There is a diamond mine open to the public in Arkansas, it is the only diamond mine open to the public. So far 31000 gems have been found since it became a state park in 1972, the visitors keep what they found.
14 Fun, Free Things to Do in New York City
I love New York City. But it can be pricey, depending on what kind of traveler you are. Some folks want to dish out fistfuls of cash, go to Broadway shows, and eat at the nicest restaurants.
Other people, like me, prefer to experience NYC in the cheapest way possible. Sure, I’ll go out for a decent meal, but I also just like to wander around, people watch, and take in the sights and sounds in different neighborhoods.
Here are 14 things you can do for absolutely free in New York City if you happen to find yourself in that great city.
1. Explore the New York Public Library.
2. Check out the galleries in Chelsea.
3. Of course, spend some time in Central Park.
4. Take a walk across the Brooklyn Bridge.
by: @worthy.nyc . Feature worthy! . Selected by: @thewayiseenyc1 . #Brooklynbridgeig #Brooklynbridge #NYC #NY #Newyork #Newyorkcity #BK #Manhattan #BigApple #Brooklyn #Iconic #Landmark #City #USA #America #UnitedStates #Flag #Urban #View #Bridge #Architecture #Skyscraper #BeautifulView #Skyline #WTC #stars #goldenhour #star #high #bluehour5. Tour the Brooklyn Brewery for free.
: @basicandboujeetravel6. Check out the different farmer’s markets in the city.
7. Take a walk on the High Line.
8. Watch the street performers (and tip them!).
9. Check out museums when they have free hours.
10. Go to the beach.
11. Visit Brooklyn Bridge Park.
. #newyork12. Join in on a free yoga class.
13. Find a free comedy show.
#NewYork #Manhattan #HellsKitchen #UCB14. Cruise on the Staten Island ferry.
Got any other helpful (cheap) tips for traveling to the Big Apple?
Share them in the comments, please!
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The “Punxsutawney Phil” of Maine Predicts an Early Winter
All hail Passy Pete!
For the last four years, a lobster in Belfast, Maine, has correctly predicted whether summer would continue or winter would arrive early for her yearly visit.
His name is Passy Pete, and he forecasts the future by choosing between two scrolls – one that predicts six more weeks of summer (he’s kind of the anti-Punxsutawney Phil), and one that says winter is coming (soon).
#trending via @fox24newstv #passypete #toptrenders #fox24newsFor the first three years, Passy said we had six more weeks of summer to enjoy the warmth (and he was correct!). He also guessed (???) correctly in 2018 that an early winter was on the horizon.
He says the same for 2019, so maybe you can go ahead and swap out your closet.
It falls to Belfast baron Dave Crabiel to read from the scroll chosen by the lobster.
“Friends of Belfast, on this second day of September – Labor Day in the year 2019 – it’s in your best interest to collect your coats, tell your sister to return the ones you lent her, tell Cathy, the harbormaster, to remove the boats, and everyone get ready for winter.”
The crowd groaned at the news.
Crabiel and the other Belfast business owners came up with the idea when they noticed how steeply tourism dropped off after the July 4th holiday.
“While Belfast is a great community year-round, we certainly do see an increase in business in the summer with the tourists. So we thought, what if there was an anti-groundhog, somebody who could predict a longer summer, rather than predicting winter?”
It seems to be working; crowds gather to see the crustacean choose a scroll. As long as he keeps picking right, I imagine his legend will increase and more people will descend on Belfast to watch him do his magic every year.
Crabiel hopes the same.
“All four years up to this point he’s been accurate. So I don’t know – we’ll see. It’s not the result we wanted.”
A longer summer means more travelers, and more business for the town, of course, but what can you do? The lobster has spoken.
If you want to see the ceremony in action, check out this video:
As for Pete, he’s returned to the bay each year no matter which scroll he chooses, so you can’t pick your bone with him.
Take it up with Mother Nature, I guess. Or just get out your coats, gather some firewood, and settle in.
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These Photos Warn Tourists to Stop Riding Elephants in Thailand
Hundreds of thousands of Westerners visit Thailand each year, and one of the “must-try” activities is riding a majestic elephant. But tourists are now being urged to stop, thanks to the revelation of some truly heartbreaking photos.
A Twitter user posted several photos of elephants in Thailand being cruelly mistreated. Their keepers, called mahouts, keep them in line by hitting them with sharp metal hooks, often hard enough to draw blood. Their heads are covered in old wounds.
