This frame grab provided by KSPR-TV shows a Southwest Airlines flight that was scheduled to arrive Sunday Jan. 12, 2014, at Branson Airport in southwest Missouri instead landed at an airport 7 miles north — with a runway about half the size of the intended destination. (AP Photo/KSPR-TV) DALLAS -- The pilots of a Southwest Airlines flight that mistakenly landed at the wrong Missouri airport were grounded Monday, less than a day after they touched down at a small airfield...

Participants compete in a Makepung or bull race with water buffaloes at Kaliakah village in Jembrana in Bali, Indonesia on January 12, 2014. The event attracted tourists to the popular holiday destination island. (SONNY TUMBELAKA/AFP/Getty Images) Tourists flock to Bali, perhaps Indonesia's most famous island, for its incredible mountain scenery, beautiful beaches and enchanting . But one festive tradition draws hundreds of tourists to the Jembrana region of the island, even as it promises to get both participants and spectators...

If the options for your next vacation came down to the standard beachside getaway or a spa trip inside of a Romanian salt mine, which would you choose? Should an ancient mine sound more appealing than sipping margaritas in the Caribbean, you’re not alone. Travel experts say more of today’s travelers are looking for vacations that are unique, exciting and even a little bizarre. Since 2009, has accelerated by 65 percent year over year, according to a study by ,...

A visitor walks past a portrait of the Titanic at a 2004 Titanic artifact exhibition in Shanghai, China. (LIU JIN/AFP/Getty Images) A company in China has announced plans to build a life-size replica of the Titanic, the famous luxury liner that sank in 1912, complete with a simulation of the iceberg collision that will give visitors a feel of the shipwreck. Seven Star Energy Investment, based in China's Sichuan province, said in a press release that the replica is expected...

Win Mong Win, an Intha fisherman is seen through a cone shaped net as he paddles on March 2, 2007 on Inle Lake, Myanmar. Inle Lake fishermen have a unique rowing style, which involves standing on one leg on the extreme of the boat and wrapping their other leg around the the oar. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images) One of the most picturesque spots in all of Southeast Asia, Myanmar's Inle Lake is fringed with reed beds and bamboo stilt houses, surrounded...

Warship Cemetery, France, 2012. This boat was the largest military boat in the water. (Henk van Rensbergen) Henk van Rensbergen’s been visiting and photographing abandoned places for a long time now. It helps that he’s an airline pilot, allowing him to spend time in cities he might not otherwise visit. The 45-year-old photographer shoots these places to bring back to life “a piece of forgotten human history,” he told weather.com. “I feel like an explorer rediscovering, like an archeologist who...

The beautiful stone fortress of Sigiriya is one of Sri Lanka's most popular sites. The 600-foot towering red boulder juts out of the surrounding forest, offering an expansive view of the countryside, but despite it's beauty the palace at the top of the boulder has a dark history. The rock has been inhabited since the third century BC as attested by drawings on the wall. Some of the drawings actually prove the existence of ancient graffiti, reported the Sri Lanka...

A Hang Son Doong explorer navigates a plant-covered cavescape. Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park, Vietnam. (Carsten Peter/National Geographic/Getty Images) Almost six miles long,650ft-wide and 550ft-tall, in Quang Binh province in Vietnam is so big, it can fit a 40-story skyscraper. But the cave, which was created 2-5 million years ago by river water eroding limestone underneath a mountain, actually remained undiscovered until 1991 and unexplored until 2009. Now, tourists can explore the mythical cave, considered the world's largest, thanks...

A thunderstorm in Cape May, N.J. (Chris Bakley) Photographer Chris Bakley, who grew up in Cape May, N.J., wanted to show his Jersey Shore hometown in a new light – literally and figuratively. “I began this project because I wanted to show everyone a different side of Cape May/Jersey Shore – the night’s sky,” he told weather.com. Bakley took a series of photos that show a beautiful sky illuminated by stars. It may not be obvious in the resulting images...

A man looks at deserted hotels in an area used by the Turkish military, in the Turkish occupied area, in the abandoned city of Varosha in Cyprus, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. Urban planners, business leaders and activists hope to rebuild the town to correct past errors and mold a sustainable, ecological habitat. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) DERYNEIA, Cyprus — Time virtually stopped in 1974 for the Mediterranean tourist playground of Varosha. When Turkey invaded Cyprus in the wake of a coup...

Zebras at Kalahari Crossing, Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana, in 2009. (Zack Seckler) Photographer Zack Seckler flew 500 feet above ground – and even hung by his seatbelt out an open plane door – to provide a unique perspective on the wildlife of the Makgadikgadi Pan and the Okavango Delta in Botswana. The daredevil photo shoot wasn’t planned, however. After the New York-based photographer finished a commissioned photo shoot in Botswana, he didn’t know what to do with the rest of his...

Norway's violinist Nils Oekland tests his instrument built of ice on Jan. 10, 2009 in Geilo, for an ice instrument festival. (JOHN HUGUES/AFP/Getty Images) We build snowmen, igloos, and even hotelsout of snow and ice, but it takes a bit more ingenuity to carve musical instruments. Now in its 9th year, the Norwegian Ice Music Festival hosted in the mountain town of Geilo celebrates the beauty and sounds of the natural world with concerts played entirely on ice. The festival...