of booking frequent-flier tickets, airlines are offering members a cornucopia of goods that have little to do with flights.

Every November, Sculpture by the Sea in Sydney, Australia showcases the original work of 109 sculptors along the seaside walking path between Bondi and Tamarama beaches in a free exhibition

Long Beach Airport in California is planning to kick-start the construction of a new $45 million passenger concourse soon, as a part of the current $140 million modernisation plan.

Stay in one of several treehouses at the Chole Mjini hotel on Mafia Island, Tanzania. Built into a canopy of trees, enjoy views of the sea and fireflies at night. Sometimes guests have other inhabitants, such as nesting Fish Eagles or Kites.

The Huffington Post's photo gallery of wishing traditions around the world - from paper cranes, to prayer flags, to love locks and wishing trees.

Mazzo looks like an fun coffee shop in Amsterdam. Once a famous dance club, the space was converted into a coffee shop by Concrete of Amsterdam.

The best coffee shops in London, including LJ Coffee House in Soho ... as compiled by graphic designer Rick Nunn for Virgin's vtravelled blog

Inspired by a TED talk by Stefan Sagmeister we packed up a Canon 5D and travelled through Central America, Europe, and New Zealand. This is a little of what we saw.