You can stop inhumanity tortured on elephants by stop riding an elephant! pic.twitter.com/oYtPd0wXzI
— abang da balik (@faizalghazaly) April 12, 2019
Around 3000 elephants are currently used for entertainment across Asia, and 77 percent are treated inhumanely, according to the World Animal Protection. Elephants are often ripped from their mothers prematurely, violently broken into submission, then subjected to a lifetime of abuse and isolation.
While Thai government agencies are working to end animal cruelty, officials also urge visitors to boycott businesses that treat their animals this way.
“We never support tourists riding the elephants,” a spokesperson for the Tourism Authority of Thailand told Yahoo! News. “Please don’t ride the elephants and don’t support this business.”
Photo Credit: iStock
There are about 3500 wild elephants in Thailand and about 4500 domesticated elephants. The domesticated elephants are classified as “working animals,” just like livestock. Animal advocates are working to change this classification in order to offer more protections to elephants.
If tourists want to enjoy these beautiful animals, one option is to visit a wild elephant sanctuary. There, tourists can observe and pet the animals, but cannot ride them.
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Check out the 20 Most Instagrammed Tourist Attractions in the World
Have you ever been to any of these spots?
If you don’t share your travel adventures on Instagram, did you really even go anywhere? I kid, I kid, but also you know exactly what I’m talking about.
You go to a popular tourist site and BOOM! You capture the moment and you put it on Instagram for your friends and family to see.
A study released by TravelBird revealed the top 20 most Instagrammed tourist attractions around the world.
Let’s see the list!
20. The Empire State Building – New York City, USA
19. Myrtle Beach – South Carolina, USA
18. Yosemite National Park – California, USA
17. The Colosseum – Rome, Italy
16. Burj Khalifa – Dubai, UAE
Photo by @steviekahn | #investment #dubai #realestate #dubairealestate #realestateinvestor #canada #dubairent #travel #losangeles #newyork #global #miami #lasvegas #toronto #montreal #chicago #realestateinvestor #dubaifashion #dxb #burjkhalifa #love
15. Waikiki Beach– Hawaii, USA
14. The Grand Canyon – Arizona, USA
13. Machu Picchu – Peru
#llama #machupicchu12. Niagara Falls – Ontario, Canada
#niagarafalls #canada #rainbow #voyageuse #frenchaupair #culturalcare #bluewater #ice
11. Mardi Gras – New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
10. Oktoberfest – Munich, Germany
O’zapft is!9. Notre Dame Cathedral – Paris, France
8. Times Square – New York City, USA
#unitedstates #newyork #timessquare #advertising #nightandday #manhattan7. Big Ben – London, England
#amazing #london #londra #uk #unitedkingdom #granbretagna #wow #blackandwhite #photo #photos #photography #photographer #canon #canonphotography #follower #followforfollowback #scattandoitalia #bigben #towerbridge #londoneye #instagram6. Las Vegas Strip – Nevada, USA
. . . . . . . . . . . . . #roomwithaview #lasvegasstrip #lights #colours #57th #floor #balcony #view #cosmopolitanlasvegas #lasvegas #usa #asgoodasitgets #nofilter #sony #xperiaxz @vegas 
5. Berlin Wall – Germany
East Side Gallery, Berlin
• • • #eastsidegallery #berlin #berlinwall #berlincity #berlingraffiti #travelblogger #travelblog #travel #traveling #instatravel #travelgram #travelphotography #travellog #travellife #girlswhotravel #wanderlust #globetrotter #worldguru #instablog #cabincrew #lifeofaflightattendant4. South Beach – Florida, USA
3. Walt Disney World – Florida, USA
. . #waltdisneyworldflorida #disneyworldcastle #disneycastle #magickingdomcastle #cinderellacastle #magickingdompark #disneyworldphotography #orlandolove #lovedisneyworld #visitdisney #disneyworldparks #floridaholiday #uktousa #usaroadtrip #roadtripusa #americanroadtrip #floridaroadtrip #roadtripflorida #traveldisney #disneytravel #disneyworldlover #disneycouples #disneyhoneymoon #disneyworldorlando #disneysunset #castlesunset #travelusa #travelamerica #usatravel #americatravel2. Eiffel Tower – Paris, France
#eiffeltower #secretplace #view #rooftop #garden1. Disneyland – California, USA
How many of these spots have you shared on social media?
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10 Ghost Tours That Will Seriously Give You the Creeps
I really, really love all things creepy. I’m talking about scary movies, scary books, scary everything.
If you like to dabble in scary tourism, this is just the list for you.
