Travel

A photograph of Portland, Oregon's Mill Ends Park—the world's smallest park.

“Ireland” may be the most popular answer given when someone is asked about where leprechauns supposedly roam, but Portland, Oregon has its very own population of little green-clad Irishmen, too.

As the old saying goes, "May you always have a clean shirt, a clear conscience, and enough coins in your pocket to buy a pint!"

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Ever wonder what a turtle is like as a dining companion?

This deli staple is worth traveling for.

Freepenguin via Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 3.0

Before cell phones and walkie-talkies, curved walls were carrying messages from one end of a room to another.

Felix König, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY 3.0

You may remember the rock arch, called the Azure Window, from HBO's "Game of Thrones."

Visit 37 of the best pinball stops the country has to offer.

Flights were actually shorter in 50 years ago.

Who runs the world? In these six societies: Girls.

The answer depends a lot on whether you bought your way into the job.

Because nothing goes better with a fresh-brewed cup of coffee than a meat pie.

An unseasonably warm winter (what is seasonal anymore, anyway?) has forced organizers to start the capital’s beloved annual Cherry Blossom Festival one week early.

A pair of pop-up restaurants is paying tribute to the divisive condiment.

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Sheltered from the elements, the tombstones are remarkably well-preserved.

They're billing the site as their "first museum-restaurant."

Foodies flocked to the restaurant after the error was published.

Boston Public Library via Flickr // CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Grab a beer at Philadelphia's City Tavern, just like George Washington.

At the Sourdough Rendezvous festival in Whitehorse, icy locks are the ultimate bizarre fashion statement.

It comes down to the possibility of a split second of interference.

At 10 p.m. every night, some Swedish students get all their frustration out by screaming.

Some say that the Flogsta Scream was started by students in the physics department at Uppsala who needed to let off stress and angst during exam season.