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Here are our five favorite towns to board a chopper -- and five head-spinning tours that will take you above and beyond it all

The 531-foot British Airways i360, the tallest moving observation tower in the world, will take visitors 453 feet in the air.

A visit to Rio can be blissful, packed with beach sunsets, ice-cold cocktails and jaunts around the city.

Gleaming waters and incredible wines not enough? Here are 20 more reasons to visit

As all eyes turn to Brazil, the host of the 2016 Olympic Games, we bring you an alternative, cultural guide to the country that gave the world Gisele, Pelé and Walter Salles. Watch the video above for your A to Z of Brazil.

The Big Island of Hawaii is getting a little bigger as lava from the Kilauea Volcano flows into the Pacific Ocean.

The Olympics may have taken center stage in Brazil this year, but it's worth taking the time to enjoy some of the country's most stunning assets

For the first time in 40 years, the fastest jet flight crew in the world reunited with the once super-secret spy plane that put them in the history books.

CNN road-tests three mindfulness apps that aim to take some of the stress out of traveling

An Australian man has won the raffle of a lifetime, taking home an entire Pacific island resort for the price of a $49 ticket.

Would you like to ride a "motorcycle in the sky"? That's how one pilot describes an experimental plane he built himself.

For the biggest flying water bomber in the world, this is the end.

The My Hitch travel accessory attaches to your belt, allowing you to pull your luggage along hands-free. Is this the greatest -- or craziest -- innovation yet?