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Links We Love: Top Internet Highlights – May 20, 2017

Links We Love: Top Internet Highlights – May 20, 2017

Here are the internet happenings that caught our attention this week.

For the first time ever, it's safe to take a whiff of NYC trash piling up on street corners. In a random act of kindness, a florist is turning public garbage cans into big, beautiful floral arrangements. – Jeralyn, editorial director

You'll need a business plan, but this could be your chance to finally live like royalty — Italy is giving away historic properties (that includes castles) for free, but only to those willing to renovate their new property for tourism purposes. Any takers? – Daniel, editorial assistant

Scrolling through this photo essay on the Dead Sea made me feel like I was seeing it for the first time, even though I've already been. – Daniel, editorial assistant

THIS WEEK ON FATHOM

 Links We Love: Top Internet Highlights – May 20, 2017

Photo courtesy of Lokal Hotel. 

Start planning: The hottest hotel openings for spring 2017.

Cookbook vacay: New tomes for dinner party dreamers.

What's for dinner: Melissa Clark's Turkish lamb chops.

Food for the journey: Melissa Clark's plane snacks.

Sicily: Cruising the gorgeous tiny island of Favignana.

Philly: New boutique hoteliers show us around the Old City.


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