Today we take a look at 10 real-life, creepy tours recommended by the Buzzfeed community that are guaranteed to give you a good scare.
1. The Stanley Hotel – Estes Park, Colorado
“The Stanley Hotel (where The Shining was filmed) offers guided tours, and you can even spend the night in specific rooms that are reported to have ‘higher than usual activity.’ The guide said many people died building the hotel, and their ghosts will often come out to ensure guests are enjoying it.
While on the tour, one of the guides encouraged me to take a picture in this one dark hallway. When I had the film developed, there were two orbs, one on each side of me, clear as could be. So spooky.”
2. The Jennie Wade House – Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
“After taking pictures on the Jennie Wade House tour, a bunch of my friends and I had photos turn out really strangely— there were giant clouds and shadows in weird spots.
At one point, we also heard footsteps upstairs and thought it was the other tour group, but then we found out they were in the basement.
A chain that was blocking off a section began to swing in circles with nobody touching it — scary!”
3. Zak Bagans’ Haunted Museum – Las Vegas, Nevada
“Zak Bagans’ Haunted Museum is located in a mansion that the state of Nevada deemed haunted after they found a pentagram, human flesh, and streaks of blood in it in the ’70s.
It contains 30 rooms of artifacts from Zak’s personal collection, including an allegedly demonic chair that was used during the Ed and Lorraine Warren exorcisms!”
4. Jack the Ripper Tour – London, England
#london“Last Halloween, a few friends and I went on the Jack the Ripper guided tour in London. Our host was amazing — she took us on a walk to all the spots where the murders had happened and the victims were found. She had photos and went into a LOT of detail about the killings.
The night itself was freezing cold, which literally added to the chill of everything!”
5. The Waverly Hills Sanatorium – Louisville, Kentucky
“I did an overnight paranormal investigation at the Waverly Hills Sanatorium just for fun, not believing I’d experience anything paranormal. It was life-changing!
I saw and heard things that night that I never thought could happen. It was both terrifying and fascinating.
I’d do it again any day.”
6. Manly Quarantine Station – Sydney, Australia
“Q Station is by far the scariest tour ever!! There’s so much amazing history to the place, which has pitch black buildings, cold spots, and decontamination showers.
Oh, and a couple of jump scares thrown in for good measure!”
7. French Quarter Ghost & Legends Tour – New Orleans, Louisiana
“This tour in the French Quarter of New Orleans is such a fun and interesting tour of all of the crazy happenings down there. It is especially terrifying to go see the Lalaurie Mansion, home of serial killer Madame Lalaurie.
Nic Cage used to own the home but he would never spend the night because of what had happened in it!”
8. The Crescent Hotel – Eureka Springs, Arkansas
So let's throw it back to 2012 when me and my uncle were into Ghost Hunting and he took us on a road trip from Missouri to the infamous Crescent Hotel located in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Honestly, a really beautiful place with a chilling history. The Crescent Hotel is known to be one of the most haunted hotels in America. It was first a resort for the rich that became a hospital for cancer patients. Unfortunately, the "doctor" Norman Baker was running scams and likely performing dangerous experiments on the patients leading to their death. He was found to not have any medical training and was eventually arrested. When we went, we only caught a few orbs (seen in a few of the pics) on the haunted tour and my mom's arm got yanked while she was sleeping. Yes, we stayed overnight! What's crazy is that recently there has been an unearthing of jars filled with body parts. This discovery happened after the recent Ghost Adventures visit in February! Creepy! • • • #nationalparanormalday #Horrorjunkie #GhostHunting #GhostAdventures #EurekaSprings #Arkansas #TheCrescentHotel #MostHaunted #Haunts #Ghosts #Mansion #Roadtrip #Scary #Hotel #Missouri #Travel #GhostTown #Supernatural #Paranormal #Creepy
“On the Crescent Hotel tour, they talk about many different ghosts that stay in certain rooms and areas.
Plus, they even have a cat ghost!!!”
9. The Sorrel-Weed House Tour – Savannah, Georgia
“The Sorrel-Weed House Tour is all fun and games until you descend into the basement.
It’s hands down the creepiest place I’ve ever set foot in. I just couldn’t shake the feeling that I was being watched.”
10. The Joshua Ward House Tour – Salem, Massachusetts
“When I went on a tour of the Joshua Ward House — which was once the home of a High Sheriff in the Salem Witch Trials — I was suddenly overwhelmed by a chilling feeling when I was standing by the basement.
The next day, a bruise in the shape of a bite mark from HUMAN TEETH showed up on my ankle!”
Are your bags packed yet?
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