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Maps & Snaps! Introducing New Destination Pages

Posted on November 19, 2009 in Site Updates

Maps & Snaps! Introducing New Destination Pages Photo

IgoUgo members are nothing if not talented travelers: we know that you wouldn’t go anywhere without a good map, and we can see that you wouldn’t return without great photos. So we’re happy to introduce new pages with better maps and photos... Continue reading Maps & Snaps! Introducing New Destination Pages

Top 10 Amsterdam, Top 5 Paris & More Travel Lists

Posted on November 18, 2009 in Community Highlights

Top 10 Amsterdam, Top 5 Paris & More Travel Lists Photo

Good news: the to-do list just got a lot less onerous and a lot more fun. IgoUgo members have been sharing their wanderlust via lists lately, and we’ve been checking them twice; here are three new wanderlists we think you’ll enjoy... Continue reading Top 10 Amsterdam, Top 5 Paris & More Travel Lists

How and Where to Watch a Shuttle Launch for Free

Posted on November 13, 2009 in Community Highlights

How and Where to Watch a Shuttle Launch for Free Photo

We’re used to extreme trips here at IgoUgo, but nothing like what launches Monday: the space shuttle Atlantis’ extraterrestrial trek to the International Space Station. Luckily, one IgoUgo member just spilled her secrets to sharing in the adventure... Continue reading How and Where to Watch a Shuttle Launch for Free

Tips for Visiting Vancouver & Whistler This Winter

Posted on November 12, 2009 in Community Highlights

Tips for Visiting Vancouver & Whistler This Winter Photo

Three months from today, Vancouver and Whistler will welcome the international community with great fanfare. Since IgoUgo teems with fans of the two British Columbia hot spots, we’ve rounded up those travelers’ tips for the trip... Continue reading Tips for Visiting Vancouver & Whistler This Winter

20 Years Later, Where to Visit the Berlin Wall

Posted on November 9, 2009 in Community Highlights

20 Years Later, Where to Visit the Berlin Wall Photo

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, its segments have arrived in cities around the world to stand at embassies and museums, on campuses and waterfronts, in hotels and corporate collections. Here, members recommend places for viewing a piece in person... Continue reading 20 Years Later, Where to Visit the Berlin Wall

MikeInTown Shares 11 Reasons to Visit Wisconsin

Posted on November 5, 2009 in Community Highlights

MikeInTown Shares 11 Reasons to Visit Wisconsin Photo

Wow, Wisconsin. Wine, cheese, candy, caves, horses, architectural oddities, historic sites, and luxury wilderness lodges? We’re charmed. And thanks to MikeInTown’s new Best of IgoUgo journal, we’re practically experiencing your wonders ourselves!.. Continue reading MikeInTown Shares 11 Reasons to Visit Wisconsin

How One Family Toured Ireland and Traced Ancestors

Posted on November 3, 2009 in Community Highlights

How One Family Toured Ireland and Traced Ancestors Photo

In three new journals from a trip that encompassed both Ireland and Northern Ireland, IgoUgo foursome travelswithkids does Dublin on a budget, explores modern history in Londonderry, and traipses through ruins older than the Great Pyramid of Giza... Continue reading How One Family Toured Ireland and Traced Ancestors

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Because you can't spend all day every day journeying around IgoUgo, editors round up the highlights: members' notable trips, newest reviews, favorite destinations, contests, and more. Have a question or idea? Let us know!