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Germany's railways offered a month of unlimited rides for $9. Here's what happened

4 years 1 month ago
Walking from Brühl's town center to the train station, I passed a UNESCO World Heritage site. The 18th-century Augustusburg Palace -- one of Germany's earliest examples of Rococo architecture -- draws visitors from all over the world. Brühl itself, 11 miles south of Cologne, has a pretty pedestrianized main street, acres of parkland and the Max Ernst Museum -- the artist was born here.

Inside Flightradar24, the website that tracks every plane in the sky

4 years 1 month ago
On an average day, more than 200,000 flights take off and land across the world. That includes commercial, cargo and charter planes -- which account for about half of the total -- as well as business jets, private aircraft, helicopters, air ambulances, government and military aircraft, drones, hot air balloons and gliders.

How new brews are stirring up Turkey's tea country

4 years 1 month ago
Atop a terrifyingly steep mountain in northeastern Turkey, the village of Haremtepe resembles an island surrounded by a vast ocean of green: verdant, bushy rows of tea plantations continue as far as the misty skies fleetingly allow to be seen.

Yangtze River waters reveal Buddhist statues

4 years 1 month ago
Plunging water levels of the Yangtze River have revealed a submerged island in China's southwestern city of Chongqing and a trio of Buddhist statues on it that are believed to be 600 years old, state media Xinhua has reported.

Rare prehistoric site from 5,000 B.C. emerges amidst drought

4 years 1 month ago
Amid Spain's worst drought in decades, a rare prehistoric site has emerged. Dubbed "Spanish Stonehenge," a rock formation believed to date back to 5,000 B.C. is now fully emerged after waters in the surrounding reservoir receded. CNN's Isa Soares reports.
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