Travelers who have “been there, done that” may want to check out the two-year, around-the-world vacation being offered on British luxury website, , which promises a trip to all 962 . Touted as the world’s most expensive vacation package at £990,000 (approximately $1.5 million), the website’s “Every Heritage Site in One Holiday” offer takes travelers through 157 countries, and includes stops at the Taj Mahal in India, Cambodia’s Angkor temples, Alhambra in Spain, Machu Picchu in Peru, and Petra in...

The National Park Service marked the 50th anniversary of the closure of the Alcatraz federal penitentiary on Thursday with an exhibit of recently discovered photographs of the prison's final day on March 21, 1963. Once known as "The Rock," Alcatraz became a national park in 1972 and is one of California's most popular tourist attractions with about 1.5 million visitors a year. What was America's premier maximum-security prison is now home to stunning fauna and flora and sanctuary for numerous...

Due to sequestration cuts, small airports such as Opa-locka, Fla. which is a popular spot for corporate jets to land, will close its control tower in April to save federal transportation dollars. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) CHICAGO — Under orders to trim hundreds of millions of dollars from its budget, the Federal Aviation Administration released a final list Friday of 149 air traffic control facilities that it will close at small airports around the country starting early next month. (VIDEO: )...

A maintenance worker sweeps up debris beside a message board sign that fell on a family killing a child and injuring the mother and two other children in the terminal at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Birmingham, Ala., Friday, March 22, 2013. (AP Photo/ AL.com, Mark Almond) MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- As airport officials tried to figure out how a 300-pound arrival-departure panel fell off the wall and onto a family, the mother of a boy who was killed by the...

Giant Panda Kai Kai is seen in the Giant Panda enclosure during a media tour ahead of the opening of River Safari at the Singapore Zoo on March 25, 2013. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images) River Safari is ' latest attraction in Singapore, home to 150 plant species and over 300 animal species, including 42 on the endangered list. Set over 29 acres, the park is Asia's first and only river-themed wildlife attraction and is considered the world’s largest freshwater aquarium. The...

An employee dressed as a panda poses in a panda-themed hotel at the foot of Emei Mountain in Emeishan, China's Sichuan province. The hotel is reportedly the first panda-themed hotel in the world. (Credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images) China's giant pandas, one of the most endangered animals in the world, live in bamboo forests characterized by torrential rain and dense mist. But panda-lovers can now live amongst the lovable creatures without braving such elements. A Chinese hotel in the Sichuan province, slated...

The 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek Hybrid on display during the press preview day at the New York International Auto Show on March 28, 2013 in New York. (Timothy A. Clary/Getty Images) New SUVs and hybrid vehicles were the focal point of the 2013 New York International Auto Show, North America's largest auto show, which opened Friday. Subaru unveiled its first pairing of hybrid power and all-wheel-drive in its 2014 XV Crosstrek Hybrid, expected to go on sale in October 2013...

(Thinkstock) Samoa Air, a small island airline, has become the world's first airline to implement a "pay as you weigh" pricing model that calculates passengers' flight tickets based on their body weight, according to reports. "This is the fairest way of traveling," Samoa Air chief executive Chris Langton told Australia's ABC Radio. "There are no extra fees in terms of excess baggage or anything—it is just a kilo is a kilo is a kilo." The airline, which flies domestically and...

People photograph the view as officials from The Durst Organization, Legends Hospitality LLC and The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey give a preview to the news media of the One World Observatory site, the planned public observation deck under construction on the 100th floor of One World Trade Center on April 2, 2013, in New York. (Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images) Visitors to the observation deck at One World Trade Center will learn about the building's history while they're...

Archaeologists say they've made a colossal discovery from ancient mythology -- Pluto's Gate, known as the gate to hell -- in southwestern Turkey. It was believed to be the portal to hell and the connection between mortals and Pluto, the god of the underworld. (MORE: ) Located in the ancient town of Hierapolis, now known as Pamukkale, according to a story by Discovery News. The report goes on to say that once the ruins had been excavated, inscriptions of messages...

Pelicans and cormorants gather on the cliffs above the cove in the affluent La Jolla section of San Diego, Tuesday, April 2, 2013. The birds have turned the cliffs white with their droppings and caused a stench in the area. (APPhoto/Lenny Ignelzi) SAN DIEGO — La Jolla's jagged coastline is strictly protected by environmental laws to ensure the San Diego community remains the kind of seaside jewel that has attracted swanky restaurants, top-flight hotels and some of the nation's rich...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- A 34-mile stretch of Interstate 40 near Winslow that was closed because of high winds now has been reopened. The closure Monday affected traffic in both directions from the Twin Arrows exit to the edge of Winslow for several hours. The shutdown came after authorities advised motorists of a storm system and associated cold front that was expected to produce high winds across much of Arizona. (MORE: Check the Interstate Forecast | Interactive Radar) The winds were...