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That Time I Got Charged By A Gorilla

Gorilla Habituation Experience Uganda

They say you’re not supposed to move when a gorilla charges you. Turns out that’s easier said than done…

Stepping Into “Star Wars” In Tunisia! (Part 2)

Star Wars Filming Locations: Recreating the binary sunset shot at the Lars Homestead in Tunisia

Experiencing the “binary sunset” firsthand…

Stepping Into “Star Wars” In Tunisia! (Part 1)

The Ultimate Nerd Road Trip to find all the original Star Wars filming locations!

Space Center Houston Offers THE ULTIMATE NASA VIP TOUR! (It Used To Be Slightly More Ultimate…But It’s Still Really Ultimate!)

An unforgettable close encounter with NASA history…

Egypt’s White Desert Is Like Being On Another Planet (Full Of Fennec Foxes!)

Thirty million years ago the sea that once covered Egypt’s Western Desert retreated and revealed a landscape full of limestone and chalk formations, which have been shaped by the sand and wind over time into fantastic white sculptures. And you can camp among them!

Miniatur Wunderland is a…Miniature Wonderland!

If you’ve ever laid down a model train track, you’ve felt that urge to expand it with another set…and then another…and then another. Miniatur Wunderland is what happens when your parents aren’t around to say, “stop.”

America’s Oldest Hospital Is In Philadelphia, And It’s Stunning

I had always wanted to see one of those old operating theaters like you see in The Knick (or the Junior Mint episode of Seinfeld) but at some point over the last hundred years doctors realized how horrible an idea it was to have dozens of non-sterile people in an operating room so most operating theaters have since gone extinct…