Jim Dobson

From Ginori 1735 tableware and Johanna Ortiz prints to Cartier and Piaget boutiques and Eberjey pajamas, the hotel company is using luxury partnerships to reshape the experience at sea.

Adventure travelers are joining expert-led expeditions from Italy's Apennines and Spain's Riaño Mountains to the French Alps and Finland for the chance to see wolves in the wild.

From dune buggies in the Caribbean and cheetah sprints in Botswana to pandemonium in a Lagos market, meet the 21-year-old livestreamer Expedia is betting on to connect with the next generation of travelers.

From a Swarovski billionaire's retreat in the Venice lagoon to a Connecticut island owned by a $2.8 billion American dynasty for over a century, some of the world's rarest family properties are changing hands as a younger generation of wealthy buyers moves in.

N o one has ever found a Yeti body, a confirmed bone, or even a strand of DNA from an unknown Himalayan primate. Yet the legend continues.

An underground Cold War shelter in Nova Scotia is being converted into 50 private suites, with plans for a spa, gourmet dining and enough food, water and power to operate for months behind sealed blast doors.

Main entrance to The Diefenbaker Most luxury hotels sell the view, but The Diefenbaker has no windows.

A fire-breathing dragon with 60-foot wings, a 72-foot shark and a sinking Titanic are among the extraordinary moving sculptures and large-scale artworks rising from the Nevada desert this year.

From a $99,900 jet-powered speeder bike to a $39,900 aircraft that folds into a pickup truck, a new generation of personal flying machines is accepting orders, completing test flights and preparing for delivery.

These aircraft have advanced beyond the many flying-car concepts that came before them. Some are being delivered, others have sold out future production, and factories are being prepared to build them at scale.