Dinner in the Sky patrons are strapped in and hoisted up into the air to enjoy the sights and dinner in Portugal. (Dinner in the Sky) Throwing a dinner party or a wedding reception? For some people, the sky’s the limit. And Events in the Sky, an Australian-based company, is catering to those people’s “high” standards. organizes dinners for everything from business meetings and poker tournaments to weddings and birthday parties, while suspended up to 164 feet high in the...

Hoover Dam, Nev. In recent years, countries have been coming up with new and innovative ways to generate energy. The UK is currently constructing the world's biggest fat-fueled power station, set to produce 130 gigawatt hours a year of renewable electricity--enough to run 39,000 average-sized homes, according to the BBC. But while new power plants are being constructed, there are some standing today--from a geothermal power plant in Iceland to a tidal power station in Canada--worth touring. Some are burrowed...

Circa 1930: Under the spotlight in a circus ring two elephants balance on their hind legs. (General Photographic Agency/Getty Images) In the 19th century, there was one sure sign summer had arrived: the circus pulled into town, unpacking its canvas tents and wild animals from the trains that carried it around the country. "Oftentimes, in small, remote locations, a visiting circus was the only entertainment (in terms of performing arts) the audience had on a given year," said Dominique Jando,...

Cambodia/Thailand:PreahVihearTemple A 'Danger' sign warns visitors about a fragile structure within the grounds of the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple. (Paula Bronstein/ Getty Images) Borders existed before humans appeared on earth -- the high mountains and wide rivers and vast deserts of the world that divide one location from another. Although today's borders are determined by politics, ethnicity, resources and wars, we continue to rely on natural formations to delineatewhere one country ends and another one starts. Whether because of the...

Balloon pilot Edcar Vermeulen, fires the burner as he prepares for a tethered ballon to rise up at the 3rd Taiwan International Balloon Fiesta at Luye Highland on June 12, 2013, in Taitung, Taiwan. (Ashley Pon/Getty Images) After last year's record-setting International Hot Air Balloon Festival in Taiwan, the Taiwanese government is working to make the 2013 festival even bigger. According to The China Post, last year the festival attracted 880,000 visitors from 14 different countries. This year the festival...

Peking Man Site atZhoukoudian- China The perpetual forces of the weather have produced some of the most breathtaking sites in the world, from high mountains to eroded buttes and deserts. The processes of deposition and erosion -- when sediments are laid down and then swept away by wind and water -- have also allowed us to look back into the Earth's past and study the fossils of ancient organisms. Some of our most exciting discoveries have been the uncovering of...

The Los Roques islands off the coast of Venezuela are beautiful destinations for tourists -- up to 70,000 people visit each year, dwarfing the 1,500 people who live on the archipelago -- but the islands are also the site of mysterious disappearances that might be caused by strange weather phenomena. In January 2013, a plane carrying Italian fashion mogul Vittorio Missoni and five other passengers and crew vanished without a trace. And the airplane is hardly the first to go...

CRH380A, China An increasing number of countries are turning to high-speed rail to link cities, citing its advantages over air travel for mid-distance trips. With well-designed and well-operated systems, weather conditions are less likely to affect journeys, proponents such as the US High Speed Rail Association say. It's not surprising that countries are pushing technological limits to provide the most efficient (and fastest) ways to travel by rail. In 2012, China launched the world's first-ever high-speed train capable of operating...

For boaters who can't decide whether they'd prefer a casual cruise or a dive to the depths of the ocean to avoid inclement weather, the new design for a 377-foot yacht called the Migaloo combines the best of both worlds. The design comes from Austrian yacht studiomotion code: blue. The studio has previously worked on yachts and super yachts in Asia, Europe and the U.S. "In our minds as designers, the concept was to submerge to travel or stay in...

Two French 'Tigre' helicopters fly over Le Bourget airport on June 17, 2013, north of Paris, on the opening day of the International Paris Air show which will be held until June 23, 2013. (Eric Feferberg/AFP/Getty Images) If the Paris Air Show is anything to go by, flying is about to get faster, greener, and more comfortable. The 50th anniversary of the exhibition, which runs from June 17 to 23 and includes 2,215 exhibitors, will feature new models from Boeing...

In this Sunday, May 26, 2013 photo, a flight takes off for Katmandu from Lukla airport, Nepal. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha) LUKLA, Nepal - As soon as the decades-old Twin Otter landed at Lukla airport, passengers burst out in applause. They do that for nearly every safe landing at the often terrifying airport at the gateway to Mount Everest. At an altitude of 2,843 meters (9,325 feet), the small airstrip here has earned a reputation as one of the most extreme...

ICEHOTEL Entrance (Ben Nilsson/Big Ben Productions) With the summer months quickly approaching, most folks are already ditching layers of clothing in favor of tank-tops, bikinis, and a few sweat-inducing hours under the sun. But not in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden. Sunscreen and sand are in short order in this tourist hub situated just north of the Arctic Circle. Here you're much more likely to find yourself in a pair of thermal underwear nuzzled into the warmth of a reindeer hide. That's because...