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Donnie Sexton traveled to frigid Fairbanks, Alaska with one goal. To photograph the elusive Aurora Borealis, the famous light show that appears at random times and often after a long wait. Read the story here <a href=" https://www.gonomad.com/199474-fairbanks-alaska-patiently-chasing-aurora ">

San Diego is called America's Finest City.  Local resident and GoNOMAD Senior Writer Noreen Kompanik writes lovingly about her adopted hometown, moving there with her husband Mike, a retired naval officer 20 years ago.  Learn about Balboa Park and the big zoo, the city's many beaches, the Embarcadero where many historic ships can be viewed and more in this episode. Read the GoNOMAD artic...

Bird Strikes are something that every airline pilot is concerned about.  More than 10,000 bird strikes to aircraft are reported every year, at all 850 airports across the USA. Learn about how airports keep birds away from runways and the many different ways they use to scare them as far away as they can from aircraft on runways and in hangars. 

For the past few years, Zephyr Aerospace has been working toward tackling the issue of uncomfortable upright seats on airplanes with a new concept: lie-flat seating on airplanes. Zephyr is reinventing airline seat designs, specifically for travelers on long-distance flights. It will provide access to in-flight sleep, privacy, and aisle access for more travelers on long-distance flights. The double...

Prices are going up everywhere, there is almost no way to escape it. However, there are ways to get discounts and deals on popular museums and attractions across the USA. In 2021, DealA created several lists highlighting the museums and attractions with the highest ticket price increases from 2017 to 2021, as well as those that have stayed the same. We decided to borrow some of the attractions on...

The Most Annoying Things People Do in Airplanes. After an extended time off due to the pandemic, many people are traveling again. With this return to air travel, we are reminded of all the annoying things people do on airplanes. Only Wanderlust conducted a survey asking over 1500 travelers to rank the top 20 airline passengers annoyances. From the person who kicks your seat to the man spreader, th...

Robots are now serving customers all over the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport. The autonomous delivery robots are called Ottobots, and they bring drinks, snacks, sandwiches, and even new sets of AirPods to customers who order on their mobile phones and wait for the robots to bring them their purchases right at the gates.  The company that makes the robots, Ottonomy, equips them with 3D l...

Traverse City Michigan is well known by most Michiganders. It's a special place about 100 miles south of the Upper Peninsula, and it has 40 nearby wineries, a famous cherry growing tradition, a busy downtown with two independent movie theaters, summer festivals, and the Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore, along with Fishtown and many other fun places to recreate.  Learn about what makes Travers...

In Middleton, Wisconsin, you can visit a museum dedicated to one of the world's favorite condiments...it's the Mustard Museum, founded by Barry Levenson. He was so sad after the Red Sox lost the World Series in 1986 that he went right out to the store and realized that there were more than 1000 different kinds of mustard, and a lightbulb went off...if you build it, they will pay to come. So today...

The Jacob Javits Convention Center is the largest space in New York City, and is famous for hosting hundreds of large conventions each year in lower Manhattan. The center has recently added a rooftop vegetable garden, much more exhibition space, and many other innovations to keep it green and ahead of the convention game. Find out about what's new at the Javits Center in 2022. 

What's new for Eurail passes in 2022.  A guide to everything you need to know about this 63-year-old train travel tradition that can take you all over Europe. Where you can use the passes, and where you cannot, how much passes cost, various options including Flexi Pass, continuous pass, the single country passes, Swiss Pass, and Greek Islands Pass.

The Connecticut shore is closer to my home in Western Mass than any other beach. It's a place with dozens of beautiful sandy beaches, excellent dining, fun towns like Mystic, New London, and Essex to visit, and clam shacks right on the water that provide a unique dining experience. 

Airline Livery is what colors airliners are painted. It's an important aspect of any airline's marketing and there are many who have strong feelings about good and bad airline livery. We spoke with an airline livery expert who recently designed the livery for an Alaskan airline and an airplane pilot who has strong opinions about airline livery, both good and bad. 

In Las Vegas, a strange round arena is being built right near the monorail, attached to the Venetian hotel and resort. What is it?

Freighter travel is one of most popular articles on GoNOMAD.com, people are looking for a way to travel across the oceans without the glitz and expense of a modern, crowded cruise ship. Find the answers to your questions about what freighter travel is like, what to expect and how you can do it. 

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