Here's What's Up: This Week's Top Travel News – Halloween Edition
Welcome to the debut edition of Here's What's Up, your go-to weekly roundup of trending topics in travel, leisure, culture, and lifestyle. Ideal for weekend escapes into vacation dreams, insider tips, must-see destinations, and the latest buzz.
This Halloween, we're sharing the spookiest stories from trusted sources like Travel + Leisure, The New York Times, TMZ, and Condé Nast Traveler.
Feeling adventurous? Discover the world's creepiest attractions, including Mexico's Island of Dolls, the haunted Colorado hotel that inspired Stephen King's The Shining, and Thailand's hospital museum featuring preserved specimens from infamous experiments. Travel + Leisure offers a detailed slideshow.
Photo from Flickr by Ben Ramirez
Beyond Hollywood's glamour lies a darker history. The dark side tour of Los Angeles reveals celebrity graveyards, true-crime bus tours, and supernatural hotspots via Google Maps. Explore the chills in The New York Times.
Photo of Hollywood Forever Cemetery from Flickr by Sean Russell
Not the Bates Motel, but the InterContinental New York Barclay's penthouse suite is drawing fans. One Direction enthusiasts are paying up to $5,000 per night to stay where Harry Styles filmed the band's "Perfect" music video. TMZ has the story and official video.
Photo from Flickr by Dion Hinchcliffe
London is tackling discarded chewing gum with Gumdrops – stylish receptacles on lampposts and signs that make disposal easy and promote recycling. A clever solution for cleaner streets. Condé Nast Traveler shares full details.
Photo from Flickr by Lars Plougmann
And speaking of jaws, prehistoric megalodon shark teeth – up to human-hand-sized – are washing up on North Carolina beaches like Surf City. These relics from 50-foot monsters are a thrilling find for shell hunters. Condé Nast Traveler covers the discovery. Photo from Flickr by Cory Doctorow (representative sample).
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